Ashutosh Kumar, a student facing sedition charges for allegedly raising "anti-India" slogans on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus, joined the police investigation on Saturday....
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday inaugurated here the Muziris Heritage Project which showcases the history and culture of an ancient seaport and urban centre on the Malabar coast....
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) At least two people were killed in a bombing in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Saturday, police said. The bombs were suspected to have been stored inside a house in Suri district, a senior police officer said. "We recovered a body from the house where the explosion took place. Another man was injured in the blast, later succumbed to his...
A Canadian court has stopped the deportation of a man and his sister to India to face trial for the honour killing of the man's niece in Punjab on grounds that they may not get justice in India. Surjit Badesha and his sister Malkit Sidhu had hired contract killers to eliminate Malkit's daughter Jassi (Jaswinder) Sidhu in June 200...
After 70 years, democracy is finally arriving at the UN for the election of its next head. It will also be the first with women running for the top job. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's successor is to be chosen in a process that will be "historic and game-changing" with an open election campaign, General Assembly President Mogens L...
Ahead of next week's "Super Tuesday" nomination contests in 11 states, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump got a significant boost with the surprise endorsement of New Jersey governor Chris Christie. Christie's bombshell on Friday, which may well change the dynamics of the Republican race came a day after Trump's two main rivals -...
Banned group Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) is nothing but trouble, said a Pakistani daily which noted that these men are a constant source of embarrassment and worry for Pakistan. An editorial "Mutually assured destruction" in The Nation on Saturday said that it took yet another militant attack across the border and increasing pressure from outside powers for...
The Congress on Friday accused the BJP of loaning Rs.25 lakh to what is said was a "for profit public limited company" in Mumbai and sought a clarification from the prime minister and finance minister on the issue. ...
The year past was perhaps the most polarised in India's history after Partition in 1947, former finance minister P. Chidambaram said on Friday....
The Congress on Friday alleged that the RSS has turned into a political organization, as opposed to its own constitution....
