Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday returned fire to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on his "Gujarat donkeys" jibe, saying there was no need to be afraid of the animal that lived thousands of kilometres away. ....

In what could be a huge setback to the Pawar family, the Bharatiya Janata Party raced towards victory in Pune Municipal Corporation elections by notching comfortable leads in 65 of the 162 wards, pushing the ruling Nationalist Congress Party to a distant second at 32 here on Thursday. ....

Two people were killed and seven others injured on Thursday in a road accident in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. ....

Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United on Thursday suspended its legislator Mewalal Choudhary for alleged "gross irregularities" in the appointment of staff when he was the Vice Chancellor of the Bihar Agriculture University (BAU) in Bhagalpur district. ....

The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) on Thursday expressed anger and anguish over the attacks on journalists, teachers and students in Delhi University. ....

Describing the violence outside Ramjas College here as an example of "state machinery backed violent intolerance", the CPI-M on Thursday demanded action against ABVP activists involved in the assault as also against the police for connivance. ....

The son of a Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate was shot and seriously injured in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba district on Thursday morning, police said. ....

The fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls saw 61 per cent voting till 5 p.m., the Election Commission announced here on Thursday. ....

Swaraj India, the newly-formed political party led by former AAP leader Yogendra Yadav, on Wednesday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming municipal elections in Delhi. ....

Four cheats who duped hundreds of people at ATMs on the pretext of helping them use their debit cards to fraudulently withdraw money from their accounts to the tune of Rs 1 crore have been arrested, police said on Wednesday. ....