Stating that the Left Front was not in a position to defeat the ruling Trinamool Congress in next year's West Bengal assembly polls, a senior CPI-M leader on Friday indicated that the Left could forge an "understanding" with the Congress to remove chief minister Mamata Banerjee from power....
The BJP on Friday came out in support of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who is facing allegations of testifying in favour of former IPL chief Lalit Modi's British immigration application in 2011, even as the Congress kept up pressure for her resignation and its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi....
The World Health Organization is researching how to integrate yoga with universal health care needs, according to Nata Menabde, the agency's executive director at the UN office. ...
The US on Friday acknowledged that India remains one of the most persistently targeted countries by insurgents and transnational and domestic terrorist groups, even as New Delhi blames Pakistan for supporting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. ...
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi celebrated his 45th birthday on Friday here....
The BJP on Friday stood firmly behind Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, saying that the authenticity of the documents being cited to show that she had helped former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi are not verified. ...
The Supreme Court on Friday gave CBSE time till August 17 to conduct and declare the results of All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) for medical and dental courses for the year 2015-16. ...
Wooing investors in the US, India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said economic reforms being currently shaped through the legislative process can push India's growth rate above 7 to 7.5 percent range....
The toll in the illicit liquor tragedy in a country liqour bar in suburban Mumbai shot up to 53 on Friday with 33 more people succumbing to the poisonous brew, a top police officer said here....
Torrential rains lashed Mumbai and the surrounding areas on Friday, killing two persons, severely affecting road, rail and air traffic and inconveniencing lakhs of daily commuters barely a week after the monsoon set in in the region. ...