A search operation was launched on Monday morning in the Akhnoor sector near the border with Pakistan following reports of the presence of three terrorists in the area, security officials said.

Hyderabad: Police here raided a farmhouse allegedly owned by BRS working president K T Rama Rao’s brother-in-law and booked one person, who tested positive for cocaine at the party organised there.

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said it was his promise to every working poor and middle class person in India that he would bring back the smile on their faces.

Mumbai: The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (SP) on Sunday announced its third list of candidates for nine seats for the Maharashtra assembly polls, the names including actor Swara Bhaskar's husband Fahad Ahmad.

Mauganj (MP): A sub inspector was 'line attached' (taken off field duty as punishment) in Madhya Pradesh's Mauganj district after a video showing him ill-treating a woman while being clad in a 'lungi' went viral on social media, a police official said on Sunday.

Ranchi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Manoj Pandey has claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is offering Rs 5 crore to entice a candidate within its ranks to contest against Chief Minister Hemant Soren in the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections. 

Bhadrak (Odisha): People in many villages in Basudevpur block of Odisha’s Bhadrak district are seen making beelines before vehicles carrying power generators to charge their mobile phone batteries as the electricity supply has been disrupted by cyclone Dana.

Lucknow: Police on Sunday lodged an FIR on charges of murder and criminal conspiracy against the SHO of Chinhat police station here and others after the family of a 30-year-old man, who died in police custody, alleged that he was beaten to death by the cops, officials said.