In response, the government said the crime was condemnable and assured of strictest possible action. ...
Nocturnal protests broke out in parts of south Kashmir on Monday night as thousands of angry men and women rallied against civilian killings by security forces during the current unrest in the valley....
The Delhi Police on Tuesday registered a case against Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal for allegedly revealing the identity of a 14-year-old Dalit rape victim....
Pope Francis learned "with pain and horror" of an elderly priest's killing at a church near the northern French town of Rouen by suspected jihadists and is praying for the victims of the "absurd violence", the Vatican said Tuesday. ...
A priest and both the hostage-takers were killed in an attack by two men armed with knives at a church near Rouen in northern France, police said....
The Democratic Party Convention to nominate Hillary Clinton for the presidency of the United States opens here on Monday with the party's leadership thrown into unprecedented disarray as Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned following leaks of party emails allegedly by Russia....
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday demanded a discussion on Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, saying no autopsy was conducted on the body. Raising the issue in the Rajya Sabha amid protests from the Congress, Swamy said this must be debated as "parliamentarians" were making comments on it and had to be pulled up by the Supreme Court. "Recen...
New Delhi, July 26 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday that there was no "standardised definition" for the One Rank One Pension scheme for retired defence personnel, adding that the earlier "interpretation" for revision after every retirement was not viable. Jaitley was responding in the Rajya Sabha to a question by Biju Janata Dal (BJD) memb...
Jharkhand's "ruling party" used money power and other unfair means to win the June 11 Rajya Sabha elections in the state, JMM member Sanjiv Kumar said on Tuesday in the upper house of parliament. He was supported in his assertion by Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress, who said it has become a "modus operandi" to sabotage election...
Leading e-tailer Flipkart's fashion and lifestyle products' subsidiary Myntra on Tuesday announced its acquisition of e-store Jabong from the London-based online Global Fashion Group for an unspecified amount to strengthen its position in the segments both operatein. Gurgaon-based Jabong is a major fashion multi-brand e-store with 1,500 global brands, sport...
