A court here on Monday extended the police custody of the owner of a plastics factory, where a major fire killed 17 persons last week, till January 31. ....

Former Bihar Minister Tej Pratap met his jailed father and RJD chief Lalu Prasad in the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Jharkhand capital Ranchi on Monday and later accompanied him to a CBI court. ....

Four persons were killed and several are missing after a bus carrying nearly 50 passengers crashed through a bridge railing and plunged into a canal in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Monday morning, police said. ....

Three days after the clashes between two communities which left one dead and many injured, the situation in Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh remains tense but under control, an official said on Monday. ....

Life across the Kashmir Valley was affected on Sunday as a shutdown called by separatists against the killing of two civilians by the Army crippled normal life even as an FIR named a Garhwal unit as the culprits. ....

The BJP on Saturday released its first list of candidates for 44 of the 60 seats in Tripura Assembly, polls for which will be held on February 18. ....

The first phase of the night tourism project ensuring illumination of the walled city in Rajasthan has been completed and was launched late on Friday night by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, an official said on Saturday. ....

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Saturday slammed the MCD Monitoring Committee over the sealing drive, saying it was behaving like a "dictator" and announced a 48-hour 'Delhi Trade Bandh' on February 2-3. ....

At least 1,100 train passengers were stranded at New Haflong railway station in Assam's Dima Hasao district since Friday as protests continued on Saturday against police firing that killed two persons. ....

Maoists went on rampage in Telangana's Bhadradri Kothagudem district early Saturday, killing one and injuring another former guerrilla member, whom they suspected of being police informers. ....