Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday said the state's first Global Investor Meet has exceeded the investment target of Rs.100,000 crore. ...
The Pakistani Army resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions on Wednesday on the line of control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu region. ...
The parliament's monsoon session will be prorogued, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday. ...
The global under-five mortality has fallen by 53 percent, from 91 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 43 in 2015, said a UNICEF report. ...
Seven Indians are reported to be missing after two boats carrying 20 Indians came under aerial bombardment in Yemen, the external affairs ministry said on Wednesday....
The external affairs ministry has sought a detailed report on the alleged incident involving a diplomat at the Saudi Arabia embassy in New Delhi who has been booked for rape. ...
The Indo-Swiss tennis combine of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis earned a straight sets victory to enter the women's doubles semi-finals of the US Open at the Flushing Meadows here....
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Wednesday surged 388.43 points or 1.53 percent during the morning session....
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Tuesday extended the term of party president Sonia Gandhi by a year, as it launched a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government over a range of issues including price rise, "servility to the RSS", problems of farmers and its policy on Pakistan....
The government has initiated the process of doing away with the practice of holding interviews for appointment to junior-level posts, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space Jitendra Singh said here on Tuesday. ...