At the stroke of midnight hour of July 1, President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched a button together and launched the "historic" Goods and Services Tax (GST). ....

The Amarnath Yatra, which commenced on Thursday, was suspended from Udhampur due to heavy rain and landslide on the National Highway. ....

Amid boycott by the Congress, the Trinamool and other opposition parties, Modi government is all set to launch the major indirect tax reform measure - Goods and Services Tax (GST) - in Parliament's Central Hall on Friday night. ....

The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Thursday morning and the first batch of yatris were flagged off from Pahalgam in Jammu. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday visit Gujarat for two days. ....

Two Indian soldiers were injured on Thursday in a ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir by the Pakistan Army. ....

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday suffered a fracture in his left leg, according to a close aide. As per reports, Singh has suffered a slight fracture on his left foot. ....

Normal life was affected in the Darjeeling hills for the fourth consecutive day, as the indefinite bandh called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) continued on Sunday amid a protest rally. ....

Two civilians were killed and two others were injured on Saturday in indiscriminate shelling and firing by Pakistan Army in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, defence sources said. ....

Hizbul Mujahideen leader Zakir Musa has warned Hurriyat leaders that their heads will be chopped off and hung in the Lal Chowk here for interfering in the militant group's "struggle for Islam". ....

The Election Commission on Friday said that all future elections would be held with the Voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines. ....

Invoking his famous 'chai pe charcha' concept, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday sought to establish an instant rapport with the Indian origin Tamils of Sri Lanka, who dominate the plantation areas that produce the world famous Ceylon tea. ....

The Election Commission of India has accepted the Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) explanation and dropped the matter related to the party depositing Rs 104 crore in scrapped currency notes between December 2-9 last year in a bank account in New Delhi post demonetisation, a petitioner has said. ....

The celebrations of a wedding turned sour when the bridegroom suddenly died during the Barat (wedding procession) due to a heart attack. ....

The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea by Young Indian Pvt Ltd (YI), of which Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi are the main stakeholders, challenging Income Tax notices served to the company -- clearing the decks for an IT probe. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Buddhism's message of peace is the answer to the growing phenomenon of terrorism across the world. ....

The Election Commission on Friday assured all political parties that EVMs were secured and could not be tampered with. ....

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday released the posters of three militants, saying they were responsible for the killing of Kashmiri army officer Ummer Fayaz. ....

One Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was injured on Friday in ceasefire violation by Pakistan on the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir's Arnia sector, sources said. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who reached Sri Lanka on Thursday, attended the 'International Vesak Day' celebrations in Colombo on Friday. ....