For the past week, the sleepy, "mast-maula" Varanasi has pitchforked itself into envious limelight as the biggest and best in Indian politics camped here to woo voters as the city readied to go to the hustings in the last phase of the ongoing assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. ....

At least eight persons were injured in an explosion in a passenger train in Shajapur district in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, authorities said. ....

A 60-year-old man was arrested and another detained for raping a 15-year-old girl here, Delhi Police said on Tuesday. ....

Over 10 years (2006-15), Uttar Pradesh (UP) transferred Indian Police Service (IPS) officers at four times the Indian average, according to an analysis of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) data. ....

It's official -- 18 months after the October 2015 assembly elections, Bihar still awaits the bounty of Rs 1.25 lakh-crore announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the poll campaign, an RTI query has revealed. ....

Jammu and Kashmir will experience erratic weather conditions beginning from Tuesday evening with snow and rains expected to occur during this period, the Met department announced. ....

An irate mob attacked and burnt down a police station in Meghalaya's North Garo Hills district after three persons were injured in a police firing, an official said on Tuesday. ....

President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday presented the visitor's award for the best university to Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University while noting the research activities in the Central universities should align with the developmental challenges of the country. ....

The Delhi High Court on Monday suggested to the government an audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India into the number of trees felled in the national capital for various projects. ....

Cutting across party lines, legislators in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday supported a resolution to revise the minimum wages of labourers in the state, but it was later withdrawn after the government assured the cabinet would take up the matter. ....