Kolkata, July 13 - Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha from now onwards will be hearing the matters related to irregularities in the recruitment of primary teachers in state-run schools of West Bengal.

Kolkata, July 13 - Trinamool Congress candidates for four Assembly constituencies in West Bengal that went for bypolls on July 10 have consolidated their positions after the completion of the third round of counting by leading by comfortable margins in all four constituencies.

New Delhi, July 13 - The Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), Priyank Kanoongo, has expressed concern about children's rights, particularly of non-Muslim children in madrasas.

Patna July 13 - The counting for Rupauli Assembly bypoll is currently underway. The results are expected in a few hours.

Shimla, July 13 - It is a neck-and-neck contest in Himachal Pradesh’s Dehra assembly bypoll where Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s wife Kamlesh Thakur, who is making her electoral debut, has been leading by a slender margin, as per trends in the sixth

Kolkata, July 13 - Counting has begun for the bypolls for four Assembly constituencies in West Bengal under a tight security cover.

Shimla, July 13 - Vote counting for Himachal Pradesh's bypoll for three Assembly constituencies began on Saturday, with 13 candidates in the fray for the contest mainly between the state-ruling Congress and the main Opposition BJP.

Chandigarh, July 13 - Vote count for Punjab's lone Assembly constituency -- Jalandhar West -- began on Saturday, with 15 candidates in the fray for a multi-cornered contest largely among the state-ruling AAP, the Congress, and the BJP.

Bhubaneswar, July 13 - Odisha Vigilance officials on Friday caught Balangir district's Chief Civil Supplies Officer (CCSO) red-handed while he was receiving a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a rice mill owner for clearing his pending bills and placing a new order.

Guwahati, July 13 - The overall flood situation in Assam further improved on Friday but seven more deaths were reported while 12.33 lakh people remain affected in 24 of the state's 35 districts, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) officials said.

Bhubaneswar, July 12 - Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday congratulated noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik for winning the gold medal at the International Sand Sculpture Championship held in St. Petersburg of Russia between July 4 to 12.

Guwahati, July 12 - Assam Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pijush Hazarika on Friday requested state’s Environment and Forest Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary to take measures to prevent elephant deaths hit by trains.

Mumbai, July 12 - The Enforcement Directorate has slapped provisional attachment orders on the assets of various entities allegedly involved in a massive Income Tax refund scam of Rs. 263.95 crore, officials said here on Friday.

Shimla, July 12 - The Congress government in Himachal Pradesh on Friday at a Cabinet meeting decided to withdraw the free electricity scheme benefitting all income-tax payers.

Amaravati, July 12 - Former Additional Advocate General (AAG) Ponnavolu Sudhakar Reddy said registering of a murder case against former Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is a political vendetta.

Srinagar, July 12 - The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday amended the J&K transaction of business rules bringing further subjects under the executive powers of the L-G.

Bengaluru, July 12 - Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Prahlad Joshi on Friday said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is “authoritarian” and demanded his resignation following the MUDA land case controversy.