Joining the league of Sahitya Akademi awardees returning their awards in protest against growing intolerance in the country, Assam's litterateur and journalist Homen Borgohain has also decided to return the honour. ...
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will discuss the stalled dialogue between Pakistan and India with US President Barack Obama during their upcoming meeting on October 22, adviser to the prime minister on foreign affairs and national security Sartaj Aziz said. ...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea by sacked Gujarat cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking an SIT probe into allegations that he had hacked into the email account of the then additional advocate general of Gujarat, Tushar Mehta, and tampered with it....
Calling the Security Council ineffective and powerless, India has lashed out against its lack of accountability and transparency in mandating peacekeeping operations and blamed it for the rising casualties among peacekeepers....
Police foiled YSR Congress party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's fast early on Tuesday by shifting him to a hospital, where he was forcibly administered fluids. ...
The Supreme Court will hear on November 4 the plea by 2008 Bengaluru serial bomb blast conspiracy prime accused and Kerala's People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nazir Maudany seeking the joint trial of cases as most witnesses and accused were common....
The Congress on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly deciding to skip the Right to Information Day function, slated for October 16. ...
For more than 800 years, a little enclave in Jerusalam has been the symbol of India in this part of the world and this institution's trustee, who holds an Indian passport, called on President Pranab Mukherjee with his family here on Monday....
YSR Congress party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's condition deteriorated further on Monday as he continued for the sixth day his indefinite fast to demand special category status to Andhra Pradesh. ...
Noted Punjab-based poet Surjit Patar was among the four litterateurs who announced on Monday that they will return their Sahitya Akademi Award to protest against the growing atmosphere of intolerance in the country....
