Braving a scorching 41 degree summer heat, thousands of men and women flocked to hear Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa attack the DMK at an election rally here on Wednesday....
The Oommen Chandy-led United Democratic Front came out with its manifesto for the Kerala assembly elections, with the motto "house, health and food for all"....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told authorities to keep a strict watch on hoarders to ensure there was no repeat of the 2015 shortage of pulses....
While the Congress-led UDF government has announced that prohibition will be in force by 2023, the opposition CPI-M has made it clear that they will not have any such policy if voted to power. ...
Days after it got a prosthetic limb, Shaktimaan, an Uttarakhand Police horse which lost a leg in an attack by a Bharatiya Janata Party legislator last month, died on Wednesday, an official said....
Security forces gunned down a dreaded woman Maoist leader, carrying a cash reward of Rs.6 lakh on her head, in a gun-battle in the thick forests of Bhamragad, an official said here on Wednesday. ...
After coming under attack from Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for his "one-eyed king" comment on India's growth rate, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday seemed to offer the peace pipe to the Centre saying that the country's current growth rate reflects the hard work of the government. ...
Delhi Police have begun a probe to find out whether a hydrogen cylinder explosion could have added to the intensity of a fire that killed three people in an east Delhi colony two days ago. Police are sending the remains of a second cylinder found at a residential house in Gandhi Nagar for forensic examination. A cooking gas cylinder...
The major earthquake that hit Ecuador over the weekend has left at least 499 people dead. A total of 159 deaths were reported in the worst-hit area of Pedernales in the western province of Manabi, Xinhua news agency reported. In the tourist port of Manta, 142 bodies were found. In Portoviejo, capital of Manabi, all 116 bodies have been identified and h...
A 5.0-magnitude earthquake occurred near the Andaman Islands west of Thailand early on Wednesday but no casualties were reported. Xinhua news agency quoted the Seismological Bureau of Thai Meteorological Department as saying that the quake took place at 3.32 a.m. (2032 GMT). Its depth was 10 km below the seabed. The epicentre was roughly 400 km off the southe...