Hours after chaos erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal on Sunday as a court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era Jama Masjid led to violent clashes between locals and the police, leading to the deaths of four youths, the authorities on Monday imposed strict security measures and enforced prohibitory orders, shut down schools and colleges and suspended Internet services in the area. ....

The BJP has emerged as the single largest party by winning 132 seats in Maharashtra while Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena came second winning 58 seats and Ajit Pawar-led NCP bagged 41 seats. ....

Protesters pelted stoned on cops in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district when the survey of a Mughal-era mosque was underway on Sunday, following which police resorted to lathi-charge, lobbed tear gas shells to disperse them and caught hold of a few of them. ....

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led MahaYuti is headed for a thumping victory in the high-stakes Maharashtra Assembly elections while a pall of gloom prevails in the rival faction Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) comprising Congress, SS (UBT) and NCP-SP, as per trends till 12 noon. ....

At least eight persons were killed and three more critically injured in two separate road accidents in Assam’s Bajali and Dhubri districts on Saturday, officials said. ....

Trinamool Congress candidates Sanat Dey and Sangita Roy were on Saturday declared elected from the Naihati constituency in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district and Sitai constituency in Cooch Behar district, and party candidates were ahead in the other four Assembly seats too where bypolls were held on November 13. ....

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday was conducting raids at multiple places in the Jammu division of J&K, said officials here, adding that the action is being taken as part of probe in fresh cases registered by the agency. ....

The Delhi-Darbhanga Special Train (number 04068) got derailed at Harinagar railway station in Bihar's West Champaran district in the early hours of Thursday. ....

Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Thursday launched a scathing attack on former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, accusing them of promoting and rewarding Bibhav Kumar, whom she referred to as a "goon". ....

Voting proceeds briskly with top political leaders, celebs, commoners and slum-dwellers queuing up to cast their vote all over Maharashtra for the Assembly 2024 elections here on Wednesday. ....