Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav had to step in on Wednesday to check the growing rift within the "family" and state government over a "power tussle" between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav -- with crucial assembly elections slated for early next year....
India and Pakistan faced off strongly on Kashmir at the UN Human Rights Council, with Islamabad alleging "atrocities" on civilians even as New Delhi hit back, accusing the neighbour of using terrorism as a state policy and of "widespread human rights violations" there, especially Balochistan....
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday underwent a five-hour throat surgery at a private hospital here for a persistent cough, which troubled him for about 40 years....
As the Valley unrest neared 70 days, the UN Human Rights chief said that an international probe was "needed crucially" in Kashmir, even as India hit back saying the violence was "choreographed from across the border". India also questioned the reference to Indian and Pakistan-administered areas, stating that the entire Jammu and Kashm...
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday offered to help a British couple facing hassles in taking their five-month-old surrogate daughter Lily to the UK as her British passport is not ready....
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking direction to stop alleged funding of separatist organisations in Jammu and Kashmir by the central and the state governments, saying that the courts should refrain from entering the area....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday denounced the sponsorship of terror in the region and vowed to further deepen bilateral cooperation....
The Indian equities market traded flat during the mid-afternoon trade session on Wednesday. ...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said his conflict with uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav was a "sarkari ladai" (government battle), not a family feud. ...
Curfew has been lifted in Bengaluru as normalcy returned on Wednesday, two days after violence shook the country's tech hub in protest against the release of Cauvery river water by Karnataka to Tamil Nadu, police said....
