Anchal Vohra

A clean image, love for the RSS, a celibate life; similarities between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the man he has chosen to lead Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar.

Haryana will know today who its next chief minister will be. The finalists in the race are said to be ML Khattar, an RSS activist, and Captain Abhimanyu, who was dispatched to Haryana by party president Amit Shah to help win the state.

Cameramen were punched. Reporters abused and threatened. A journalist beaten up so ruthlessly he was left with two fractured ribs.

This evening, on an Air Force helicopter that flew over flood-affected areas Chief Minister Omar Abdullah dropped food packets to a city that remains, for the most part, under several feet of water, and blames his government for not providing enough assistance in the worst floods to hit Jammu and Kashmir in over a century.

Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbot has carried with him on his visit to India, two antique statues that were allegedly looted from temples in Tamil Nadu. He will hand them over to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott today met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi today and finalised an agreement to allow the export of uranium to New Delhi for use in power generation.

Over the last 100 days, the Modi government has sent several key messages to China. Before Chinese President Xi Jinping visits India this month, the PM chose to visit Japan.

The Philippines government has released a latest picture of reclamation work being done by China on one of the disputed Kennan [Chigua] reefs in the South China Sea.

On Tuesday, 15 Indian envoys flew to Hanoi in Vietnam to participate in a heads of mission conference led by India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

'Look East' to 'Act East' - with these words External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj began her three-day visit to Vietnam - a crucial, strategically located friend in South East Asia.

India is assessing whether to explore oil in five blocks in the South China sea, on the invitation of Vietnam, a crucial and strategically located south east Asian friend, the ministry of external affairs has said.

India has cancelled talks with Pakistan scheduled for next week in Islamabad, stating that "Pakistan's continued efforts to interfere in Indian internal affairs are unacceptable." Pakistan responded by saying such parleys with Kashmiri separatists before talks with India is a "long-standing practice". (Read More)

Pakistan's High Commissioner in India Abdul Basit's decision to invite leaders of separatist groups in Kashmir for talks, days before the foreign secretaries of the two nations hold talks in Islamabad, has not gone down well with either the ruling BJP or the opposition Congress.

When India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled this week to Kathmandu on a historic visit, a young man accompanying him became a headline.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi prayed this morning at the famous Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu. He sanctioned 25 crores to build a 'dharamshala' at the major Hindu landmark and offered 2,500 kg of sandalwood at the temple built for Lord Shiva.

A clean image, love for the RSS, a celibate life; similarities between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the man he has chosen to lead Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar.

Haryana will know today who its next chief minister will be. The finalists in the race are said to be ML Khattar, an RSS activist, and Captain Abhimanyu, who was dispatched to Haryana by party president Amit Shah to help win the state.

Cameramen were punched. Reporters abused and threatened. A journalist beaten up so ruthlessly he was left with two fractured ribs.

This evening, on an Air Force helicopter that flew over flood-affected areas Chief Minister Omar Abdullah dropped food packets to a city that remains, for the most part, under several feet of water, and blames his government for not providing enough assistance in the worst floods to hit Jammu and Kashmir in over a century.

Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbot has carried with him on his visit to India, two antique statues that were allegedly looted from temples in Tamil Nadu. He will hand them over to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott today met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi today and finalised an agreement to allow the export of uranium to New Delhi for use in power generation.

Over the last 100 days, the Modi government has sent several key messages to China. Before Chinese President Xi Jinping visits India this month, the PM chose to visit Japan.

The Philippines government has released a latest picture of reclamation work being done by China on one of the disputed Kennan [Chigua] reefs in the South China Sea.

On Tuesday, 15 Indian envoys flew to Hanoi in Vietnam to participate in a heads of mission conference led by India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

'Look East' to 'Act East' - with these words External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj began her three-day visit to Vietnam - a crucial, strategically located friend in South East Asia.

India is assessing whether to explore oil in five blocks in the South China sea, on the invitation of Vietnam, a crucial and strategically located south east Asian friend, the ministry of external affairs has said.

India has cancelled talks with Pakistan scheduled for next week in Islamabad, stating that "Pakistan's continued efforts to interfere in Indian internal affairs are unacceptable." Pakistan responded by saying such parleys with Kashmiri separatists before talks with India is a "long-standing practice". (Read More)

Pakistan's High Commissioner in India Abdul Basit's decision to invite leaders of separatist groups in Kashmir for talks, days before the foreign secretaries of the two nations hold talks in Islamabad, has not gone down well with either the ruling BJP or the opposition Congress.

When India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled this week to Kathmandu on a historic visit, a young man accompanying him became a headline.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi prayed this morning at the famous Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu. He sanctioned 25 crores to build a 'dharamshala' at the major Hindu landmark and offered 2,500 kg of sandalwood at the temple built for Lord Shiva.