Observing that the results of the recent assembly polls were food for thought for experts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday envisioned a "New India" that looks to contribute and not just to take. ....

Tragedy struck Holi celebrations in Telangana as at least 10 persons were killed and two went missing in various incidents of drowning across the state on Sunday, officials said. ....

President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday greeted the nation on the festival of Holi and wished for a "rainbow of unity" among the diverse cultures of the country. ....

West Bengal on Sunday celebrated the spring festival of Dol in a riot of colours, songs, prayers and exchange of sweets among friends, relatives and neighbours. ....

Goa Governor Mridula Sinha on Sunday appointed Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar as the new Chief Minister of Goa. ....

The Congress, which swept the Punjab assembly elections, on Sunday formally elected Amarinder Singh as the head of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP). Amarinder later met Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Badnore and stalked claim to form the next government in the state. ....

A day after BJP stormed to power in Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday undertook a victory parade in the national capital. ....

Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday said the BJP's landslide electoral wins in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand showed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "is the most dominant political leader". ....

Uncertainty looms large on government formation in Manipur although the ruling Congress is the single largest party in the new assembly with 28 seats. ....

Even as the Congress and the BJP started hectic parleys with regional groups and independents in a bid to form a government in Goa, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday told Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar not to "fish" in the state's troubled waters. ....

BJP Parliamentary Board will meet here on Sunday evening to discuss the probable names for the post of Chief Minister in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, where it has won comfortable majority in the assembly elections. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's electoral appeal, central government's pro-poor schemes and Amit Shah's social engineering helped BJP pull off a stunning victory in Uttar Pradesh, the country's most crucial electoral state, say party leaders. ....

One-way traffic was on Sunday restored on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway which had remained closed for four days. ....

Handed a humiliating defeat on her maiden foray into electoral politics, Manipur's human rights activist Irom Sharmila on Saturday announced she would quit politics and blamed the people for letting her down. ....

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday that results of the assembly elections announced during the day proved wrong those who had opposed demonetisation. ....

The Congress party on Saturday swept back to power in Punjab after a decade, with veteran Amarinder Singh set to return as Chief Minister of the border state. ....

Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Saturday submitted his resignation to Governor Mridula Sinha. ....

Two brothers were arrested in Kashmir on Saturday allegedly with demonetised currency of Rs 35 lakh while they were boarding a train. ....

The BJP swept to an unprecedented two-thirds majority in Uttar Pradesh and bagged Uttarakhand too and was neck and neck with the Congress in Goa and Manipur in the country's biggest mandate since the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The Congress returned to power in Punjab after a 10-year gap. ....

Goa appeared headed for a hung assembly on Saturday even as both the Congress and the BJP claimed they will form the new government in the coastal state. ....