Kairana/Bhandara/Kohima, May 30 (IBNS): Re-polling in 73 polling stations of Uttar Pradesh's Kairana, 49 polling booths in Maharashtra's Bhandara-Gondiya and one polling booth of Nagaland parliamentary constituencies, where Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were reportedly malfunctioned two days ago, are underway on Wednesday.

New Delhi, May 30 (IBNS)  Former President Pranab Mukherjee has reportedly accepted an invitation from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh  (RSS), the ideological patron of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to attend a key function of the organisation at the headquarters of the Sangh in Nagpur, triggering a political firestorm and speculations.

Guwahati, May 29 (IBNS): Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday arrived at Dimapur while on her maiden visit to the Army’s Spear Corps Zone in Nagaland.

Guwahati, May 29 (IBNS): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday undertook a trek from Chandigre village in West Garo Hills to Daribokgre village on the foothills of Nokrek in East Garo Hills, about 9 kms to understand the potentials of promoting the destination for the tourists.

Guwahati, May 29 (BNS): The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and 28 other organisations, representing various ethnic and tribal communities on Tuesday staged an 11-hour hunger strike in Guwahati to protest against the Citizenship (Ammendment) Bill, 2016.

Guwahati, May 29 (IBNS): As a part of ‘Betrayal Day’ observed by All India Congress Committee (AICC) against Modi government’s failure to control fuel price, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Tuesday took out a bicycle rally in Guwahati.

Kolkata, May 29 (IBNS): The youth wing of West Bengal's ruling party Trinamool Congress on Tuesday hit the streets of Kolkata to protest the fuel price hike for 15 consecutive days across the country.

Chandigarh, May 29 (IBNS): Making a controversial political statement, Haryana Minister Anil Vij has compared Congress president Rahul Gandhi to deadly Nipah virus, which claimed 13 lives in Kerala so far.

Guwahati, May 29 (IBNS): Nine people, who were badly injured in a road mishap, remained stranded for three days in a remote village in Mizoram before finally being rescued.

New Delhi, May 29 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Indonesia on the first leg of his official visit to South East Asia on Tuesday, according to media reports.

New Delhi, May 29 (IBNS): Around one million bank employees across the country will go on a two-day strike from Wednesday after negotiations on wage hike yielded no results.

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 (IBNS): According to the the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences. the Southwest monsoon has set in over Kerala, on Tuesday.

Chennai, May 29 (IBNS): DMK lawmakers, including opposition leader MK Stalin, on Tuesday entered the Tamil Nadu assembly by wearing black clothes as a mark of  protest against the killing of 13 people in Tuticorin during agitation over the Sterlite copper plant pollution issue, media reports said.

Chennai, May 29 (IBNS): A day after ordering a complete closure of the Sterlite copper plant in Tuticorin, the Tamil Nadu government has cancelled the land allotment for the second phase of expansion of the plant by Vedanta Group in the region, media reports said.

New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore from May 29 to June 2. 

New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS): While submitting charge sheet against Shashi Tharoor, the Delhi Police on Monday told court that his wife Sunanda Pushkar had e-mailed the Congress leader a week before her death stating that  she had "lost her will to live."

New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS): For the first time after swearing-in as the Karnataka Chief Minister, HD Kumaraswamy met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Monday.

New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS): Hinting at no change in stance towards Pakistan, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said talks with the neighbouring country cannot take place with continued terrorism at the border, media reports said.

Tuticorin, May 28 (IBNS): Prioritising Tamil Nadu people's demands after over a dozen deaths of protesters in police firing, the state government has issued an order to close the Sterlite copper plant permanently in Tuticorin on Monday, media reports said.

Bengaluru, May 28 (IBNS): Karnataka Congress MLA and senior politician Siddu B Nyamagouda has passed away in a road accident near Tulasigeri of the state, media reports said.

New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS): The Election Commission of India has denied allegations of large-scale failure of  EVM and VVPATs in the on-going by-elections in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Dublin, May 28 (IBNS): A majority of Irish women are overjoyed after the country made abortion legal in Ireland, abolishing the age-old Eight Amendment.

Bhubaneswar, May 27 (IBNS): Suspended Odisha Lok Sabha MP Baijayant Jay Panda, on Monday announced his resignation from the ruling  Biju Janata Dal.

