Alleging police inaction and improper investigation, the distraught family of a teenaged girl who was allegedly raped and murdered by her friend in Haryana's Sonipat district last month, has sought permission from President Pranab Mukherjee for self-immolation. The family has written a letter to the President, highligh...
Russias Foreign Ministry on Friday proposed expelling 35 American diplomats in response to the recent sanctions imposed by Washington. "Russia's Foreign Ministry and their colleagues from other agencies have proposed that President Vladimir Putin proclaim 31 employees of the US Embassy in Moscow and four diplomats from the US Consulate service in...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched an Aadhaar-based mobile payment application at Digi Dhan Mela here to promote and make digital transactions easier. The app is called BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) -- a re-branded version of UPI (Unified Payment Interface) and USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data). Speaking on ...
Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal, who was summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation three days ago, presented himself at the investigation agency's regional office here, a CBI official said. According to the official, Pal was involved in "financial transactions" with the Rose Valley chit fund organisation. "Pal would be interrogated re...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apologise to the na...
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday sought to know from Prime Minister Narendra Modi the amount of black money recovered after the November 8 demonetisation. ...

Nine bodies were recovered from a caved-in coal mine while a search to rescue several others continued in Jharkhand's Godda district on Thursday night, officials said on Friday. ...
Accusing Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh of "lying" to Punjab's youths, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asked if he was honest about giving them jobs....
Seven bodies were recovered from a caved-in coal mine as over a score others were feared trapped in Jharkhand's Godda district on Thursday night, the state police said on Friday....
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he was ready for a probe into alleged irregularities in appointments made by his government if the BJP-led central government agrees to a probe into Sahara and Birla "bribery scams" as well....