Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker and AIADMK leader M. Thambidurai called on Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao in Chennai on Thursday. ....

In an apparent attempt to strengthen ties with prominent political leaders, especially those ranged against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has started following many of them on Twitter, often exchanging pictures and pleasantries. ....

A major fire broke out at a thermocol factory in West Bengal's Howrah district on Thursday, a fire department official said. ....

Ten of the 45 passengers who were killed when a private bus fell into a Himachal Pradesh river are yet to be identified even after 24 hours of the accident, an official said on Thursday. ....

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, accused in a money laundering case, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday. ....

Food grain states Punjab and Haryana have recorded arrival of over 100 lakh tonnes of wheat this season, officials in both states said. ....

Hyderabad police has been awarded as the winner of 'Golden Peacock Innovative Product/Service Award' for 2017 for its mobile App "HYDCOP", an official statement said. ....

The Telangana government has advanced summer holidays for schools in view of a severe heat wave in the state. ....

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has directed the Directorate of Health Services to rush to Majuli and probe the circumstances in which a youth had to carry the dead body of his relative on a bicycle from hospital to his village. ....

At least 44 passengers were killed when a private bus fell into a river in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district on Wednesday, police said. Two people, including the bus conductor, managed to escape by jumping off the bus even as it skidded off the road. ....