Man kills wife, 2 priests in UP hostage drama; shot dead

A man who allegedly shot dead his wife and two priests at his home in Azamgarh was killed in an encounter with police early Wednesday after a nearly seven-hour standoff during which he allegedly threatened to kill his children, officials said.The accused, identified as Arvind Singh of Shambhupur...

A man allegedly shot and killed his wife and two other persons at his residence in a village here on Tuesday before locking himself up in a room with his children, with police surrounding the house and making efforts to apprehend the accused, a senior officer said.Azamgarh Senior Superintendent...

Clashes between supporters of the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party broke out in the Mukundapur area in the south-eastern fringes of the city on Tuesday, with the TMC alleging that several of its workers and leaders were badly roughed up and...