Telangana government is is in the process of setting up a fast track court to hand out quick punishment to the culprits in a rape incident in Karimnagar district, state Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy said in Hyderabad on Sunday.

Two more legislators of the opposition YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh including its deputy leader in the Assembly Jyothula Nehru today said that they were ready to "part ways" with the party and "join" the ruling TDP.

DMK president M Karunanidhi today sought an explanation from arch rival and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa over the reported critical remarks of a Union minister on the administration of the state.

BJP today contested MDMK general secretary Vaiko's claims that it had "bargained" with Vijayakanth-led DMDK to join NDA for the May 16 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu, saying it was "totally wrong".

DMDK women's wing leader and party founder Vijayakant's wife Premalatha has been booked for allegedly instigating voters to accept money from DMK and AIADMK to vote in the coming assembly elections.

Even though she lives close to the Cauvery River and the KRS dam in Karnataka, Iramma has to walk to a pump with a toddler in tow about four times a day to collect water.

For the May 16 Assembly polls, the Congress, heading the ruling UDF in Kerala, has included names of all its sitting lawmakers in the probable list of the party for 82 constituencies.

DMK leader MK Stalin today send a legal notice to MDMK founder Vaiko for his alleged remarks against the former in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

MDMK leader Vaiko was seen walking out in a huff in the middle of a television interview when asked whether his party was offered a huge sum by Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK party.

A temple in Kerala says no to customary parading of elephants during festivals and gets an unexpected letter of appreciation.

In the wake of unrest at the Hyderabad Central University (HCU), its Vice-Chancellor Appa Rao Podile has sought the cooperation of parents and students for smooth functioning of the varsity.

A Kerala nurse and her son were killed in a shell attack on their residence in Libya's Sabratha city, officials said today.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said that Indian priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil, missing in Yemen since early this month, has been abducted by a terror group and the government is making all efforts to rescue him.

With the exact cause of south-Indian actor Kalabhavan Mani's death still eluding investigating officers, Kerala DGP T P Senkumar on Friday said scientific probe would be needed to unravel the mystery.

In a case of public apathy, three persons, who met with a road accident, died with nobody coming to their assistance, despite cries for help while lying in a pool of blood at Kolagala village in the district, police said today.