The Indian government has asked social networking major Facebook to explain reports that it had allowed phone and other device manufacturers access to its users' personal information, including that of their friends without taking their explicit consent...
The Afghanistan President on Thursday announced a ceasefire with the Taliban, after about 2,000 Afghan religious leaders urged the group to put an end to the illegal war and accept the government's offer of peace. ...

Dancing to drum beats, bursting firecrackers, cutting cakes and pouring milk over their hero's banner is how fans of actor Rajinikanth in Tamil Nadu celebrated the release of his much awaited film "Kaala" on Thursday. ...
Mohammad Ashiq Baba, one of the arrested accused in the terror attack on Nagrota Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir in 2016, had visited Pakistan four times "legally" with a reference letter issued by senior Hurriyat leaders, the NIA said on Thursday. ...

After Delhi Congress chief spokesperson Sharmistha Mukherjee warned her father, former President Pranab Mukherjee, against attending an RSS event in Nagpur, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said "he did not expect this from Mukherjee"....

Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday hailed Kehsav Baliram Hedgewar, the founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), as "a great son of Mother India". ...

On an outreach to Kashmir, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday urged t...

BJP President Amit Shah arrived here on Thursday afternoon and held a closed-door meeting with the top Shiromani Akali Dal leadership. ...
Rebel JD-U leader Sharad Yadav will continue to occupy his official accommodation...
he Indian Coast Guard's new indigenously-built Interceptor ship C-439 was ...