BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Saturday supported Union minister V.K. Singh amid a row over an affidavit filed by army chief General Dalbir Singh, saying the minister was "continuously being targeted by certain corrupt forces" unhappy over his role in preventing illegal kickbacks in weapons purchase....
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh vied with each other on Saturday to shower cash prizes on badminton star P.V. Sindhu, a day after she created history by winning silver at the Rio Olympics....
Addressing a meeting of his party's elected representatives, Antony said: "We failed to retain power because of the never ending bickering in the party. There is no point in holding meetings and taking photographs. More opportunities should be given to youth and women in the party and it's time for a generation change." ...
Opting for talent within, the government on Saturday named economist and banker Urjit R. Patel the next Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to succeed Raghuram R. Rajan....
After leading a delegation of opposition MLAs of Jammu and Kashmir to meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the violence-hit state is faced with a political problem that can't be handled administratively....
Claiming that the recent recommendations for rationalisation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs) were "unilateral", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday called the Narendra Modi government "dictatorial" and wondered if there was a presidential form of government in India....
BREAKING NEWS: Urjit R. Patel named new Reserve Bank Governor...
At the same time, the question needs to be asked, as has been done earlier, as to why India, a nation of 1.2 billion people, second only to China in population, could win only two medals, which is one of its worst performances in recent years? India won six medals at the 2012 Olympics and three in 2008....
A leader of the ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was shot dead on Saturday in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, police said. Vinod Yadav, resident of Rasulpur locality, was killed by armed assailants on a motorcycle, when he along with two other people were headed for a meeting. Police said that preliminary investigation suggested personal enemity as the cause behind ...
Seven members of a family died and three were seriously injured early on Saturday in this Madhya Pradesh district when their house collapsed due to continuous rains, police said. The family of a handicraftsman in Baniyani Ghat area of Rahatgarh was asleep on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday when their house caved in, the police said....
