A day after Akhilesh Yadav alleged that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were moved illegally in Varanasi just 48 hours before the counting of votes in state elections, his party tweeted the on-camera statement of an official conceding there were 'lapses'. ....

Heavy rains, coupled with hailstorm, lashed several parts of Rajasthan damaging the standing crops leaving the farmers a worried lot. ....

India reported 4,575 new Covid-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, a marginal rise from the previous day's count of 3,993, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday morning. ....

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announced Tripura governments ‘Policy for Empowerment of Women with 33 per cent reservation for women in all state government jobs. ....

The Indian government on Tuesday said that all 694 Indian students stuck in Ukraine's Sumy have left the city through a humanitarian corridor provided by the Ukrainian government. ....

Former Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit on Monday filed a complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Nizamuddin Police Station charging him with making false claims about his government saving huge amount of money on construction of flyovers and cheating voters for political gain. ....

At least 27 persons were injured at Tandwa in Chatra district of Jharkhand after a violent clash broke out between the district police and the locals protesting since the last 14 months against the construction of a National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) plant. ....

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, on Tuesday, that her party fought the electoral battle hard. "We fought as hard as we could. We will wait and see the results," she said. ....

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who arrived here on Tuesday to address a public gathering on the occasion of completion of four-years of BJP-led government in Tripura, offered "puja" at the famous Tripura Sundari Temple in Udaipur, 60 kilometre south of state capital Agartala. ....

In a major blow to the BJP, its West Bengal senior leader Joy Prakash Majumdar who was suspended from the party on disciplinary grounds joined the ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday. ....

 A couple of days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's chartered flight was caught in "mid-air turbulence" while she was returning to Kolkata from Uttar Pradesh, she admitted that the plane averted an impending collision because of the prompt action of the pilot. ....

With exit polls pointing to a possible hung Assembly in Goa, the Congress is not taking any chances of being pipped to the post and has deputed Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar to monitor and strategise to attain power. ....

The home department of Bihar government has issued show cause notices to 71 IPS officers for failing to submit lists of their movable and immovable assets. ....

A 21-year-old from Tamil Nadu, who was rejected twice by the Indian Army, is now fighting in the Ukrainian Army against the invading Russian troops. ....

Tamil Nadu education department has razed 3,030 old school buildings in the state that were in a dilapidated state and the construction of new buildings is in process. ....

The Republic TV's Poll of the Polls has predicted that the BJP will retain power in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Manipur while Goa is likely to witness a hung Assembly and Punjab is to be swept by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). ....

The ruling BJP is set to retain power in the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh with a tally of 236 seats, as per the ABP C-Voter Exit Poll. ....

Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant on Monday issued prohibitory orders in and around schools and colleges in the city till March 22. ....

The ABP C-Voter Exit Poll indicates that the Congress is likely to form the next government in Uttarakhand. ....

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was in Jaipur on Monday where she answered various queries of the media. She did not rule out the possibility of extending support to the Samajwadi Party in UP after the poll results. ....