Hours after the Enforcement Directorate said it issued notice to his son on charges of violating foreign exchange laws, Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram asserted that the government could not "silence my voice or stop my writing" with "baseless allegations". ....

Colleges, universities and other higher education institutes in Kashmir will remain closed on Tuesday following the unprecedented protests by students across the valley, authorities said. ....

The CPI on Monday called for restraining the security forces from attacking civilians in Jammu and Kashmir to win the confidence of the people in the state, which has been rattled by a series of fresh clashes. ....

A Trinamool Congress leader was allegedly shot dead by a group of assailants inside the party office in West Bengal's Nadia district, police said on Monday. ....

Union Minister for Food and Consumer Affairs Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday said the government had received complaints against two companies for adulteration in bottled mineral water. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for redrawing the Indian map after independence "to give us what it (country) is today". ....

Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari arrived Delhi on Monday on a five-day visit to India at the invitation of her Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee. ....

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will monitor the filling of vacancies in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu police departments. ....

People who are illiterate and falsely accuse others of blasphemy should be educated and strictly dealt with, the Imam of Makkah's Grand Mosque, Shaikh Saleh Bin Muhammad Ibrahim, has said. ....

Delhi Police on Monday booked AIADMK Deputy General Secretary and V.K. Sasikala's nephew T.T.V. Dinakaran on charges of bribery, an officer said. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged all citizens to serve the nation with their hard work and said that India cannot be run by the government without the support of its people. ....

Former Andhra Pradesh minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Devineni Nehru died of cardiac arrest on Monday, his family members said. He was 65. ....

The BSF on Sunday admitted the youth killed here had died when its troopers opened fire in the air in self-defence during a weapon snatching incident. ....

Security has been beefed up at Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai airports following an e-mail from a woman who warned of a possible hijack, a CISF official said on Sunday. ....

Pakistan Army on Monday again broke the LoC ceasefire along the Line of Control in Naushera's Kalsian area and the Indian army posts also retaliate. ....

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday inaugurated the new Vistadome coach which has glass roof, LED lights, GPS-based info system and rotating seats among other features. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the Kiran Multispeciality Hospital in Surat. ....

Dubbing triple talaq a "bad social practice", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said such practices can be ended by social awakening but stressed that the BJP didn't want a conflict in the society for this. ....

Prime minister Narender Modi attend the BJP National Executive meeting, offers prayers in Odisha's Lingaraj temple, did a roadshow and felicitated the families of freedom fighters in Rajbhawan ....

Security has been beefed up at Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai airports following an e-mail from a woman who warned of a possible hijack, a CISF official said on Sunday. ....