Extreme cold wave conditions prevailed in most parts of Uttarakhand, with Almora facing sub-zero temperatures for the last 24 hours, an official said on Thursday. According to the Regional Met Office, as many as 11 cities in the hill state are witnessing temperature below 5 degrees celsius. ...
The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m. on Thursday amid uproarious scenes over the Rafale fighter jet deal and Cauvery water issue. Soon after the House reassembled at noon after the washout of Question Hour, official papers were laid on the table....
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena unveiled a new Cabinet on Thursday, days after Ranil Wickremesinghe was reinstated as Prime Minister in a move that ended a nearly two-month-long political impasse that erupted after his surprising dismissal. ...
Overall air quality in the national capital on Thursday remained 'very poor' as the Met said the current cold wave conditions prevailing over northwest India may not allow it to improve. "The minimum temperature is likely to fall in Delhi during the next few days ...
A 15-year-old Dalit girl, who was set on fire by two unidentified men in Uttar Pradesh here, has succumbed to her injuries in a Delhi hospital after struggling for life for 36 hours, police said on Thursday. The Class 10 student, identified as Sanjali, died late on Wednesday in Safdarjung Hospital, authorities said. ...
The Rajya Sabha was on Thursday adjourned for the day within minutes it meeting amid pandemonium. Members from different parties trooped near the Chair's podium holding placards and raising slogans....
Washington DC's top prosecutor is suing Facebook in the first significant US move to punish the firm for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal....
The Donald Trump-led US administration announced that it has started returning US troops home from Syria after claiming a victory in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) without revealing any detailed timetable....
The deadlock in Parliament over Rafale fighter jet deal continued on the seventh consecutive day as the Congress stalled the proceedings over its demand for a JPC probe on which the government kept mum, saying it was ready to discuss the controversial deal....
The November 2016 demonetisation impacted economic activity in the country in the immediate aftermath, affecting the GDP numbers for that fiscal, while the measure's impact had dissipated by the summer of the following year, according to a study published by the US think-tank National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). ...
