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....

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the flood destruction must be declared a national disaster, and requested Rs.5,000 crore as immediate aid to the state....
A Syrian surgeon in Britain has been charged with making a series of racist rants against Indian doctors after he claimed that they should "clean toilets and not practise medicine", a tribunal heard....
The heaviest rains in Tamil Nadu in over a century and floods have claimed 269 lives, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, describing the situation as "alarming". The minister also told the Lok Sabha that 54 people had been killed in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and two in Puducherry. "There are no two opinions that the situation in T...
President Barack Obama repeated a call for gun controls reforms as another deadly mass shooting in Southern California left as many as 14 people dead and another 14 injured. Hours after the mass shooting at a centre for people with developmental disabilities in San Bernardino, 60 miles east of Los Angeles, with a population of just over 200...
The present state of confrontation in Nepal needs to be addressed by the political parties and the people of Nepal, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday adding that "India's interest is in only peaceful, united and stable Nepal". "The causes underlying the present state of confrontation in Nepal need to be addressed cred...
The government on Thursday said the current regulatory framework on Participatory Notes (P-Notes) mode of investment into India's capital markets is strict and robust. "As of now, the kind of reporting requirement and the kind of vigour with which we follow through on the identity of P-Notes holders is actually fairly good and strict in ...