Five unidentified youths tried to forcibly enter the residence of AAP legislator from Matia Mahal Asim Ahmed Khan on Sunday evening, but they were prevented from doing so by the security guards there, police said. ....

The Election Commission is expected to announce on Monday its decision on the demand for 'cycle' symbol by the two warring factions of the Samajwadi Party. ....

Six pilgrims, all women, suffocated to death during a mad rush to board a vessel from the crowded jetty on their way home from Gangasagar fair in West Bengal on Sunday after taking the holy dip, a state minister said. ....

A court here on Sunday sent to, three days police custody, BJP's West Bengal unit Vice President Jayprakash Majumdar, arrested for allegedly taking money from School Service Commission candidates on the pretext of getting them jobs. ....

The death toll in the boat tragedy here rose to 25 on Sunday as rescuers recovered four more bodies, officials said. ....

It was a foggy Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 8.6 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. ....

More than 30 houses were gutted in a fire in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh early on Sunday, officials said. ....

BJP's West Bengal unit Vice President Jayprakash Majumdar was on Saturday arrested for allegedly taking money from School Service Commission candidates on the pretext of getting them jobs, police said. ....

At least 20 passengers were killed and many others were missing as a boat carrying 40 people capsized in the Ganga river near here on Saturday evening, officials said. Only eight people were rescued so far. ....

In a blow to the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP), two of its senior party leaders on Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. ....