
A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed West Bengal government to form a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the communal violence that erupted at Mominpur in Kolkata late on October 9. ...

A special court in Lahore on Wednesday acquitted Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son, Hamza Shehbaz, in a Rs 16 billion money laundering case, the media reported....

Hyderabad police on Wednesday said that they had busted a Chinese investment fraud of Rs 903 crore and arrested 10 accused, including a Chinese national and a Taiwanese national. ...

Allaying fears of being identified, the Congress Central Election Authority (CEA) Chairman on Wednesday assured the voters on the secrecy of the ballot in the October 17 party presidential poll. ...

In the run-up to the Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Rs 3,000 crore Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-III scheme sanctioned for Chamba in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. ...

An Indian Navy ALH helicopter was despatched to help an Iranian Navy officer who had suffered a heart attack on a ship sailing off Mumbai, officials said on Wednesday. ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to bring on record its exact stand on petitions challenging the validity of certain provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991, and how much time will it take to file a response in the matter....

The Tamil Nadu police have arrested a murder convict ten years after he jumped parole while being lodged in the Puzhal central prison, sources said on Wednesday....

The water level at the Mettur dam in Tamil Nadu's Salem district reached the maximum capacity on Wednesday early morning after heavy rain, said officials....

A local court here on Wednesday sent three people accused of killing two women allegedly as part of a "ritualistic human sacrifice" in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district, to two weeks judicial custody....