Srinagar: The PDP and the National Conference -- the two INDIA bloc partners in Jammu and Kashmir -- will be taking on each other on the three Lok Sabha seats in the valley.

Mumbai: A special court here on Wednesday observed that BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur's absence in the September 2008 Malegaon blast case trial was hampering the proceedings, and asked the NIA to submit a report on her health.

Hyderabad: Four persons were killed and over 10 others suffered injuries following an explosion in a reactor at a pharmaceutical company in Sangareddy district of Telangana on Wednesday, police said.

Chennai: Three ex-convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, all of them Sri Lankans, returned to their home country on Wednesday, nearly two years after being freed by the Supreme Court. They had earlier served a three-decade prison term in connection with the killing of the former Prime Minister.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the deletion of advocate Bansuri Swaraj's name from its order of granting bail to AAP leader Sanjay Singh after the Enforcement Directorate said her name got added to the list due to an "inadvertent error".

BJP Member of Parliament Sushil Modi announced on Wednesday that he will not be contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections due to his ongoing battle with cancer for the past six months. The 72-year-old former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar revealed that he had informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about his health condition.

In another setback for the Congress party in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, boxer Vijender Singh has announced his decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Vijender Singh, India's first Olympic medallist in boxing and a Congress leader, is set to join the BJP.