Afghan Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour has died of injuries, a senior official said. Sultan Faizy, spokesman for Afghanistan first Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum, tweeted: "Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour died of injuries." Akhtar Mansour replaced former Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar who was confirmed dead i...
The opposition on Friday demanded sacking of union minister V.K. Singh, a retired army chief, for his comments over the killing of two Dalit children in Haryana, forcing three brief adjournments in the Rajya Sabha in the pre-lunch session. Soon after the house met at noon after two brief adjournments, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Az...
With the economy showing signs of returning to a growth path, the government is not concerned about keeping to fiscal deficit targets, despite the additional expenditure on account of implementing one-rank-one-pension (OROP) and the latest Pay Commission recommendations, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday. "Normally, when Pay Commission recommenda...
"Water logging continues to be there. The only mercy was that there were no rains," said Viswanath, a resident....
The heaviest rains in Tamil Nadu in over a century and floods have left 269 people dead, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, describing the situation as "very alarming"....
The Congress on Thursday disrupted the Rajya Sabha over union minister Piyush Goyal's statement that party leader Kumari Selja has "manufactured discrimination" over her remark that she was asked about her caste at a temple in Gujrat....
Raking up the issue of corruption charges against Congress leaders, including chief ministers of Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the BJP on Thursday sought an answer from the party leaders....
The prosecution in the Salman Khan 2002 accident case on Thursday tied up its case by reiterating that the actor was drunk and driving the Toyota Land Cruiser which rammed into a bakery in Bandra killing one and injuring four others....
Millions of Shiite Muslims on Thursday ended their annual major ritual of Arbaeen at the holy city of Karbala, making it their largest gathering in the city since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, despite the threat of attacks by the Islamic State militant group....
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed three adjournments in the pre-lunch session after an uproar over former union minister and Congress member Kumari Selja's remark that she was asked about her caste at a temple in Gujarat....