Kolkata, May 28 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trianamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has hit out at the Centre  over fuel price hike.

Kohima (Nagaland) /Ampati (Meghalaya), May 28 (IBNS)  : An average 42 percent of the electorate have voted till 11 am as polling  is underway for byelectios to  Nagaland Lok Sabha and Ampati assembly (Meghalaya) seats on Monday.

New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be accompanying his mother and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi for medical check-up outside India.

New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS): Voting in four parliamentary and ten assembly seats across ten states of the country is underway on Monday.

Guwahati, May 27 (IBNS) : The Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs led by senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor will visit Arunachal Pradesh on Monday to take stock of the ground situation on the Indo-China border.

Dubai/Mumbai, May 27 (IBNS)  The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday said it is taking “extremely seriously” the allegations of match-fixing and existence of a betting syndicate in India as captured in a documentary aired by Qatar-based news organisation Al Jazeera.

Guwahati, May 27 (IBNS): A team of Narcotics Affairs and Borders (NAB) officials have arrested four persons, including an IRB Rifleman and a Burmese national, on the grounds of drugs trafficking.

Guwahati, May 27 (IBNS): The memorial of of Martyr Havildar Hangpan Dada, Ashok Chakra (Posthomous), was inaugurated by Major General Gajinder Singh, GOC 2 Mountain Division on Saturday in Dada's native village at Borduria, Khonsa, Arunachal Pradesh.

Guwahati, May 27 (IBNS): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 24 pieces of ivory weighing around 5.838 kg from two persons at Guwahati railway station on Saturday, officials said on Sunday.

New Delhi, May 27 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday  inaugurated the Phase 1 of Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME).

Guwahati, May 27 (IBNS): At least eight people were injured as two groups clashed over a land dispute in central Assam’s Nagaon district.

Bengaluru, May 27 (IBNS): Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has said there are some "issues" on portfolio allocation with Congress, with whom his party JD(S) has made a coalition to form the government, media reports said.

Srinagar, May 27 (IBNS): At least 19 Indian Para military troopers were injured after the driver of the vehicle lost control in Bemina area of Srinagar city.

New Delhi, May 27 (IBNS):  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the 44th Mann Ki Baat, his monthly radio broadcast.

New Delhi, May 27 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the 44th Mann Ki Baat, his monthly radio broadcast, where he invoked the spirit of 'Fit India' and said people should keep themselves fit for the sake of nation.

New Delhi, May 27 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, which is India’s first smart and green 6-lane highway.

Cuttack, May 26 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may have completed four years in power, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi is looking for a long run at his office.

New Delhi, May 26 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi has given a thumps down to Narendra Modi government, which completed four years in office on Saturday.

Guwahati, May 26 (IBNS) : A hardcore militant belonging to NSCN-IM was killed during a fierce gun fight with the troops of Assam Rifles in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday evening, officials said on Saturday.

New Delhi, May 26 (IBNS): On the day when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is celebrating the fourth year of its government at the Centre, the national president of the saffron outfit, Amit Shah, has once again emphasised on the "Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas" or "development for all" agenda of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

New Delhi, May 26(IBNS): Paytm users are caught in a conundrum with a media house claiming that the app-based payments facilitator has shared its user data with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and Paytm denying the allegations.

Mumbai, May 26 (IBNS): Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has sent a notice to ICICI Bank Ltd and its Managing Director Chanda Kochhar, starting proceedings against the institution for non-disclosure of information in the controversial videocon loan case, reports said.

Mumbai, May 27 (IBNS): A Mumbai-based floating restaurant capsized in the Arabian Sea on Friday evening, according to media reports. However, no loss of lives were reported.

New Delhi, May 26 (IBNS): A road journey between Delhi and Meerut in the National Capital Region (NCR) is going to be a breeze with the opening of India's first 14-lane expressway.

New Delhi, May 26 (IBNS): CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has launched an unsparing attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as it completed its four years in office on Saturday.

New Delhi/Srinagar, May 26 (IBNS): Five terrorists were killed after the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid in  the Tangdar sector of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday morning, according to media reports.

Chennai/Tuticorin, May 26 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Monday is likely to hear the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed on Thursday regarding the death of protesters in the Tuticorin Sterlite Copper plant violence case, according to media reports.