Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday that the Narendra Modi-government has not written off any corporate loans and such assumptions were just "misconceptions"....
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday blamed Iran's "enemies" for stirring up unrest in the country, as the death toll from days of anti-government protests climbed to 22....
A nurse committed suicide here on Tuesday by hanging herself from a ceiling fan after killing her infant daughter, police said....

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the BJP and the RSS, saying their "fascist vision is that Dalits should remain at the bottom of Indian society" and added that the incident in Bhima-Koregaon (Maharashtra) is an indicator of resistance....
Angry Dalits staged rail and road blockades and took out processions in Mumbai and carried out agitations in different parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday to protest against violence in Pune a day ago which left one youth dead. The Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh, a Dalit party headed by Prakash Ambedkar - the grandson of ...
US President Donald Trump is working on the agenda of Pakistan's "enemies", PTI Chairman Imran Khan said on Tuesday, as he slammed Washington's decision to cut aid to Islamabad for lying and giving safe haven to terrorists. Speaking to reporters after appearing before an anti terrorism court in cases pertaining to violence during a 2014 sit-in...
The Ghaziabad court was shut on Tuesday following noisy protests by a section of lawyers protesting against the removal by police of a statue of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar from the court compound. The court's functioning came to a halt as the deployment of security forces was so massive that litigants were sent back from the main gate. A ...
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to Karti Chidambaram, son of Congress leader P. Chidambaram, in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in FIPB clearance accorded to INX Media in 2007, an official said on Tuesday. Karti Chidambaram has been asked to appear at the ED headquarters here on January 11 and record his...
To promote cruise tourism in the country, tourists arriving at ports with e-visa have been exempted from the requirement of biometric enrolment for a period of three years till 2020, the government said on Tuesday. This will make immigration clearance of such passengers faster, leaving them with more time to spend on shore. The move i...
Tribal students from Tripura will for the first time perform their traditional dance at the Republic Day parade on January 26, an official said here on Tuesday. "In all 150 tribal students of 25 schools from three Tripura districts will for the first time perform traditional 'Sangrai dance' in the Republic Day parade," Informat...