Citing how India increased access and reduced corruption in public services by providing unique digital identification to one billion people in five years, the World Bank says digital technologies can promote inclusion, efficiency, and innovation. ...
Amid speculation about whether the foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan will go ahead as scheduled on January 15 in Islamabad in the wake of the Pathankot terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a meeting at his residence here with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Foreign Secretary S. Ja...
American business magazine Fortune has apologized for juxtaposing image of Amazon.com President Jeff Bezos as the likeness of Lord Vishnu over the cover of its January one international edition, which upset the Hindus....
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has come under fire from the opposition several times for spending public money on festivals, on Wednesday countered criticism saying celebrations shouldn't stop because of certain problems as they form the backbone of culture...
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said it had recovered a "Chinese wireless set" from a car used by terrorists to reach the Indian Air Force (IAF) base at Pathankot which they attacked on January 2. The set was similar to one recovered after a failed assault at Samba army camp in March last year. ...
Actor Kiku Sharda, known for his comic role in popular TV show "Comedy Nights with Kapil", was sent to 14 days' judicial custody on Wednesday, hours after his arrest in Mumbai. The actor was booked by the Haryana Police following a complaint that he spoofed a controversial godman, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh of Dera Sacha Sauda sect....
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to vacate its order barring the bull taming sport Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu held during Pongal festival, causing widespread dismay in the state....
As many as 40 people from Kerala, who were cheated by unscrupulous recruitment agents and are now living a tough life in Indonesia, have got assurances from the state government that their woes will end soon....
Four Indians have been detained in Syria while trying to join the Islamic State (IS) terror group, Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Al Moualem said here on Wednesday. ...
Terrorist leader Maulana Masood Azhar, who India says plotted the terror attack on the IAF base in Pathankot, was detained on Wednesday along with several others, the media reported....
