The candidate of Maharashtra's ruling BJP was trailing by nearly 20,000 votes behind his NCP rival in the Bhandara-Gondiya constituency as counting progressed in the May 28 Lok Sabha bypolls here on Thursday.

Yoga guru Ramdev's so-called "swadeshi" messaging app "Kimbho" that aimed to take on the giant WhatsApp abruptly disappeared on Thursday from Google Play Store amid security and "heavy traffic" concerns.

Uttarakhand's ruling BJP on Thursday retained the Tharali Assembly seat in the bypoll.

Bengaluru: The central government is threatening our party leaders through CBI. CBI is targeting Congress leaders only, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said.

Agartala/Guwahati, May 31 : Banking operations continue to be badly affected in Tripura, Assam and other northeastern states for the second consecutive day on Thursday as most branches of major banks remained closed due to a nation-wide employees' strike.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday wrested Uttar Pradesh's Noorpur assembly seat from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Seven of the eight accused in the Kathua rape and murder case were shifted to Pathankot on Thursday before the beginning of their trail.

Congress' Hardev Singh Ladi Sherowalia got 82,745 votes against the 43,944 votes polled by his Akali Dal rival Naib Singh Koha.