Nearly a quarter of a century after being first mooted, the Vizhinjam Port proposal has been finally cleared with Adani Ports to launch the work on November 1, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Wednesday....

The Supreme Court collegium recommended and reiterated the appointments of people as judges despite adverse Intelligence Bureau reports and judges' critical comments against them, the central government on Wednesday told the apex court....
Former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar, arrested for holding an alleged fake degree, was brought to Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. He insisted that he had been framed.In New Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sources told IANS that its legislator Kapil Mishra would be Delhi's new law minister. Mishra is the vice chairman of the Delhi Jal Board....
The cabinet on Wednesday approved Rs.6,000 crore interest free loan to sugar mills to make payments to sugarcane farmers, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said. ...
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to put on hold the union home ministry's May 21 notification that barred the Delhi government's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) from acting against the central government officers for criminal offences. ...
A 450-member team of the Income Tax Department is conducting searches at offices of the Chettinad Group of companies in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, officials said on Wednesday. ...
Nepal's Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat left for New Delhi on Wednesday to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to an international donor conference being hosted here on June 25 to raise funds for reconstruction following the damage caused by the devastating April 25 earthquake....
Former India Test cricketer Hemant Kanitkar, who was suffering from prolonged illness, has passed away at his residence in Pune, the BCCI announced on Wednesday....
K.V. Chowdary, a former head of the Central Board of Direct Taxes, was on Wednesday sworn in as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner by President Pranab Mukherjee....
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Kapil Mishra will be Delhi's new law minister, party sources told IANS. ...