Preceded by weeks of violence, intense court battles and alleged use of muscle power to prevent opponents from filing nominations, the West Bengal panchayat polls are all set to be held on Monday, which will give a clearer picture of the battle lines ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Though the Central government has said all villages in the country have been electrified, there is one village (could be more) in this Uttar Pradesh district that is still waiting for power lines.

Bidar/Bengaluru: Three persons were killed and two seriously injured in a crash between a container and a car.

Markets in Agra wore a deserted look and there were fewer vehicles on roads as the maximum temperature crossed 45 degrees Celsius on Sunday. The number of tourists too dwindled at the Taj Mahal and Fatehpur Sikri.

Actress Alia Bhatt felt happy to work with her mother Soni Razdan in her latest release "Raazi" but admits to getting nervous for the veteran actress.

Bengaluru: A scientist who had flown all the way from England to cast his vote was disappointed to find that he could not do so.

Bengaluru: JDS chief Devendra Gowda has said that he will not "accept" or "reject" anything. He commented this when most of the exit-poll surveys predicted the JDS to be a King Maker.

Bengaluru: JDS president HD Kumaraswamy has flown to Singapore for two days for taking rest.