Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the DMK and Congress have failed to understand the ethos of the people of Madurai and charged that the Congress manifesto of 2016 promised to ban "Jallikattu". ....

The Election Commission on Friday ordered repoll at a polling station in the Ratabari Assembly seat of Assam after the EVM was found in a BJP candidate's vehicle on Thursday evening. ....

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has cancelled her campaign schedule of Assam, Tamil Nadu and Kerala after coming in contact with a Covid patient. ....

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday asked the Election Commission (EC) to act 'decisively" after an EVM was found in the BJP MLAs vehicle in Assam. ....

After a hunt of nearly 10 days, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) finally caught and detained a 'mystery woman' seen (in CCTV) behind accused police official Sachin Vaze in the SUV and Thane businessman's death case. ....

Three unidentified terrorists were killed in an ongoing encounter between the terrorists and security forces at Kakpora in South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Friday morning, officials said. ....

Prime minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally in Kanyakumari district on Friday to campaign for the BJP candidate Pon Radhakrishnan. ....

During his visit on Thursday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah reached at a roadside 'dhaba' (eatery) to enjoy dinner. He was accompanied by Bharatiya Janata Party's National General Secretary and Tamil Nadu in-charge C.T. Ravi ....

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at 31 locations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, including the premises of Advocate V Raghunath, K Padma and KS Chalam and several civil and tribal right activists in connection with its probe into the Munchingput maoist case and recovered cash to the tune of Rs 10 lakh and several other incriminating documents. ....

Over 82 per cent voter turnout was registered in Bengal in the second phase of the Assembly election today - 4.3 per cent less than in 2016. Assam registered a voter turnout of 77.2 per cent in the second phase today as opposed to 82.7 per cent in 2016. ....

Covid-19 continued to wreak havoc with both Maharashtra and Mumbai reporting record high infections and a staggering 249 deaths, a day after the case tally crossed the 28 lakh mark, health officials said here on Thursday. ....

The Gujarat Assembly on Thursday passed a Bill to amend the 'Dharma Swatantrya' (Freedom of Religion) Act, 2003 which aims to combat forceful religious conversions, better known as 'Love Jihad', on the concluding day of the Budget session. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the people of Assam showed the "red card" to the Congress-led grand alliance during the first phase of the Assembly polls on March 27 and gave their approval stamp to the state's incumbent "double-engine government". ....

Carrying forward its ongoing probe into the SUV planting and a Thane businessman's death cases, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday raided a prominent eatery in south Mumbai, official sources said here. ....

Confident of winning the Nandigram assembly seat, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari appealed to the people to vote in large numbers. ....

The Delhi-Meerut Expressway has been finally opened for the public from Thursday. It will reduce travel time between the two cities from three hours to just 45 minutes. ....

The police security guard of a mid-rung BJP leader was killed in a militant attack on Thursday in the outskirts of Srinagar city. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who addressed several election rallies in West Bengal and Assam, on Thursday urged voters of the two poll-bound states to cast their votes in record numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy. ....

Around 15 per cent voters have cast their ballots during the first three hours in the second phase of the Assam Assembly polls on Thursday, conducted in 39 constituencies amid tight security, election officials said. ....

Voter turnout for the second phase of polling in West Bengal notched as much as 15.72 per cent in about three hours as over 75 lakh electorate began voting in 30 Assembly seats on Thursday. ....