Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, April 26, 2018: American Stand up Comedian Bill Cosby Convicted of Drugging & Molesting Woman

American standup comedian and actor Bill Cosby has been convicted of drugging and molesting a woman 14 years ago, reported news agency AFP.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Wuhan, China late on Thursday. He is scheduled to attend the informal summit with President Xi Jinping tomorrow. The summit will feature a one-on-one interaction between the two leaders, with no delegation being present alongside them. Both the sides had refrained to pre-impose any agenda for the meet.

Terrorists hurled grenade at a police post in Jammu & Kashmir's Kulgam late on Thursday. Two police personnel were killed in the attack, whereas, one civilian was also injured.

The panchayat polls across 20 districts in West Bengal will be held on May 14, said the notification issued by the State Election Commission. The results will be declared on May 17. Read full report.

Congress candidate G Manjunath's nomination has been rejected after the Karnataka High Court disqualified him for falsely claiming to be a Dalit.

The Election Commission on Thursday announced the dates for the Lok sabha bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Nagaland. A total of 5 parliamentary constituencies will be contested. The EC also announced the dates for 10 assembly bypolls. Read full report. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for China on Thursday. The visit holds special significance as it would feature an "informal summit" between Modi and President Xi Jinping, where the two heads of states will hold a "one-on-one" interaction.

Office of Chief Electoral Officer, K'taka releases the list of 40-star campaigners each for Congress&BJP. List for Congress includes Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi&Manmohan Singh among others, that for BJP includes PM Modi, EAM Sushma Swaraj & UP CM Yogi Adityanath. 

Islamabad High Court ruled that Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif stands disqualified from Parliament for holding an Iqama (work permit) of the United Arab Emirates: Pakistan Media. 

Senior Advocate Indu Malhotra officially appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of India. Supreme Court refused to stay the appointment of Indu Malhotra as a Supreme Court Judge, when senior advocate Indira Jaising pleaded for a stay, on the ground that Centre has stalled the appointment of Uttarakhand Chief Justice KM Joseph.

CBI registered a case against then senior officials of IDBI Bank, Axcel Sunshine & others on allegations of perpetrating fraud through loan accounts of Axcel Sunshine Limited & another company to extent of around Rs 600 Cr. Searches underway at over 50 places across 10 cities.

List of 13 children who died in Kushinagar when their school van was hit by passenger train. Piyush Goyal ordered a probe and also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lac to the kin of victims, 1 lac for critically injured & Rs 50 k to people with minor injuries. Read Full Report.

After choreographer Saroj Khan and senior Congress leader Renuka Chowdhary, actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha says sexual favours are demanded in and given in both the entertainment and the political world. Read Full Report.

Spoke to Railway minister. Prima facie appears to be a mistake of the van driver, he had earphones on & there are questions about his age too. There are rules in place, the inquiry will be conducted as to why they were not followed. Strict action will be taken: CM Yogi Adityanath on Kushinagar accident.

Kathua rape & murder case in Supreme Court: Bar Council of India's inquiry panel rejected the allegations against lawyers of Jammu Bar Association of threatening victim's lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat or preventing cops from filing charge-sheet in the court.

Commenting on the Kushingar school bus accident, which has left more than 11 children dead and 8 critically injured, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said, "Railways Will Provide an Ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh Each to Families of the Deceased accident victims."

I am extremely saddened on hearing about the death of 11 school students in a collision between a school van and a train in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar. UP government and railway dept will take appropriate action: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

BCCI is recommending Virat Kohli's name for Khel Ratna Award and Sunil Gavaskar's name for Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports: BCCI Sources.

BJP workers affected by pre-Panchayat poll violence in West Bengal demonstrate outside Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's residence.