Local legislator S. Rajendran of the Communist Party of India-Marxist was literally chased away on Friday by protesters, as an ongoing siege of Munnar town by more than 7,000 plantation workers entered the seventh day. ...
Washington/Johannesburg/London, Sep 11 As the world woke up to welcome a new member of the human species on Friday, scientists kept working in the wee hours to uncover more about Homo naledi -- a broad-chested fellow who walked upright and had a face with a smile that was probably more human than ape-like years ago. ...
India said on Friday that six Indians had died following aerial bombardment of their boats off Yemen coast while one Indian was unaccounted for....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed regret over the inconvenience caused to people after his four-hour visit to Chandigarh led to the closure of schools and Chandigarh’s main cremation ground, besides causing traffic snarls that paralysed the city....
India will not fire the first bullet across the border, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday during his meeting with a delegation of Pakistan Rangers led by Maj. Gen. Umar Farooq Burki. ...
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over all Vyapam scam cases - involving irregularities in admissions and recruitment in Madhya Pradesh - irrespective of the stage of their investigations or trial....
Senior Kashmiri separatist leaders were on Friday placed under house arrest in the Kashmir Valley in a bid to curb protests called by separatists against a high court order reasserting a ban on beef in the state, police said. ...
Lipika Mitra, who has registered a case of domestic violence against her husband, AAP leader Somnath Bharti, on Friday said her police statement was backed by evidence and documents. ...
Last-minute hurdles have been created in finalising the much-awaited sharing of seats among the National Democratic Alliance parties for the Bihar assembly polls as the BJP's major ally - Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) - is still reluctant to accept less than 50 seats....
Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison, the media reported on Friday. ...