At least 24 passengers of the Goa-Mumbai Tejas Express on Sunday fell ill after consuming food served by on-board pantry car operator and were admitted to hospital, officials said. The IRCTC has launched an investigation. ....

In a sudden flare up in West Bengal's northern hills, a police sub-inspector was killed and three others were injured during an exchange of fire between the security forces and the Bimal Gurung faction of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha here on Friday, police said. ....

The Congress on Thursday bagged the prestigious Nanded-Waghala City Municipal Corporation (NWCMC), bagging 43 of the 46 seats in the 81-seat body for which results have been declared and crushing the opposition. ....

A total of 56 per cent of registered voters exercised their franchise on Wednesday in the by-election to the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency, election officials said. ....

The Congress candidate for the Panaji by-election, Girish Chodankar, on Sunday launched his election campaign with a beached offshore casino vessel in the background and attacked his opponent, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. ....

Nine people, including three children, were killed in two separate accidents in Haryana on Monday, police said. ....

In another jolt to the Congress in Gujarat ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, three more party MLAs close to former opposition leader Vaghela resigned from the assembly today. ....

Seventeen people, including a three-month old baby, have been killed, 28 rescued under debris of a residential building that collapsed in Mumbai's Ghatkopar o Tuesday morning. ....

Nine people have been rescued and 30 still feared trapped under debris of a residential building that collapsed in Mumbai's Ghatkopar. ....

More that 20 people have been killed after a bus travelling to Solan from Kinnaur rolled down a gorge near Shimla's Rampur. ....