Backing the proposed tie-up between the Left Front and Congress for West Bengal assembly polls, former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesday said such an arrangement was essential for a united fight against 'attack on democracy' in the state....
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra government to respond to a plea on imposing of "unreasonable" conditions for the grant of licences for dance performances in beer bars and restaurants in the state. ...
India defeated Bangladesh by 45 runs in the Asia Cup opener at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium here on Wednesday....
The union cabinet on Wednesday approved payments through (electronic) cards and digital means to reduce cash transactions, an official statement said....

Nepal and India did not issue a joint communique at the end of a state visit by Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to Delhi on Wednesday due to India's position on the new constitution of the Himalayan nation. ...
"Where was their feeling of nationalism when they allied with a party (Peoples Democratic Party) in Jammu and Kashmir that called Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru a martyr and termed his execution a travesty of justice," Owaisi said in the Lok Sabha. ...
More than 200 lawyers marched silently here on Wednesday to demand "strict action" against fellow lawyers who attacked journalists, lawyers and JNU teachers and students at the Patiala House Court here. ...
Senior advocate Kamini Jaiswal moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe violence by a section of lawyers in the Patiala House complex when JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar was produced in court last week....
Union minister Smriti Irani, citing a Jawaharlal Nehru University report on Wednesday, said that JNU student "Umar Khaild misled the university administration saying that he was organising a poetry reading event"....
CPI-M leader M.B. Rajesh on Wednesday said Hyderabad Central University student Rohith Vemula's death was an “institutional murderâ€....