Eminent Muslim leader Abdul Raheem Quraishi died here on Thursday following a prolonged illness, his family said. He was 82. Quraishi was president of the Majlis-e-Tameer-e-Millat, a socio-religious organisation working for the social, educational and cultural uplift of Muslims. He had headed the group for over two decades. Tameer-e-Millat was found...
Legislator Basant Panda was on Thursday elected unopposed as the president of Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party. ...
If you are in awe of the Grand Canyon in the US, brace yourself for this: The world's largest canyon - over 1,000 km long and in places as much as one km deep, - may lie under the Antarctic ice sheet, a team of scientists including Indian researchers has revealed....
Posters have come up in Nawada parliamentary constituency regarding its BJP MP and union minister Giriraj Singh, accusing him of not visiting the segment since after the May 2014 win and doing nothing on the developmental front. The posters in Hindi, claiming the local MP has gone "missing", were found pasted at different places in Barbigha town...
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday extended her greetings to the people on Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Uttarayan, Bihu and other festivals celebrated across the country. "These traditional harvest festivals, celebrated in different parts of the country, signify a unifying renewal and provide us an occasion to acknowledge the immense co...
Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis survived a scare to win their 29th consecutive match as a pair to set a record for most consecutive wins in women's doubles here on Thursday....
With food items, notably pulses and onions, continuing to remain dear, India's annual wholesale inflation rate moved up further to (-)0.73 percent for December, against (-)1.99 percent for the month before, official data showed on Thursday. ...
"We will wait and see what they have to offer," the head of the Syro Malankara Catholic Church said on Thursday on the RSS decision to start a Christian wing....
Talks between the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan, which were to be held here on Friday, have been postponed, the Foreign Office said on Thursday. ...
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hold an urgent hearing of a plea challenging the Delhi High Court's order allowing, on trial basis, the odd-even policy for private cars for 15 days here....
