Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has demanded that the government should make public the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report that formed the basis for the ouster of CBI Director Alok Verma, which has been disowned by retired Supreme Court Judge A.K. Patnaik, causing embarrassment to the government....
An Assistant Commandant of the Border Security Force (BSF) was killed on Tuesday in Pakistani firing on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district. BSF sources said the Pakistani troops violated the 2003 ceasefire on the international border in Hiranagar sector....
A slew of hoardings welcoming devotees to the Kumbh Mela in this historic city of Uttar Pradesh call for the construction of a grand Ram temple at the disputed Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya. Thousands of saints who have descended here from across the country are also...
Pakistan has arrested a senior member of the Afghan Taliban in a bid to put pressure on the militant group amid talks with the US, the media reported on Tuesday. Hafez Mohibullah, who served as Religious Affairs Minister when the Taliban ruled Afghanistan until 2001, was held in Peshawar, the BBC reported citing ...
Supreme Court judges should not be given any profitable posting after retirement, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) demanded on Tuesday, claiming that such postings influence the judicial system. "I demand that judges should not be given any profitable posting after ...
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said on Tuesday that he has sought an appointment to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016. "As a government, we have taken the lead in opposing this Bill and we will...
In an obvious attack on Pakistan, Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Tuesday said "our western neighbour" was ceaselessly supporting terrorists and warned that his troops won't hesitate to take "heavy action". Speaking on the occasion of the 71st Army Day parade, Gen Rawat also said that ...
People across Karnataka on Tuesday celebrated the harvest festival of Sankranti with thousands of Hindus thronging temples. The festival began with people heralding 'Uttarayan', when the Sun enters the northern hemisphere, marking a new month in the Hindu calendar....
Thousands of devotees took a holy dip here at the Sangam -- the confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna and the mystical Saraswati rivers -- on Tuesday morning, on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti and marking the onset of the Kumbh Mela. Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged devotees to participate in the Kumbh Mela,...
India has called for a more multilateral global order keeping in focus the Indo-Pacific, a region that has grown in significance in recent years. Noting that India was committed to upholding multilateralism and the institutions it engenders, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on ...
