Having been "stateless" for 68 long years, more than 51,000 enclave dwellers finally have a country of their own, when at the stroke of midnight Friday-Saturday, the historic exchange of enclaves between India and Bangladesh t00k place....
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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday voiced concern about Indian nurses returning to Yemen despite escalation of fighting there....
The government and the opposition locked horns in the Lok Sabha on Friday, with Home Minister Rajnath Singh accusing the Congress of coining the term "Hindu terrorism" and weakening the fight against terror....
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday hit back at Congress vice president Rahul for his comments at FTII, Pune, by dubbing them "height of mediocrity"....
People participate in the funeral in absentia (ghaibana namaz-e-janaza) of 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts convict Yakub Memom, who was executed on 30th July 2015 in Nagpur Central Jail; in Kolkata, on July 31, 2015....
Gold price continued its downward slide for sixth straight week after 16 years on Friday, touching Rs.2,356/gram (22 carat), said a jeweller....
Assaulting a government servant is a "minor offence", Goa's deputy chief minister Francis D'Souza said on Friday, while justifying the adoption of a resolution by the state cabinet to "pardon" legislator Francisco Pacheco, sentenced to six months in jail for assault....
Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said the government wants to break the parliament impasse but the opposition, particularly the Congress, was only "interested in politics of disruption"....
Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy's tweets on 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon, who was hanged on Thursday, evoked sharp reactions on Friday on the social networking site....
