Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday announced a flood relief of Rs.10,000, 10 kg of rice, a sari and dhoti to those who lost their huts in the floods....
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a public interest petition seeking direction to parliament for enacting a uniform civil code to end alleged discrimination being faced by Muslim women, telling the petitioner to approach parliament and not waste the court's time....
The Kerala government on Monday said that no money donated by devotees at temples across the state go to the state exchequer....
Heightened prospects of a US rate hike, coupled with slow progress in the Indian Parliament in approving a key economic legislation, subdued Indian equity markets on Monday, leading to a barometer index closing 108 points in the red....
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday hailed the Delhi High Court order dismissing the plea of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case....
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the pleas of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi seeking to quash summons issued to them by a trial court on BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's complaint in the National Herald case....
After five days and six nights of darkness, power returned to Manash Mukherjee's flood-battered house on Monday, giving some respite, but he feels it will take a long time for Chennai to recover from the nightmare of the century's highest rainfall and floods....
The torrential rains and floods not only swamped Chennai and its suburbs but also turned upside down the lives of millions who have suffered huge financial loss and costs, residents said....
A powerful earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale shook Tajikistan on Monday, the USGS said. The epicentre of the quake was 109 km west of Murghob, Tajikistan. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) put the intensity of the quake at 7.0 on the Richter scale. The quake also shook Afghanistan and parts on northern India, including capital ...
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will on Tuesday travel to Pakistan where she will meet Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, just days after the National Security Advisers (NSAs) of the two countries met in Thailand. "EAM Sushma Swaraj to lead Indian delegation for Heart of Asia 5th Ministerial Meeting on Afghanistan on December 9 in I...
