Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said parking of government funds restricts growth and advancement in the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) helped to make it more transparent. ...

The Congress in Goa on Wednesday demanded an opinion poll on whether the coastal state should continue to have casinos. ...

The Democratic nominee, who was recently diagnosed with pneumonia, spent Tuesday at her home in Chappaqua, New York, where she watched President Barack Obama's stump speech in Philadelphia on her behalf, Merrill said. She has no events on Wednesday, CNN reported....
India's Devendra Jhajharia bettered his own world record to win gold in the men's javelin throw F46 event at the 2016 Rio Paralympics....
Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) seemed to plunge into a major crisis on Tuesday night as Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav withdrew important portfolios from his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav, who had few hours earlier replaced him as state party chief....
The US won the gold medal on a better tie-break score over Ukraine while the top-seeded Russia won bronze at the 2016 World Chess Olympiad open category at Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday....
Three people died and many were injured as clashes between protesters and security forces in parts of the troubled Kashmir Valley marred an Eid-al-Adha celebrated under curfew for the first time in over two decades....

Uneasy calm prevailed in violence-hit Bengaluru on Tuesday even as protests resumed at Mandya and Mysuru in southern Karnataka over releasing more Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu....
US President Barack Obama is set to veto a bill that would allow survivors and families of victims of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, the White House said on Monday....
India has moved the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the subsidy given by eight US states in renewable energy under American domestic content requirements, the Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday....