Efforts to forge a broad unity among opposition parties to defeat the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections received a boost on Thursday with TDP leader N. Chandrababu Naidu meeting Congress President Rahul Gandhi and the two leaders stating that opposition forces will work together to "defend India, our institutions and democracy."...
A high-voltage campaign for the November 3 by-elections to three Lok Sabha and two assembly segments in Karnataka ended on Friday on a bitter note, as the ruling combine (JD-S-Congress) and the opposition BJP slammed each other over various issues, including defections....
Despite women taking to the social media to talk about sexual harassment faced at the workplace which has compelled a number of prominent individuals, including politicians and journalists, to step down from their positions, the present law is not strong enough to tackle the emerging #MeToo cases, National Commission for Women ...
A street vendor, selling fruit and traditional sweetmeats, has installed a CCTV camera in his cart to rule out the possibility of getting falsely accused by customers of stealing their mobile phones or wallets....
Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Thursday said that India has had no "extra-territorial ambitions", but was committed to 'uphold and strengthen" peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region. ...
Congress leader P. Chidambaram said on Thursday that Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) was a 'jumla' and "an exercise in self-deception" by the Modi government, alleging that the accounts were used to launder money after demonetisation. ...
Two days ahead of polling, L. Chandrashekar, the BJP candidate in the by-election to the Karnataka Assembly from Ramanagara on November 3, on Thursday announced that he had quit the party to return to the Congress. ...
Two advocates -- Additional Solicitor General Vikramjit Banerjee and K. Raghavacharyulu -- on Thursday opposed the appearance of each other as the CBI's counsel in the Delhi High Court which was hearing a corruption case against the agency's Special Director Rakesh Asthana...
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IITM) have designed and booted up India's first microprocessor, Shakti, which could be used in mobile computing and other devices....
Maldives' former President Mohamed Nasheed, who was in self-imposed exile in London for two years, returned to the atoll nation on Thursday and was welcomed by hundreds of supporters and political leaders. ...
