Bollywood actors Anupam Kher and Ajay Devgn on Monday welcomed the reported government decision to honour them with a Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri respectively. Megastar Rajinikanth's daughter shared her joy on the award of a Padma Vibhushan for her father....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said only the financial details needed to be worked out in finalising the much-awaited purchase of Rafale fighter aircraft from France, adding this, too, would conclude soon. ...
Pakistan has turned down India's proposal to jointly interrogate Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar and other suspects linked with Pathankot airbase attack, official sources said. Authorities in Pakistan have detained Masood Azhar after the January 2 terrorist attack at Pathankot airbase. Several other suspects were arrested and authoriti...
French President Francois Hollande on Monday said his visit to India was aimed at strengthening and reinforcing "the cooperation against terrorism between our two countries". "Today, there are all kind of terrorist threats that are hovering around countries such as India and France and one of the main aims of my visit here is to reinfo...
A women's organisation has threatened to storm the famous Shani Shingnapur Temple here -- if need be, from the sky route even via a helicopter -- when its sanctum sanctorum opens on Tuesday, said an activist here. Security has been strengthened at the temple which is barred for women devotees. However, the activists remained undeterred i...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the union cabinet recommendation for imposing President's rule in Arunachal Pradesh, suspending an elected government, was "against the Constitution". ...
Popular Malayalam film actress Kalpana passed away on Monday in a Hyderabad hotel, film director Sibi Malayil said....
"Minority rights is a legacy of Partition, and it is an issue in all three nations," Ayesha Jalal says....

The charisma of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose made people equally inquisitive about the revolutionary leader’s personal life, often producing strong and divisive views....
Amit Shah, elected the BJP president for a full three years on Sunday, faces an uphill task as four major states go to the polls this year - and he will have to prove that the electoral setbacks of 2015 were an aberration....