As a child, Pope Francis thought he would like to become a butcher, the pontiff told several thousand choristers from all over the world during an audience at the Vatican....
Social activist Kisan Baburao alias Anna Hazare on Friday said there is "no difference between the UPA and NDA governments" and reminded Prime Minister Narendra Modi of his "forgotten" election promises. ...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asked the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers having problem with his government to leave Delhi....
State run-Indian Oil Corp (IOC) hiked prices of non-subsidised LPG, or cooking gas, cylinders by around Rs.50, effective from Friday. Allowing for local levies, the market price of a non-subsidised liquefied petroleum gas cylinder of 14.4 kg is now Rs.657.50 in Delhi, Rs.686.50 in Kolkata, Rs.671 in Mumbai and Rs.671.50 in Chennai. This is the seco...
In a bid to send out a message of unity, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Friday advised spokespersons of his party and ally JD-U not to squabble publicly. "Fizul mein na bole," (Don't speak needlessly), he told the media, referring to the spokespersons. "If you don't understand an issue, remain at home and be quiet." Lalu Prasad made the remark whi...
Security forces were put on high alert in Pathankot in Punjab's frontier district Gurdaspur on Friday after a senior police officer said he and his associates were seized by five armed men in army fatigues. Talwinder Singh, a superintendent of police, said he and his associates were going in his multi-utility vehicle to a religious shr...
Shyam Saran Negi, 98, one of the oldest voters in India and a staunch believer in democracy since 1951, cast his ballot on Friday in the panchayat elections in Kinnaur district. "I have exercised my right to vote," Negi, who is partially blind and hard of hearing, told reporters in Kalpa, some 275 km from the state capital. His son Chander Prakash told IAN...
The humble saffron has come to rescue people who are at the risk of developing liver cancer. A biomolecule found in the golden spice is good for your liver, find the researchers. The saffron-based “crocin†can protect people against a deadly form of liver cancer, they have added. New study led by professor Amr Amin from the United ...
Indian Muslims have little fascination for Islamic radical groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda, say scholars and Muslim leaders agreeing with Home Minister Rajnath Singh's assertion that Indian Muslims were not attracted to their ideologies....
ven-numbered vehicles virtually went off the roads in the Indian capital on Friday as Delhi kickstarted a path-breaking odd-even vehicle restriction policy to battle rising pollution....
