Meat spilled over from dinner tables to streets as hundreds of political activists on Thursday protested the four-day meat ban here during a Jain festival, even as the Bombay High Court raised its eyebrows at the ban....
Fresh draft notification on eco-sensitive zones for the Western Ghats was issued to avoid its lapse as two state governments were yet to submit their reports, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday....
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rebounded from one month low on Thursday....
The Islamic State terrorist group has indicated that Syrian refugees fleeing to Europe are committing a grave sin because "the land of the Cross is governed by laws of atheism and indecency"....

A four-day ban on meat in Mumbai -- in view of a Jain religious festival -- stirred huge protests in India's financial capital on Thursday, while the measure was quietly enforced in Rajasthan....

Indian tennis aces Leander Paes and Sania Mirza lived up to their billing by entering the finals of their respective categories at the year's last Major, the US Open, here. ...

The social media attacks against people who criticise Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his governance policies are by and large organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), according to a senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the Congress for not allowing parliament to function during the monsoon session, terming it 'hawalabaaz' (corrupt) and accusing it of creating roadblocks for the government....

On a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress of creating roadblocks in governance, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took a jibe at the government for its "anti-farmer policies", asking "where are the 'achhe din' for farmers."...
Two minor girls were suffocated to death after getting locked in their family's car in Haryana's Gurgaon city, police said on Thursday. ...