Counting of votes cast in the July 17 presidential election began on Thursday in Parliament to decide the contest between the ruling NDA's candidate Ram Nath Kovind, who has a clear edge, and the combined Opposition nominee Meira Kumar....
The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that while President Donald Trump's administration can continue to bar refugees from entering the country, officials will have to show greater flexibility in enforcing the accompanying ban on travellers from six Muslim-majority countries....
More than half of the terror attacks in the world in 2016 took place in five countries, including India and Pakistan, a senior US counter-terror official has said....
The state governments can take action against person or persons involved in such incidents under existing laws. I don't think there is a need for a separate law," Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir told the Rajya Sabha during Question Hour....
The BJP on Wednesday termed a purported 32-page Congress dossier on cow vigilante lynchings and attacks on Dalits and other issues as a "dossier of disruption" aimed to divide the country on communal lines and disrupt the Parliament session....
Senior Gujarat Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela continues to keep the party high command on tenterhooks over his next move. He has announced a public gathering of his supporters and legislators on his 77th birthday on Friday, which he otherwise seldom celebrates. ...
General Francois Lecointre, a career military officer, was named Frances military chief after his predecessor resigned on Wednesday after a clash with President Emmanuel Macron over proposed cuts in military spending....
The Mathrubhumi Group, a media conglomerate, on Wednesday announced an extra monthly leave to its women staff on the first day of their menstruation period after a similar leave policy was announced by Culture Machine, a Mumbai-based media company. ...
Describing China as a "bigger threat to India than Pakistan", Samajwadi party...
Senior counsel Gopal Subramanium told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the right...