On Dussehra day, Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde and her Lok Sabha member-sister Pritam Munde on Tuesday put up a massive show of strength, virtually cementing their claim to the socio-political legacy of their father, the late Union Minister Gopinath Munde and leader of the marginal Vanzari community....
The largest crowd gathered at the Thunachan Paramabu near Thrissur, considered the home of the Malayalam litterateur Thunchathu Ezhuthachan. Jnanpith award winner M.T. Vasudevan Nair was the teacher here, initiating children to their first letters....

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday backed cow vigilantes and asked the government not to equate them with anti-social elements, contradicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stand on the Hindu bovine activists....
Security forces on Tuesday morning resumed operation against militants holed-up inside a government building near Pampore town of Kashmir's Pulwama district....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday complimented the works of the Rashtriya Swayamsewaka Sangh (RSS) on its 91st foundation day....
Security was heightened in this Uttar Pradesh capital on Tuesday ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's participation in the Dussehra celebrations here, police said. ...
Zika infections were "highly likely" to keep spreading across Asia, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Tuesday....
Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday accused Pakistan of encouraging separatist forces in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded strict action against those indulging in violence....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted the nation on Vijaya Dashmi. ...
The Congress on Monday accused the ruling BJP of trying to encash the valour of the Indian Army to get votes and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad must apologise publicly....