IUML strongman and sitting legislator P.K. Kunhalikutty has increased his lead to over 50,000 votes after more than one hour of counting at the Malappuram Lok Sabha seat on Monday. ....

The car of Bharatiya Janata Party legislator from Bhuj Nima Acharya was attacked by unidentified persons near Loriya village of the district on Sunday. ....

Authorities on Sunday stepped up security at Hyderabad Airport following reported threats to hijack an aircraft. ....

The deaths from the collapse of a garbage dump in Sri Lanka rose to 20 on Sunday, the disaster management centre said. ....

All five members of the BJP on Sunday were suspended from the Telangana legislative assembly as they tried to stall the proceedings to protest the bill for raising the reservation quota for Muslims in the state. ....

A senior Air Force officer posted to the Eastern Air Command at Fort William here died after falling from the balcony of his second-floor home, a Defence Ministry spokesman said on Sunday. ....

As the Passion week with prayers, penance and vegetarian food came to an end, most of the Christian households in Kerala started festivity with an early visit to the church to attend the Easter Sunday service and then to prepare scrumptious meals. ....

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday moved a bill in the State legislative assembly to hike reservation quota for backward Muslims and the Scheduled Tribes (ST) to 12 and 10 per cent respectively. ....

Setting a new target for party leaders and workers, Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah said on Saturday that despite being in power at the centre and in 13 states, the party is yet to achieve its peak and urged them to devote themselves to the cause. ....

A woman and her child were killed by a speeding train at Bally station in bengal what seemed to be a suicide bid, eyewitnesses said on Saturday. ....