West Bengal Police on Saturday said that 12 people were arrested for allegedly attacking three monks from Uttar Pradesh who were heading to the ongoing Gangasagar Mela in Sagar Islands, North 24 Parganas district, on the basis of a kidnapping rumour. ....

The body of former model Divya Pauja, who was shot dead at a hotel in Gurugram earlier this month, was recovered from a canal in Haryana's Fatehabad district 11 days after the murder, police said on Saturday. ....

Seikh Sajahan, the absconding Trinamool Congress leader and perceived to be the principal mastermind behind the orchestrated attack on the ED and CAPF personnel, owned huge assets in terms of vehicles, gold ornaments and land property as per the election affidavit filed by him for the 2023 West Bengal panchayat polls. ....

Sujay Krishna Bhadra, a prime accused in the cash-for-school job case, on Thursday afternoon approached a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging his voice sampling test conducted by the Enforcement Directorate at the Centre-run ESI Hospital late on Wednesday night. ....

Maharashtra has been experiencing major political turbulence for the last five years, which began after the 2019 Assembly election results and is continuing in the run-up to the 2024 Assembly polls. ....

In a major swoop, the Thane Police busted a pre-New Year Eve rave party with drugs and liquor flowing freely at a private place, and detained at least 100 youngsters, officials said here on Sunday. ....

In a move that may spark major controversy, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday announced that he has asked for lifting on the ban on hijab for students and pre-university college students in the state as clothing is a matter of individual choice. ....

Following orders of the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the investigation of the encounter in the Kokernag area of J&K’s Anantnag district. ....

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday visited at several government schools in Sukho Majra and Lutheri, Morinda. ....

Twelve hours after unprecedented scenes were witnessed when protesting SFI activists stopped Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on a main road here, state Ministers on Tuesday were seen extending bouquets to the SFI. ....