Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Thursdasy attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi by calling his survey on demonetisation as "fake and sponsored" and dared him to dissolve the Lok Sabha and face elections. ...
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday entered his new official residence, said to be the biggest and expensive residence of any Chief Minister in the country but drew flak from the opposition....
The Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled the bail of Rashtriya Janata Dal MLA Rajballav Yadav accused of raping a minor girl....
Night temperatures throughout the Kashmir Valley rose above freezing point on Thursday due to a cloud cover, the weather office said. ...
Forty people were killed when an under construction building collapsed in China on Thursday....
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The Iraqi security forces and allied paramilitary units, known as Hashd Shaabi, on Wednesday completely encircled the city of Mosul, while the troops continued operations to clear the Islamic State (IS) militants in and out of Mosul over a month after a major offensive was launched, the Iraqi military said....

US President-elect Donald Trump on Thanksgiving has prayed for the nation to come together after one of the most acrimonious campaigns that the country saw in decades. ...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had earlier in the day asked banks not to accept demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes for deposit in the small savings schemes, with immediate effect. No reason was assigned for the move....
A chill has set in at 10 pm when the first customers start gathering outside a small SBI branch in Geeta Colony in east Delhi with the aim of drawing cash when it opens in the morning. ...