As India's black money act came into force with the compliance window closing end-September, the government on Thursday said it had drawn responses from 638 declarants for total assets worth Rs.3,770 crore ($580 million), and warned it would initiate action against those who have not disclosed their assets abroad within the deadline. ...
Many political leaders and workers as well as policemen were injured as a protest programme organised by the Left Front sparked violence leading to pitched battles between the cadres and the security personnel in the heart of the West Bengal capital on Thursday....
Strongly condemning the killing of a man by a mob in Uttar Pradesh over rumours of cow slaughter, MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said he wondered if India would become a banana republic and mobocracy replace democracy. ...
Maharashtra's Bharatiya Janata Party-led government has declined to share any information on expenses incurred on hanged 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon on grounds that it could affect "the sovereignty, unity and security of the country", said a RTI applicant....
Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel, who announced the formation of a new organisation, Akhil Bharatiya Patel Navnirman Sena (ABPNS) here on Wednesday, said that he would join politics "if people want" it....
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked Lipika Mitra, the estranged wife of former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti whether she was inclined to join mediation efforts as offered by her husband to resolve all issues between them....
The BJP on Thursday promised to distribute free laptops to students, two-wheelers to girls and colour TVs to Dalits and Mahadalits in its poll manifesto which it said will eliminate Bihar's backwardness. ...
Lakhs of trucks kept off the roads on Thursday as transporters went on a nationwide strike called by the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) to oppose the toll system....
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held up the India-Bangladesh agreement on enclaves as an example for the world in solving problems. ...
About 16 lakh trucks went off the roads in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Thursday as part of the nationwide indefinite strike by the truckers to protest against the present toll system....