Over 1,500 Congress activists including party's senior leaders were arrested on Friday after they participated in a civil disobedience movement in support of their 12-point demands. ....

Barring a few minor incidents, the third phase of panchayat elections was conducted peacefully across Odisha on Friday. ....

DMK's Working President M.K. Stalin on Friday advised newly-sworn-in Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palanisamy against smiling at him in the assembly. ....

At least 25 school children were injured on Friday when their school bus skidded off the mountain road in Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh, police said. ....

In a freak accident, 11 members of a family were killed when a coal-laden truck overturned and fell on their vehicle in Punjab's Ferozepur district, 210 km from here, on Thursday evening. ....

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami said he would prove his majority in the assembly on Saturday as asked by Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao. ....

Assamese singer Sadananda Gogoi on Thursday got bail from the Calcutta High Court in the multi-billion rupee Saradha ponzi scam after spending over 29 months in prison since his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). ....

Hyderabad police on Thursday arrested Telangana Excise and Prohibition Minister Padma Rao Goud's son for allegedly assaulting a trader. ....

The Odisha Vigilance Department on Thursday arrested IAS officer Partha Sarathi Mishra on corruption charges. ....

Bank employees in Goa would join the nationwide strike on February 28 against demonetisation and other "ill-conceived" reforms measures in the banking sector. ....