Makkal Neethi Maiam founder-president Kamal Haasan on Wednesday said his party has decided not to contest the two by-elections for the Tamil Nadu Assembly or the civic polls and was gearing up to test its fortunes in the Parliamentary polls.
The administration of Delhi cannot be left to the Delhi government alone, the Centre told the Supreme Court today, emphasising that it has an "extraordinary" position by the virtue of being the country's capital.
As the US sanctions on import of Iranian crude oil loom large, India is engaged with the European Union for an alternative channel for making payments to Tehran for buying petroleum products, sources said Wednesday.
No arms and a hump on his back protruding through his pink shirt, 38-year-old Jagannath Das was busy writing - yes, writing - with a pen between his toes. He was writing a message in his impeccable handwriting to his favourite singer Union minister Babul Supriyo.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa that those who oppose his pet projects - the BRI and the CPEC - will "never succeed" as these are initiatives aimed at fostering peace and development.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today asserted that the organisation fully supports reservation. He also came out in support of a contentious law on atrocities against scheduled castes, but said it should not be misused.
Rejecting the BJP's allegation that he had paid money to the Congress's central leadership, Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday accused the BJP of misusing central agencies to harass him and pull down the Congress-JDS government in the state.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is soon expected to file a fresh charge sheet in the over Rs. 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP choppers deal case, officials said today.
A Hisar court today sentenced a 17-year-old to 20 years of imprisonment for raping and killing a six-year-old girl of Uklana town in Haryana's Hisar district last year.
India's plan to build 21 nuclear reactors by 2030 by using different technologies is on track, Atomic Energy Department Secretary Sekhar Basu said on Wednesday.
Triple talaq or instant divorce is now a punishable offence as President Ramnath Kovind gave his assent to the executive order, earlier cleared by the Union cabinet.
