Demands for Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's elevation as the party chief are growing and the issue may figure in a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting expected later this month, party sources said....
India on Wednesday got its first national plan to manage disasters with an aim to make the country "resilient" to and reduce mortality from deadly calamities with effective management and prevention policies....
UK land registry records show that no transaction took place in 2009 to link Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, to a house in London, allegedly funded by an arms dealer....
Even as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan's office declined to respond to queries over a media report on his lack of interest for a second term, analysts saw the development as mere speculation, lacking merit....
Monsoon in Kerala is "slightly delayed" and likely to set in by June 6 and "normal to excess rainfall" is expected over most parts of the country from July till September, said private weather forecaster Weather Risk Management Services (WRMS)....
What is the mass of our Milky Way? It is 7X1011 solar masses or, in simpler terms, the mass of our Sun multiplied by 700 billion, say researchers who have tried to measure this galactic challenge with a new method. ...
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said Pakistan should opt for friendship and brotherhood instead of violence in order to help boost relations between the two neighbours. ...
Healthy macro-economic data nudged the Indian equity markets higher on Wednesday, even as profit booking, lower crude oil prices and a weak rupee capped gain...
The Indian Embassy in Nepal on Wednesday issued an advisory to Indian nationals planning to undertake the Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrimage to avoid the route via Nepal owing to forecast of inclement weather....
Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has indicated that he doesn't want to remain in the position after his tenure ends in September, a media report said on Wednesday. ...