The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed four bills related to the implementation of the pan-India Goods and Services Tax. ....

Observing that the upcoming multi-modal terminal here will be Jharkhand's growth engine, Union Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the Centre might turn Sahebganj into a smart city. ....

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani arrived in this Hindu holy city on Thursday to set up a natural meditation centre in memory of his late wife Kamla on the Ganga's banks. ....

Naresh Agrawal of the Samajwadi Party on Thursday said that social media was being used to defame Members of Parliament (MPs) and the government must come up with some mechanism to deal with the problem. ....

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday denied any incident of beating or lynching in Rajasthan by 'gau rakshaks' (cow vigilantes). ....

“Cow has four legs, two ears and one tail. It gives milk which we drink. From the milk we can make butter, ghee and curd.” the five-year-old kid was pestering his grandfather to hear his recitation. But the grand father was too glued to the TV news. The din blazing out on the TV screen soon caught the kid’s attention. Some people were thrashing few men mercilessly. The grandfather explained the news on Alwar thrashing to the quizzical child. The child left the room quietly and asked his mother, “listen to essay on cow. If I forget then ....

The opposition in both houses of Parliament on Thursday raised the issue of lynching of a Muslim man in Rajasthan's Alwar district by cow vigilantes, with a Congress leader blaming an "organised gang" and the government promising justice. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone of a multi-modal terminal on the River Ganga at Sahibganj in Jharkhand and also inaugrated the Govindpur- Jamtara- Dumka- Sahebganj Highway. ....

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condemned the alleged lynching of a man by cow vigilantes in Alwar, saying "when government abdicates responsibility and allows lynch mobs to rule, tragedies of immense proportion follow". ....

Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad on Thursday said he had been "abused and manhandled" by an Air India official during his controversial flight last month when he had beaten a flight officer with his footwear, and offered to apologise for his behaviour but not to the 60-year-old Air India official. ....

Tripura is ready to supply an additional 60 MW of power to Bangladesh. The transmission is likely to start during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's four-day visit to India, a Minister said here on Thursday. ....

Incessant rain and untimely snowfall in the plains on Thursday caused a flood-like situation in Jammu and Kashmir, even though the Met office said there would be overall improvement in weather from Friday. ....

Delhi BJP President Manoj Tiwari on Thursday said that the Shunglu Committee has exposed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's misuse of authority and public money. ....

A dozen youths were detained by the police in Jammu and Kashmir after a video showing them singing the Pakistan national anthem during a cricket match went viral, an official confirmed on Thursday. ....

The 37th Foundation Day of Bhartiya Janta Party is celebrated in the national capital and Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the party workers. ....

BJP Bengal unit's President Dilip Ghosh, known for shooting off his mouth, triggered a fresh controversy by describing the Ram Navmi celebrations in the state on Wednesday as a fight between "Ramzada" (one born of Lord Ram) and "Haramzada" (illegitimate- born). ....

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday directed chiefs of all paramilitary forces to ensure good food for their respective troopers, an official said. ....

Close to 2.5 lakh patent applications are pending, at various stages of disposal, with the government, which is taking various measures to clear the pending requests, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. ....

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday witnessed a heated debate on the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), with the Congress demanding a ban since "these machines are not tamper-proof". ....

China on Wednesday reacted angrily to the Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh and said that by ignoring Beijing's concerns over the issue New Delhi has caused "serious damage" to bilateral ties. India reiterated that no political colour should be attributed to the Tibetan spiritual leader's visit to the northeastern state. ....