The tension and suspense almost akin to a whodunnit novel that surrounds the West Bengal assembly polls will reach its climax on Thursday when the vote count is taken up to determine which party or combination will govern the eastern state for the next five years....
The Congress on Wednesday invited proposals for the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award, which is given for outstanding contribution to promoting communal harmony and fighting against terrorism and violence....
On a day Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal made public a draft bill on statehood for Delhi minus certain areas, the BJP said on Wednesday that only parliament was empowered to prepare and pass the law in the matter as per the Indian constitution....
Just a few more hours and the answers will trickle in. And depending on which way the wind blows on Thursday, it could either be J. Jayalalithaa retaining power or Muthuvel Karunanidhi taking over the reins in Tamil Nadu....
Thousands of devotees of the Nirankari sect gathered here as spiritual leader Baba Hardev Singh, who died in Canada last Friday, was cremated with full honours at the national capital's Nigambodh Ghat on Wednesday....
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee will be on a four-day visit to China from May 24. This will be the first visit by an Indian head of state to China after six years. The May 24-27 visit follows an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said in a statement here on Wednesday. In 2010, then Presiden...
A Goa court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to legislator Atanasio Monserrate, who has been accused of allegedly "buying" and raping a minor girl in March. The Goa Children's Court president Pramod Kamat also granted conditional bail to the victim's mother and the pimp, both of whom were arrested for conspiring to "sell" the minor girl to Monserra...
India on Wednesday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile that can carry up to 1000 kg of warhead and hit targets 350 km away, officials said. The surface-to-surface ballistic missile was fired from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur off the Odisha coast, d...
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, sworn in on this day five years ago, on Wednesday completed 1,827 days in office -- a record for a five-year term in the state. And speaking a day before votes polled in the assembly elections are counted, the Congress veteran reiterated that exit polls predicting his ouster would be proved wrong and he would retain po...
Torrential rains and heavy landslides have once again disrupted rail services in southern Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram, officials said on Wednesday. "Railway workers have been working round-the-clock to clear the debris in many places in southern Assam's Dima Hasao district. The huge mudslides together with stones covering a lar...
