The influential Roman Catholic Church in Goa on Sunday expressed its opposition to the proposed garbage treatment plant near the historically significant Old Goa Church complex near Panaji, claiming it is in close proximity to the 17th century UNESCO-recognised monuments and that the proposal would not be acceptable to any "right-minded" ...
Pope Francis has urged the international community to act after the sinking of a ship, which is feared to have killed 150 migrants in the Mediterranean....
A 64-year-old retired Army captain was beaten to death by unidentified assailants in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district, police said on Sunday....
The BJP has not been able to overcome the desertion by two of its Madhya Pradesh MLAs who had cross-voted in favour of a government-sponsored Bill. The party is, however, looking beyond the loss to take on the ruling Congress....
There was no restriction in Islam to say "Jai Shri Ram", said Sayed Mominul Awal, spokesman of the Assam Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), here on Sunday....
From a student leader who rose from Andhra Pradesh's Osmania University, Jaipal Reddy made his own mark in the national politics. He took on former prime minister Indira Gandhi in then Andhra Pradesh's Medak constituency in the 1980 Lok Sabha polls after quitting the Congress protesting against Emergency....
Sudhir Makkar, now known as 'Golden Baba', has been the centre of attraction in the ongoing Kanwar Yatra here in Uttar Pradesh....
The Communist Party of India (CPI), the second largest alliance member in the ruling Left Front government in Kerala, is now caught in a spot of bother owing to an eruption of factional feud in the party....
All the 14 Karnataka rebel legislators, who were disqualified by Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Sunday for defying their party whips to attend the House on July 23, said they would challenge the Speaker's decision in the Supreme Court on Monday....
Amid a rise in violence by cow vigilantes targeting a certain community, first-time woman MP from BJP Sunita Duggal has said that mob lynching cannot be linked to her party....
