Opposition parties led by the Trinamool Congress on Wednesday demanded action against a BJP youth leader who announced a reward of Rs 11 lakh for killing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. ....

Former Union minister and Congress leader Akhilesh Das passed away after suffering heart attack in Lucknow on Wednesday, a party source confirmed. He was 56. ....

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal for 24-hour power supply in cities and 18 hours in villages in the state. ....

About 12 per cent polling was recorded in the first two hours of the Malappuram Loksabha constituency bypoll that began at 7 a.m on Wednesday. ....

Around 50 people, including students, police personnel and even journalists, were injured as students, protesting a massive fee hike for various courses, clashed with police on the Panjab University campus in Chandigarh on Tuesday. ....

Three persons and their two juvenile accomplices were on Tuesday held for murdering a food vendor after he refused to serve them 'golgappa', police said on Tuesday. ....

Senior Congress leader and party Treasurer Motilal Vora was admitted to a city hospital following health complications, confirmed part sources on Tuesday. ....

Three Delhi Police personnel, who had traced 77 missing or runaway children and reunited them with their families, were awarded by Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik on Tuesday. ....

A gang of inter-state cheque duplicators has been busted with the arrest of five persons including nationalised bank employee, Delhi Police said on Tuesday, adding accounts in 17 banks across the country have been compromised. ....

As many as 7,000 girl students on Tuesday performed classical dance 'Kuchpudi' in this Andhra Pradesh coastal city to set a Guinness World record. ....