Four people, including two engineering students, were arrested on Thursday for allegedly printing fake Rs 2,000 currency notes. ....

Tamil Nadu's caretaker Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam's writing to the banks to not allow transactions without his authorisation may not have any practical impact on the AIADMK, said a senior party leader on Thursday. ....

The government on Wednesday cancelled the Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) inter-level examination due to paper leak on social media. ....

Campaigning for the crucial first phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh for 73 seats will end today evening, an election official said. ....

The Authentication Solutions Providers Association (ASPA) on Wednesday announced opening of India's first international conference in Delhi on authentication solutions taking place over February 8-9. ....

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday claimed that the people who were forced to stand in queues outside banks and ATMs, following demonetisation announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8, will now queue up outside polling stations to reject the BJP. ....

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday ridiculed the Congress manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls as a "political drama which has made the party a laughing stock". ....

Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao, who holds additional charge of Tamil Nadu, will travel to Chennai on Thursday afternoon as the South Indian state was gripped by a major political crisis, official sources said here on Wednesday. ....

In a remark likely to court controversy, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said every person born in India is a Hindu. ....

Training his guns on Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said he had urged President Pranab Mukherjee to direct Rao to visit Chennai in view of the uncertain political situation or take appropriate action in the matter. ....