
Southern music composer M.S. Viswanathan, who has over 750 films in different languages to his credit, died at the age of 87 at a private hospital here on Tuesday, leaving his his fans and film fraternity in melancholy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi described his demise as a major loss to the industry....

The CBI on Tuesday searched four premises of social activist Teesta Setalvad and her publishing firm in Mumbai in connection with a case of alleged violation of FCRA norms and receiving foreign funds without government sanction...
The Shree Ganga Godavari Temple at Ramkund on Tuesday threw open its doors after 12 years to coincide with the Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2015 which has begun in the twin pilgrim centres of Nashik and Trimbakeshwar....
Describing last week's meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif as an "important step forward", the US has urged the two countries to create "constituencies for peace."...
The failure to comply with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's assurances at Ufa in Russia over Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi's trial will be "nothing short of a national embarrassment", said a daily on Tuesday. ...
The annual Amarnath Yatra Hindu pilgrimage resumed on Tuesday as the weather improved, police said....
A court here on Tuesday ordered that former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and others be charged with criminal conspiracy and cheating in a coal block allocation case....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pained over the loss of lives due to stampede during Godavari pushkaram at Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh....
The US provided $65.1 billion as economic assistance to India between 1946 and 2012, according to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) statistics. ...
At least 22 pilgrims, mostly women, were killed and 20 others injured in a stampede during Godavari pushkaralu in Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh ...