A draft legislation to amend the Motor Vehicles Act to impose stiffer penalties on traffic rules violations and to protect the Good Samaritans from legal harassment was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday. ....

Some Tamil Nadu farmers, protesting at Jantar Mantar here for over three weeks demanding waiver of their loans, on Monday stripped outside the Prime Minister's Office after they were not allowed to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ....

Kulbhushan Jadhav, an alleged Indian spy arrested in Pakistan, has been given the death sentence, it was announced here on Monday. ....

India and Australia on Monday signed six memorandums of understanding (MoUs), including on cooperation in fighting international terrorism and on civil aviation security, following delegation-level bilateral talks headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull here. ....

The opposition led by the Congress party created pandemonium in the Lok Sabha on Monday demanding action against former BJP MP Tarun Vijay over his controversial remarks related to south Indians. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull ahead of a bilateral summit in New Delhi on Monday. ....

The Rajya Sabha on Monday witnessed chaos, disruption and a brief adjournment with the Congress party alleging that the non-BJP chief ministers were being targeted by the Centre. ....

Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday asked if Rs 100 crore distributed in cash to voters in R.K. Nagar of Chennai was black or white after the Election Commission indefinitely postponed the April 12 by-election to the assembly constituency following allegations that the ruling AIADMK had bribed electors in violation of the code of conduct. ....

Visiting Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday said his country will work more closely with India in order to secure stronger ties. ....

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking release of funds over Rs 10,000 crore due to the state under various centrally sponsored schemes. ....

Over two weeks after he was blacklisted and grounded by all airlines, Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad here on Monday morning took wings again on a Pune-New Delhi flight, authorities said. ....

Authorities on Monday made heavy deployment of police and Central Reserve Police Force to maintain law and order as the separatists called protest shutdown affected life across the Kashmir Valley. ....

Four terrorists were killed when security forces foiled a major infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, an official said on Monday. ....

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was on Monday morning accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condemned the two separate bomb attacks carried out by the Islamic State on Coptic churches in Egypt which claimed lives of at least 43 people and injured 100. ....

The CBI on Sunday registered cases against a Chandigarh-based company and three of its directors for cheating a bank in Punjab of over Rs 1,300 crore, officials said. ....

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday called for a nationwide ban on slaughter of cows. ....

Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra on Saturday chaired a meet to discuss ways to involve private real estate developers in the government's ambitious 'Housing-for-all by 2022' scheme. ....

President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the nation on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti. ....

Massive violence and a very poor turnout marred the Srinagar Lok Sabha by-poll on Sunday, while by-elections for 10 assembly constituencies across eight states, including in the national capital, saw average to enthusiastic polling. ....