A retired college professor, his wife, daughter and a relative were found dead at their home here in Kerala, police said on Sunday. ....

Close to 82 per cent votes were cast in the Kanthi Dakshin assembly by-poll in West Bengal on Sunday. ....

Amid tight security, 72.15 per cent of the over 1.95 lakh voters exercised their franchise in Jharkhand's Littipara assembly bypoll on Sunday, an election official said. ....

Voting in the Assam assembly by-election in Dhemaji constituency passed off peacefully on Sunday, with 66.97 per cent of the total 2,19,751 voters casting their votes, an election official said. ....

Amid reports of violence and allegations of booth capturing, over 52 per cent ballotting was recorded in bypolls for two Madhya Pradesh assembly seats-Ater in Bhind district and Bandhavgarh in Umaria district-in the first eight hours on Sunday. ....

Over 77 per cent polling was registered for the Dholpur Assembly by-poll in Rajasthan on Sunday, an official said. ....

Two policemen were killed in a gunfight with Maoists in Jharkhand's Simdega district on Sunday morning, the state police said. ....

In a daring heist, a gang on Sunday morning at a gunpoint looted passengers of cash and valuables and assaulted some of them aboard the prestigious New Delhi-Patna Rajdhani Express in Bihar's Buxar district, the police said. ....

A 19-year-old German tourist was robbed and injured in a blade attack here by a rickshaw puller and his accomplice, who were both arrested within a day after the crime, police said on Saturday. The youth is being treated at a hospital. ....

Three people were killed when security forces opened fire on mobs attacking polling stations and poll personnel in Budgam district where by-election for the Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary seat is being held on Sunday. ....