Kolkata,  The BJP in West Bengal was left red-faced on Tuesday as a number of the party's MPs and MLAs skipped a meeting with National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu.

Out of the 68 BJP legislators who were asked to attend the meeting with Murmu, 65 were present.

Mumbai,  As anticipated, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday announced that it will support the NDA's Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu vis-a-vis the non-BJP Opposition's nominee Yashwant Sinha.

Sena President Uddhav Thackeray made the formal announcement after a series of consultations with the party M

Imphal,  Search operations by multiple agencies, including the army, continued on Tuesday for the 13th day to locate nine more missing people after the devastating landslide at a railway construction site in Manipur's Noney district, where at least 52 were killed, officials said.

A defence spokesman

Ahmedabad,  Six persons died in lightning strikes while scores have been displaced as heavy rain lashed Gujarat for the past three days. The meteorological department has forecast heavy rain in 14 districts of the state in the next 24 hours.

A red alert has been issued for heavy rain in Bharuch, Chhotaud

New Delhi,  The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought a detailed response from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on a plea seeking a declaration that the PM CARES Fund is a 'State' under Article 12 of the Constitution.

The court's direction was following a one-page affidavit response filed b

Mumbai,  Heavy rains lashed large parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday for the fifth consecutive day, playing havoc with routine life while the state's toll in rain-related incidents in the current monsoon season touched 87 while 66 others were injured, officials said.

The worst-hit district in terms of d

Chennai,  The Tamil Nadu coastal police is on high alert after the Central intelligence agencies including the country's external agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), warned of being vigilant after the crisis in Sri Lanka escalated over the last couple of days.

While the state government has tak

Chandigarh,  Just a day after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha was named Chairman of the Punjab government's advisory panel, a petition was filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday challenging his appointment.

The petition, filed by advocate Jagmohan Singh Bhatti, contended that th

Panaji,  The Congress on Tuesday requested Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar to issue notices to former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and former Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo, against whom it has filed disqualification petitions over "anti-party activities".

"We had filed our disqua

Hyderabad,  Four members of a family were electrocuted in Kamareddy district of Telangana on Tuesday, the police said.

The incident occurred in the Beedi workers' colony in Kamareddy district headquarters, about 120 km from Hyderabad.

A couple and their two children died in the shockin