The BJP has set an ambitious "Mission 400" target for 2019 Lok Sabha polls, a top party leader said on Friday. ....

Senior IPS officer Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar on Friday took charge as the new Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), four days after the force lost 25 troopers in a deadly Maoist attack in Chhattisgah's Sukma district. ....

The Supreme Court on Friday said it will ask the government not to use pellet guns in Jammu and Kashmir if there was no violence, no stone throwing and students return to classes. ....

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has registered a money laundering case against some Trinamool Congress leaders over their alleged involvement in the Narada sting case in which they were seen receiving money in exchange of favours to a fictitious company. ....

The Central government has approved 8.65 per cent interest rate on the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) deposits for 2016-17, officials said on Friday. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India appreciates Cyprus' support for its permanent membership of the UNSC and called for early reform of the Security Council. ....

Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra made an "illegal profit" of over Rs 50 crore from a 2008 land deal without investing a penny, according to a panel that probed suspect Haryana land deals. ....

Hero is not meant to die. He lives forever in the hearts of his fans. The image never goes away because the imprint is deep enough. Vinod Khanna, was too handsome to be ignored. ....

The Indian Army on Friday resumed search operations in Kashmir's Kupwara district for a militant who escaped after a gunfight that killed three soldiers and two militants on Thursday. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, who is on a five day visit to India, at the Hyderabad House. ....

At least a dozen new expressways would be constructed in the coming year to connect various states in the country, of which three will be started in 2017, it was announced in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh on Friday. ....

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday called on Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades who is on a five day visit to India. ....

According to Centre for Media Studies' (CMS) "Indian Corruption Study", released on Thursday by NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy, Karnataka is the most corrupt state of India with 77 per cent household paying bribe at at least once in the last one year. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wished the nation on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya. ....

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Thursday said organisational improvement was needed and the party would work towards it. ....

Congress President Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said that agricultural land bought by her in Haryana's Faridabad district or other property acquired by her had no links to finances of her husband, his Skylight Hospitality or reality major DLF. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked the people of Himachal Pradesh to vote for change like in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi as the hill state was looking for an honest era. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday flagged off the first Rs 2,500-an-hour flight from Shimla as part of an UDAN scheme that makes air travel accessible to lower middle class families. It also plans to enhance connectivity with more airports in the country. ....

A day after Aam Aadmi Party's defeat in the Delhi municipal elections, senior leader Sanjay Singh on Thursday resigned as its Punjab in-charge. ....

The Supreme Court said on Thursday that the Lokpal law as it stands today is "workable" and there is no "justification" to hold it back till the proposed amendments are effected. ....