The Central government on Sunday told the Delhi High Court that the indefinite stay imposed on the execution of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case was a "deliberate, well-calculated and well-thought out attempt to frustrate the process of law" and that there should be "no delay" in their hanging. ....

A second case of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed in Kerala, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. The patient has been kept in isolation and is currently stable and being closely monitored. ....

Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and three civilians sustained minor injuries after terrorists lobbed grenade upon the paramilitary force near the busy Mecca market in Lal Chowk area of Srinagar on Sunday afternoon. ....

The United States and India on Sunday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the prestigious Fulbright exchange program which has awarded scholarships to over 11,000 Indians and Americans so far. ....

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) along with Tihar Jail authorities on Saturday moved the Delhi High Court challenging the trial court order putting a stay on the death warrants issued against the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. ....

Emphasising on creating more employment, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that a National Recruitment Agency (NRA) will be set up for all computer-based examinations for recruitment to non-gazetted government and public sector banks posts. ....

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said there is nothing concrete in the budget as the biggest problem in front of the country is unemployment and the government has not addressed that. ....

During the Budget 2020 presentation in Parliament on Saturday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman quoted renowned Kashmiri poet Pandit Dinanath Kaul Nadim, a Sahitya Academy Award winner. ....

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the work on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious 508-km Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed train project will be actively pursued and also said that it will set up 'Kisan Rail' through public private partnership (PPP) for transportation of perishable goods. ....

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocated Rs 69000 crore including Rs 6400 crore for PM Jan Aushadhi Yojna for the healthcare sector on Saturday as she announced that the Budget 2020 is woven around 3 prominent themes: Aspirational India, Economic Development and Caring Society which includes health as one of the fundamental pillars, in addition to education and better jobs opportunities. ....

A policy will be set up to build data centre parks throughout the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said during her second Union Budget presentation in Parliament on Saturday. ....

Emphasising on doubling the farm income of farmers across the country by 2022, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her 2020-21 Budget speech said that the government has provided 11 crore farmers under Aspirational India programme. ....

The parents of 2012 gang rape victim named 'Nirbhaya' by the media are all set to move a Delhi court seeking issuance of fresh death warrants against the four death row convicts after the President on Saturday rejected the mercy plea filed by one of the convicts Vinay Sharma. ....

A total of 95 of the 324 Indians, who arrived in Air India special flight from Wuhan in China at Delhi Airport on Saturday, have been taken from the airport to Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) camp here for medical observation. ....

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said the Central government is ready to talk to Shaheen Bagh protesters; mainly women camping at Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems keen to present a Budget that goes beyond incrementalism and gradualism. ....

A total of 1,804 passengers have been screened for novel coronavirus at Amritsar and Mohali airports as well as border check posts of Atari and Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab, Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said. ....

In a major drug haul, the Special Task Force (STF) has seized nearly 200 kg of heroin, valued at around Rs 1,200 crore, from a house in Punjab's Sultanwind village near Amritsar, close to Pakistan border, and arrested four persons, including a woman and an Afghan national. ....

The police on Friday booked BJP's West Bengal unit President Dilip Ghosh following a complaint lodged against him by a young woman for making 'sexually coloured remarks' and showing 'murderous intent'. ....

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the February 8 Assembly elections here are country's internal issue and no intervention of the "biggest sponsors of terrorism" will be tolerated. ....