With a total of eight personalities, including one posthumous awardee, Maharashtra has topped this year's list of Padma awards announced on Wednesday as part of the Republic Day honours....
The woman, right from her younger days, behaved as and wanted to be a man, Thiruvananthapuram Medical College on Wednesday said in a statement, adding she underwent the surgery after getting all the required clearance from a medical board. The team was led by plastic surgeon K. Ajaykumar....
The CPI-M, the main constituent of Tripura's ruling Left Front, on Wednesday sought a public apology from Governor Tathagatha Roy for making "derogatory" comments against the party by equating it with fascist forces. ...
China on Wednesday said its population is likely to touch about 1.45 billion by 2030....
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...
