As the parleys between the Congress and the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh appeared to collapse over seat-sharing, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday intervened and spoke to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on the phone. ....

As many as 250 candidates are left in the fray for 40 assembly constituencies for the February 4 assembly elections in Goa at the end of deadline for withdrawal of nominations, poll authorities said on Saturday. ....

Pakistan on Saturday released Indian Army soldier, Sepoy Chandu Babulal Chavan, who had inadvertently crossed the LoC and was in the captivity of the neighbouring country since September last year. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday assured the Centres commitment towards Tamil Nadu and said all efforts were being made to realise the "cultural aspirations" of its people. ....

A day after the central government gave its nod to the Tamil Nadu government's ordinance to enable holding of Jallikattu, AIADMK MPs on Saturday met President Pranab Mukherjee. ....

Independent MLA Engineer Rashid was Saturday suspended for two days from the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly for disrupting its proceedings. ....

Pakistan on Saturday said it was returning in a "goodwill gesture" Indian soldier Chandu Babulal Chavan, who inadvertently crossed the LoC in September last year. ....

National Conference members on Saturday walked out of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly accusing the government of failing to restore electric supplies across the state. ....

Cold wave continued in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday as minimum temperatures remained several notches below freezing point. ....

At least 30 trains were running late and five cancelled due to dense fog in parts of north India on Saturday morning, a railway official said. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday assured the Centres commitment towards Tamil Nadu and said all efforts were being made to realise the "cultural aspirations" of its people. ....

The central government on Friday evening gave its nod to the Tamil Nadu government's ordinance to enable holding of Jallikattu, as the southern state saw continued massive protests in support of the bull-taming sport. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Donald Trump on his becoming the US President and said he looked forward to working with him to further deepen India-US ties. ....

A court in Manipur on Friday sentenced Nongthombam Ajay, son of state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson N. Biren, to five years imprisonment. ....

Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel on Friday is learnt to have said that cash flow in the country will normalise soon. ....

In 2016, some learning outcomes for 111 million school-age students between ages six and 15 remained mostly unchanged in BIMARU states (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh), when compared to 2014, after declining for four years, according to the 2016 Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) released in January 2017. ....

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed not to pronounce its verdict on Jallikattu for one week in the wake of large scale protests in Tamil Nadu against the ban on the bull-taming sport. ....

The tradition of Jallikattu is many thousands of years old in Tamil Nadu. The recent ban on this festive event has the entire state up in arms. ....

AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi said on Friday the protests against the Jallikattu ban are a lesson for the Hindutva forces. ....

Minimum temperatures throughout the Jammu and Kashmir remained below freezing point on Friday and a dry weather forecast for the next 24 hours. ....