US President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the world powers have reached a "historic understanding with Iran, which, if fully implemented, will prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon". ...
Another batch of 306 Indian nationals left the shores of strife-torn Yemen for Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, from where they would be brought to India. Separately, a batch of 35 Indians made it to Djibouti on their own on a cargo vessel, the government said on Thursday....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed happiness at voters becoming members of the BJP, as he told office bearers ahead of the national executive that the party was "supreme" and the government a "tool" to achieve the ends. ...
Andreas Lubitz, the German co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a passenger plane into the French Alps, killing himself along with the other 149 people on board, researched methods of committing suicide on the internet the night before the tragic flight, the prosecutor's office of Dusseldorf city announced on Thursday....
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday dismissed union minister Giriraj Singh's "racist" remarks as stemming from a "narrow mindset" even as party members staged protests while the BJP sought the matter to be closed as he had expressed regrets....
The BJP on Thursday took a jibe at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, wondering if he was really set to return and attend an April 19 rally against the land acquisition legislation....
The VHP said on Thursday it will approach the Calcutta High Court against the Mamata Banerjee government issuing prohibitory orders to ban the entry of VHP leader Praveen Togadia into West Bengal....
As many as five states in India's northeast -- Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura -- do not have permanent governors. ...
The Prime Minister's Office has refused to reveal to an RTI applicant the information about people who had sought an appointment to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying this would be prejudicial to the country's security and integrity....
The BJP on Thursday downplayed the transfer of senior Haryana cadre IAS officer Ashok Khemka who cancelled an illegal land deal involving Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra....