Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced that if his party returned to the helm again in Punjab it will set up a cluster of food parks and the payment will be made directly to farmers for their produce. ....

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that the Centre is ready to talk with the militant outfits of the Northeastern region to resolve their problems as the government always wants to end the violence permanently. ....

The winning spree of Trinamool Congress continues in West Bengal as the party won four municipal corporations -- Siliguri, Asansol, Bidhannagar and Chandannagar with a thumping majority reducing the opposition to the minnows. ....

Hitting out at Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for seeking proof of surgical strikes, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday said that the Congress and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) should answer whether they are with the Indian army or Pakistan. ....

The Karnataka High Court on Monday struck down provisions of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021 that banned online games. ....

The voting percentage on Monday till 1 p.m. in the second phase assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh was 39.07 per cent, 35.21 per cent in Uttarakhand and 44.63 per cent in Goa. ....

The family of former Miss Kerala Ancy Kabeer, on Monday expressed displeasure in the manner in which the probe is going on in Ancy's death due to the accident. Ancy's family now wants CBI probe in the wake of a fresh case registered against a hotel owner where DJ party was held prior to the car crash which killed two former beauty pageant winners in the wee hours of November 1. ....

The Centre is all set to ban 54 Chinese mobile applications which are posing threat to national security, the sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Monday. ....

The voting percentage on Monday till 11 a.m. in the second phase Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh was 23.03 per cent, 18.97 per cent in Uttarakhand and 26.63 per cent in Goa, according to Election Commission (EC) data. ....

Amid the prevailing tension in connection with the hijab row and the case being heard in the high court, schools reopened on Monday for students of Class 9 and 10 across Karnataka. ....

Paying homage to the 40 killed Central Reserve Police Force personnel in one of the deadliest terror attacks on the security forces in 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said their bravery and supreme sacrifice motivates every Indian to work towards a strong and prosperous country. ....

As Goa and Uttarakhand are voting for their Assemblies in a single phase on Monday, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has appealed to people to vote. ....

The voting percentage on Monday till 9 a.m. in the second phase Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh was 9.45 per cent, 5.03 per cent in Uttarakhand and 10.86 per cent in Goa. ....

The political fate of several BJP heavyweights, including Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and state unit president Madan Kaushik will be decided in the Uttarakhand Assembly polls on Monday. ....

With the number of Covid-19 cases coming down, the Tamil Nadu government has eased the lockdown restrictions in the state, officials said, adding primary schools, play-schools, and nursery schools will open from Wednesday, on February 16. ....

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann on Saturday campaigned in the villages of his constituency Dhuri, promising to eradicate mafia rule in the state and people's money would be refunded from chit fund companies. ....

A newly-found reported militant group named the Tehreek-e-Taliban India (TTI) has emerged over the internet, but claims that it has nothing to do with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or the Afghan Taliban, Samaa TV reported. ....

Soon after news broke out regarding the passing away of former Bajaj Auto chairman and industrialist Rahul Bajaj, several political leaders and known personalities condoled his death. ....

Renowned industrialist Rahul Bajaj -- the doyen of the Bajaj Group, who made his two-wheelers a household name with the catchy slogan 'Hamara Bajaj' -- passed away in Pune following a prolonged illness. ....

Amid the ongoing hijab row, a plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre and states to implement a "common dress code" in registered and state recognised educational institutions in order to secure social equality, assure dignity and promote national integration. ....