West Bengal BJP leader and social worker Motiur Rahman on Saturday joined the ruling Trinamool Congress, ahead of the assembly elections.

TVK chief Vijay on Saturday announced a slew of promises for women, including a monthly financial aid of Rs 2,500, a sovereign gold with silk saree as wedding gift to young women, and six LPG cylinders free for all families, if his party was voted to power in the upcoming state assembly election.

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Singh was on Saturday acquitted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the murder case of Ram Chander Chhatrapati, journalist from Sirsa.

Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday urged the Jammu and Kashmir Police to release those arrested for staging protests in the Valley against the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israel strike on February 28.

Three persons have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a girl in Jharkhand's Pakur district, police said on Saturday.

Local residents hurled stones at an administration and police team that had gone to remove alleged encroachments in a village in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district on Saturday, damaging two government vehicles, officials said.

Northern Railway will operate a special train from New Delhi to Ahmedabad on Saturday at 11.45 pm for cricket enthusiasts who wish to watch the T20 World Cup final.

Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Saturday asserted that the Northeast is no longer defined by its geographical distance from the national capital, but by its proximity to new economic opportunities.