Six RSS workers have been taken into custody for an attack on poet Kureepuzha Sreekumar, that took place near here late last night. ...

Former Maldives President Mohammed Nasheed on Tuesday sought military intervention by India to resolve the crisis raging in his country, a day after a defiant President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency and got the country's Chief Justice and another judge put behind bars....

An oil tanker with 22 Indians on board that went missing off Benin coast in the Gulf of Guinea near West Africa on Saturday that was believed to have been hijacked by pirates has been released, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday. ...

A massive downturn in the US and East Asian stock markets unleashed a selling frenzy in the Indian equity markets during the trade session on Tuesday. ...

In an audacious attack, militants helped a Pakistani LeT terrorist escape by firing at the police party escorting him to hospital here on Tuesday, leaving one policeman dead and another wounded. Authorities have sounded a high alert in the city. ...

The door of a mosque was set ablaze on Monday by unidentified persons in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj district, leading to brief tension in the area that was singed by violence and clashes on Republic Day. Police said the situation is calm....

The Supreme Court hearing on the plea seeking independent probe into the death of Special CBI court judge B.M.Loya turned acrimonious on Monday with lawyers for the petitioners exchanging barbs after one of the petitioners seeking a probe appeared to be diluting his stand....

Rebel JD-U leader Sharad Yadav on Monday met RJD chief Lalu Prasad in a Ranchi jail, drawing taunts from JD-U spokesperson Neeraj Kumar who said Yadav is "desperate for a Rajya Sabha seat" hence the prison call. ...
The Maldives Supreme Court did not seek assistance from the Indian government to enforce its last week's order to release high-profile prisoners, including self-exiled former President Mohamed Nasheed and former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, the Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) said. ...
An Indian in the UAE has won a lottery worth 10 million Dirhams ($2.7 million) in Abu Dhabi on Monday. Sunil Mappatta Krishnan Kutty Nair, who is currently travelling in India, takes home the second-largest reward given away this year, the Gulf News reported. Nair works as a sales executive in Abu Dhabi. He will be splitting the pot money with three of ...