Haji Sardar Mohmand, president of the Peshawar chapter of Pakistan's ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), was shot dead on Wednesday. ...
The Haryana government is examining if any illegality was done in allowing the lease of five acres of prime land to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT) in Gurgaon by the state's previous Congress government of then chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda....
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India on Wednesday demanded "visible" action and requested West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to hasten arrests of those who gang raped a 71-year-old nun in West Bengal's Nadia district....
Describing Kashmiris as stakeholders in the Kashmir issue, Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit on Wednesday dismissed as a "non-issue" his invitation to Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Pakistan Day celebrations in New Delhi. ...
The first phase of the ongoing budget session is likely to be extended by two days to pass pending bills on coal, mines and minerals, and land on which the government has already issued ordinances, sources said on Wednesday....
The Solar Impulse (Si2) aircraft, powered solely by the sun, took off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport here on Wednesday morning for Varanasi on the next leg of its global flight, an official said....
Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju Wednesday said that trade and commerce are the major relations between India and Germany in the globalised world. ...
A triumphant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Likud supporters in his victory speech early Wednesday that he would aim to form "a strong, stable government" that would tackle "security and socioeconomic challenges."...
Gunmen in Pakistan shot dead a lawyer for Shakil Afridi, who had allegedly helped the US in locating Osama bin Laden, police said....
Hundreds of people, including political leaders and police officers, participated in the final rituals of those killed in the attacks in Lahore, Xinhua news agency reported....