Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grant full statehood status to Delhi, an issue that the ruling Aam Aadmi Party or AAP is expected to raise in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls in an emphatic manner.
Supreme Court judge, Justice L Nageswara Rao, today recused himself from hearing the CBI's plea alleging obstruction in its probe into the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam probe by West Bengal authorities.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday met Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and discussed ways to add further momentum to the strategic ties between the two nations besides deepening engagement in the areas of trade and investment.
India -- the world's biggest arms importer, with an annual defense budget of $43 billion -- has been dangling a potential $15 billion fighter jet deal for more than a decade, with Lockheed and Boeing, the world's two largest contractors, vying for the chance to refit India's air force.
The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed for vehicular traffic on Wednesday due to landslides. "Nightlong rain has triggered landslides at few places on the highway in the Ramsoo-Ramban sector. We have momentarily halted traffic for the safety of travellers," a traffic department official said.
American defence giant Lockheed Martin today unveiled the F-21 multi-role fighter jet especially for India, to be manufactured locally under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' initiative, as it eyed a multi-billion dollar military order.
Veteran North Korean diplomats are being sidelined from nuclear talks ahead of a second summit with the US as recent defections and allegations of spying undermine the trust of leader Kim Jong Un, South Korean officials said.
A Colorado man accused of murdering his fiance last November beat the young mother to death with a baseball bat before burning her body, a homicide investigator told a hearing on Tuesday, a court official said.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's "development book" has improved much since 2014 and he has his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's support too, but they cannot be compared with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, the Shiv Sena said today.
A Japanese court has awarded nearly $4 million in fresh damages to scores of residents forced to flee their homes after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown.
A panther was seen lurking at a popular shopping mall and a hotel in Maharashtra's Thane district this morning. CCTV cameras showed the panther hiding behind a staircase, before running into a dark corridor. Residents and passersby in the area were told not to venture out, an official said.
