Cricket captain Virat Kohli, hockey captain P.R. Sreejesh, 2016 Olympic bronze medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik, and para-athletes Deepa Malik and Mariyappan Thangavelu were on Wednesday named for the prestigious Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian award....
Senior politicians Sharad Pawar, Murli Manohar Joshi and the late P.A. Sangma are among the seven recipients of the Padma Vibhushan award -- India's second-highest civilian honour -- announced on Wednesday....
BJP MP Vinay Katiyar on Wednesday courted controversy for his alleged sexist remarks against Congress star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, inviting flak from her and the Congress over the comments that she said exposed the "BJP's mindset"....
President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said that country's pluralistic culture and tolerance were still being put to test by vested interests, while also noting that the time was ripe for a debate on the need for simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies. ...
Senior BJP leader and MP Subramanian Swamy, who has written to the government objecting to the use of the phrase "Republic" for yet-to-be launched news channel of Arnab Goswami, on Wednesday threatened legal action if the government fails to take appropriate action on his complaint. The Rajya Sabha member had on January 13 writ...
Al-Shabaab militants on Wednesday stormed a hotel in the Somali capital here after detonating a bomb at the gates and have taken several hostages, witnesses told the media. Radical propagandist radio station Andalus Radio said there were several fatalities, but it has not been confirmed. The attackers detonated a car bomb at the doors of the popular...
A prisoner was killed in Goa's Sada sub-jail and several others were injured after a failed jail break late on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday. Deputy Superintendent of Police Lawrence D'Souza said Vinayak Korbatkar died due to severe stab injuries which he received in the melee. "He was declared dead on arrival at a hospital," the officer said. Kor...
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, was on Wednesday ceremonially welcomed by President Pranab Mukherjee. Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in India on Tuesday and was received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He is the guest of honour for India's Republic Day on Thursday. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the Election Commission for playing a key role "in our democracy". "We greet the Election Commission and salute their important role in our democracy," he said in a message to mark the National Voters Day. "Elections are celebrations of democracy. They communicate the will of the people, which is supreme in a democr...
The leaders of the world's two greatest democracies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump, spoke over phone on Tuesday in the fifth interaction by the newly elected US head with a foreign leader after he assumed office....
