The Congress high command on Sunday agreed to the demands of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and gave its nod to five candidates for the assembly polls though their selection was opposed tooth and nail by state party chief V.M. Sudheeran....

The excise duty is sought to be introduced without consulting the jewellers. I have written a letter to the prime minister that the government is not going to benefit by this tax. Rather, it will give rise to corruption. The excise inspectors will ask for bribes from the jewellers," Kejriwal said while addressing the protesting jewellers at Janta...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived here on Saturday on a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, voiced his appreciation for the hard work put in by the huge number of Indian blue collar workers for the development of the Gulf kingdom. ...
Uttar Pradesh police are working "on all angles" to find out the motive behind the killing of NIA officer Tanzil Ahmad, who was shot 21 times in an attack by unidentified assailants post-midnight on Saturday. ...
Assuring Saudi and Indian business leaders that his government is working to set up a predictable long-term taxation regime, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the long-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) would soon be implemented in India. ...
Pakistani military killed 252 terrorists over the past two months and cleared more areas in the remote mountainous North Waziristan region in the final phase of the major offensive, it was officially disclosed on Sunday. ...
Maoist insurgents on Sunday said they lobbed a grenade at the residence of a medical college professor here to express their disgust with "rampant corruption" in the institute. ...
Three consecutive explosions rocked an industrial zone near the southwestern French city of Bordeaux early Sunday, local media reported. ...

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Sunday, the second and last day of his bilateral visit to Saudi Arabia....

Assam will hold the first phase of assembly polls on Monday for 65 constituencies to decide the fate of 539 candidates. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is seeking a mandate for the fifth term in Titabar constituency. ...