At least 19 persons, including women, were killed and hundreds injured in a stampede at a religious gathering in Varanasi on Saturday, police said....
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Saturday reiterated its opposition to the Uniform Civil Code, with General Secretary Maulana Wali Rahmani saying it is not acceptable to the Muslims at any cost....
Russia has backed India's cross-border surgical strikes at terror launch pads in Pakistan-administered Kashmir after the September 18 Uri attack at a military base, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hinted on Saturday, calling Moscow "an old friend" that has mirrored New Delhi's stand on terrorism....
Over 150 countries struck a landmark deal on Saturday to reduce the emissions of powerful greenhouse gases, in a move that could prevent up to 0.5 degrees Celsius of global warming by the end of this century....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to former President and the "Missile Man" A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on his 85th birth anniversary....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday welcomed Brazilian President Michel Temer and South African President Jacob Zuma ahead of the BRICS summit in Goa. ...
India has not formally conveyed any plan of sealing its border with Pakistan by December 2018, the country's Foreign Office has said. ...
Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" on Saturday left for Goa to participate in the BRICS-BIMSTEC outreach summit to be held from October 15-16. ...
In a historic step towards realising the Paris Agreement on climate change, nearly 200 nations on Saturday unanimously decided global phase out of super greenhouse gases, replacing them with climate-friendly alternatives....
In its first reaction to the US decision to further lift sanctions on Cuba to facilitate trade as well as scientific and humanitarian exchanges between the two countries the island nation said the measures are more beneficial for Washington than Havana. ...
