Political temperatures soared in West Bengal on Thursday after an attack on the state BJP president's vehicle by miscreants, even as the Calcutta High Court refused permission to the party "at this stage" to hold a rally in northern West Bengal's Cooch Behar that was slated to be flagged off by party chief Amit Shah on Friday. ....

Over 10 per cent polling was recorded by 10 a.m. in Telangana Assembly elections on Friday, official said. ....

An unabated cold wave is sweeping through the valley and Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir that has prompted authorities to shut all schools up to Class 8 for the winter recess, an official said on Wednesday. ....

Four people have been arrested in connection with the killing of Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and a young man in violence in Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh after cow vigilantes went on a rampage, police said on Tuesday. ....

Voting was underway on Tuesday for the seventh phase of the panchayat polls across Jammu and Kashmir amid tight security. ....

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday arrested two men and detained four in connection with a mob violence in Bulandshahr district that led to two deaths, including that of an inspector, police said. ....

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was stabbed to death here by unidentified assailants, police said on Tuesday. ....

Nine minor girls have reportedly gone missing from a shelter home in the national capital, after which Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday directed for suspension of the officials concerned. ....

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed a chargesheet against Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, his wife and others in a disproportionate assets case. ....

A police inspector was killed in Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh on Monday after violence broke out in the aftermath of an alleged case of cow slaughter, police said. ....