Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wished former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birthday, saying he "provided exceptional leadership to India at a crucial time"....
MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has urged the central government to stop the VHP from bringing stones and pillars into Ayodhya for building a grand Ram temple, saying no activity can be allowed there till the Supreme Court gives its final verdict in the case....
There is an increasing intolerance holding sway over our lives today, Goa's top Catholic leader said on Thursday....
An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale rocked Indonesia's Maluku province on Friday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said here. ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India has succeeded in convincing the world that there was a need to unite against terrorism and the menace can be easily fought if all powers having faith in humanity come together. ...

India and Russia signed 16 agreements, including manufacturing of Kamov 226 helicopters and Russian-designed nuclear reactors in India, even as Moscow affirmed its strong support for India's UN Security Council membership bid....
As celebrations for Christmas and New Year eve began on Thursday, closure timings of pubs, bars and restaurants across the city have been extended up to 1 a.m. from 11 p.m. till January 1, a top police official said....
India has questioned the deportation of some students from India when they came to the US with valid student visas to study at two Silicon Valley institutions which have denied being "blacklisted....
India sees Russia as a reliable friend, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin as the 16th annual summit between the two countries got underway here on Thursday....

BJP veterans, including former president L.K. Advani, met here on Thursday amid signs that a section of the party is not happy over the suspension of MP Kirti Azad for taking on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over alleged corruption in Delhi's cricket body....