India on Saturday slammed Pakistan for cross-border terrorism, warning that it will take every possible action to safeguard its national security. ....

Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) President and former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah in a letter to the state election commissioner KK Sharma on Saturday alleged that ahead of the District Development Council (DDC) elections the candidates of the PAGD are being whisked away to secure locations and not being allowed to canvass. ....

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Friday promulgated an ordinance banning online gaming in the state, and which also provides for fine and jail term for the violators. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India is trying to reduce its carbon footprint by 30-35 per cent and working to double its oil refining capacity in the next 5 years. ....

Congress General Secretary and Uttar Pradesh unit in-charge Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday slammed the Yogi Adityanath-led state government over the deaths due to consumption of spurious liquor. She said the Yogi government has been failed to take action against the liquor mafia in the state. ....

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij was administered a trial dose of India-made coronavirus vaccine Covaxin on Friday. ....

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has constituted three key committees of the party to formulate its strategy on issues related to economy, national security and foreign affairs -- all headed by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. ....

In a significant move, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation on Friday ordered all schools to remain shut till December 31 as a precaution against the spread of Covid-19, an official said. ....

New envoys to India from Hungary, Maldives, Chad and Tajikistan on Friday presented their credential to President Ram Nath Kovind during a virtual ceremony here. ....

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday gave a strong statement on 'love-jihad' and said that it is a term manufactured by the BJP to divide the nation. "Marriage is a matter of personal liberty and bringing a law to curb it is completely unconstitutional," he tweeted on Friday. ....

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to bring in a stringent legislation against 'love jihad' cases on the rise in the state. ....

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been advised by doctors to move out of Delhi for some time owing to her chest infection to avoid severe pollution in the national capital, party sources said on Friday. ....

Namdev Das Tyagi alias 'Computer Baba' was released from Indore jail after he was bailed out, saying only that 'it is a victory of truth'. ....

The temple town of Ayodhya that has seen harsh restrictions during the Deepotsav celebration on the occasion of Diwali festiwal will once again be under strict guard. This time, a centuries-old tradition will be broken in Kartik Mela. ....

Former deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi was on Thursday given a new responsibility in the Bihar Legislative Council (BLC). ....

Apollo Hospitals and Tata Medical and Diagnostics (TataMD), a healthcare venture of the Tata group, on Thursday announced a partnership to introduce TataMD CHECK, the world's first CRISPR Cas-9 based diagnostic test, to help increase testing for Covid-19 across the country. ....

Jitan Ram Manjhi, president of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), was on Thursday appointed pro-tem speaker of Bihar legislative assembly. ....

The Aam Aadmi Party is trying to fool people of Goa with their poll promise of free electricity, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Thursday. ....

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati's father, Prabhu Dayal, passed away in Delhi on Thursday. He was 95. ....

In the wake of the alarming rise in the number of coronavirus cases in Delhi, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has deputed four separate high-level Central teams to Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Manipur to take stock of the situation there. ....