India and the US on Wednesday held Foreign Office Consultations during which the entire range of bilateral ties was discussed and a review held of the implementation of the decisions taken at the summit meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama in January....
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is still available to use his "good offices" to help India and Pakistan resolve their differences if asked by both countries, according to his deputy spokesman Farhan Haq. ...
The US was "greatly concerned" over the release of Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and supports India's effort to bring the Mumbai attackers to justice, top US official Nisha Biswal said on Wednesday....
The government has "in principle" approved 10 sites for setting up new nuclear power projects, parliament was told on Wednesday. ...
Thousands of people on Wednesday converged here in the cultural hub of Kerala to celebrate the grand finale of the nearly week-long Thrissur Pooram festival, an annual temple festival and one of the biggest of its kind in the state...
India's e-tourist visa scheme, earlier known as tourist visa on arrival, will be extended to 31 more countries from May 1, it was announced on Wednesday....
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the city government to respond to a plea seeking directions to remove all "unlicensed" loudspeakers from mosques and temples in the capital over rise in noise pollution levels....
After terming farmers who commit suicide as "cowards" and "criminals under law", a senior Haryana minister retracted his statement on Wednesday and said that committing suicide was a sign of "weakness" and the state's farmers were brave....
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on problems in the agricultural sector, asking him to visit Punjab and learn about the plight of farmers who are integral to the government's flagship 'Make in India' initiative. The government hit back, asking him to visit his own constituency first....
A grimy finger sticking out of the rubble of a four-storeyed building here alerts a team to the presence of the body of a three-year old boy who died when a major temblor hit Nepal. Then the effort begins to bring him out. ...
