The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave its nod for the continuation, up to 2020, of eight schemes of the Home Ministry for relief and rehabilitation of migrants under the umbrella scheme "Relief and Rehabilitation of Migrants and Repatriates". ...
Eleven people were killed when a fire broke out in a firecracker manufacturing unit-cum-warehouse in Telangana's Warangal Rural district on Wednesday, police said. ...
Even as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court verdict calling it a big victory for democracy, the BJP termed it a severe blow to "anarchist" Kejriwal, and said now the AAP will have to perform....
A teenaged girl was gang-raped here by four youths with the help of a woman, police said on Wednesday. The five were arrested....
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday appointed Bengaluru MLA Dinesh Gundu Rao as President of the party's Karnataka unit. Congress General Secretary Ashok Gehlot announced the appointment of Gundu Rao as well as Bidar legislator Eshwar Khandre as the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee's Working President - a post earlier held by Gundu...
The following are the highlights of the Supreme Court ruling on the division of power between the Delhi government and the Lt Governor:...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Wednesday said 18 out of 19 pilgrims to Kailash Mansarovar from Chennai, stranded in Nepal due to bad weather, have returned to the country and will be reaching the state later in the day. ...
Two persons hailing from Assam are in Manipur Police custody after they admitted to cannibalising children in Senapati district....
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Minimum Support Price (MSP) for notified agricultural crops to provide farmers a profit of 50 per cent over the cost of production. Addressing the media, Union Minister Rajnath Singh said the cabinet had taken the "historic" decision to give MSP of 1.5 times on the input cost to farmers, which will be...
At least 34 persons were killed while 155 others rescued after a boat capsized off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, authorities said on Wednesday....
