In what could be a huge setback to the Pawar family, the Bharatiya Janata Party raced towards victory in Pune Municipal Corporation elections by notching comfortable leads in 65 of the 162 wards, pushing the ruling Nationalist Congress Party to a distant second at 32 here on Thursday. ....

Two people were killed and seven others injured on Thursday in a road accident in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. ....

The bodies of a young man and his alleged beloved were found on a railway track near Pataudi Road railway station here, the district police said on Wednesday. ....

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday offered gold ornaments worth Rs 5 crore to Lord Venkateswara, fulfilling a vow he had taken during the movement for a separate state. ....

Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday condoled the death of workers in a fire at a factory in Hyderabad that left six persons dead. ....

At least six workers were killed in the fire that broke out in an air cooler manufacturing unit in Hyderabad on Wednesday morning, police said. ....

Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) convenor M. Kodandaram was here on Wednesday detained ahead of its rally of unemployed youth, police said. ....

Defying prohibitory orders imposed by the police, the Telangana Joint Action Committee has decided to go ahead with its rally of the unemployed youth in Hyderabad on Wednesday. ....

The fifth phase of panchayat polls in Odisha came to an end peacefully on Tuesday. ....

Border Security Force (BSF) personnel seized ten gold biscuits weighing around 1.16 kg, valued at Rs 35.38 lakh, in West Bengal's Nadia district on Tuesday, an official said. ....