Emphasising that the agriculture budget allocation this year is much more than previous years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said it is aimed at the complete modernisation of the sector and suggested seven pointers from the budget provisions. ....

The Border security force (BSF) troops on Thursday fired at a drone along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's R.S. Pura and Arnia sectors ....

The BJP has claimed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's call to NCP supremo Sharad Pawar in the Nawab Malik case is an effort to secure support for her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, against whom ED investigation is underway. ....

Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Wednesday said that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is a silent killer, and he took an unusually long time to recover from the disease. ....

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has claimed that it has established money trail in a PMLA case involving Underworld Don Dawood Ibrahim and others to Nawab Malik, the Maharashtra Minister who was arrested on Wednesday, sources said. ....

In a stunning turn of events, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik after he was grilled for nearly 8 hours in an alleged shady land deal case. ....

The boundary wall of a government school collapsed when the helicopter bringing BJP president J.P. Nadda landed nearby. ....

Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan on Wednesday said that Indians in Ukraine will not be forced to return in the light of the developments there. ....

A Delhi High Court judge on Wednesday recused himself from hearing pleas by Google and social media giants Facebook and Twitter challenging a single-judge order asking them to globally remove links to a video containing defamatory contents against yoga guru. ....

Uttar Pradesh has recorded 49.89 per cent voting till 3 p.m. for the phase IV of the assembly polls, the data released by the Election Commission on Wednesday said. ....

As the Enforcement Directorate continued grilling Nationalist Congress Party Minister Nawab Malik for over 5 hours, hundreds of NCP activists staged protests outside the ED Mumbai offices, here on Wednesday. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday appealed to the people to visit border villages as part of the "Vibrant Village programme" announced in the budget 20-23. ....

The voter turnout at 11 a.m. for the fourth phase Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh was 22.62 per cent, according to data released by Election Commission on Wednesday. ....

The voter turnout at 9 a.m. for the fourth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls was 9.10 per cent, according to the data released by the Election Commission on Wednesday. ....

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been provided Z-plus security cover during his 21-day release on furlough from a Haryana jail, officials said on Tuesday. ....

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has extended the PM CARES for Children Scheme till February 28, 2022. Earlier, the scheme was valid till December 31, 2021. ....

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Maharashtra government to "completely stay its hand" against former Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh, while it decides whether criminal cases registered against him could be handed over to the CBI. ....

Giving clear indications of an early verdict in the hijab row, the Karnataka High Court Special bench, constituted to look into the petitions submitted by students demanding their right to wear hijab in classrooms, on Tuesday directed counsels to complete their arguments by this week. ....

Considering the river erosion along the river Ganga-Padma in Malda, Murshidabad and Nadia districts in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking restoration of extended jurisdiction of Farakka Barrage Project Authority (FBPA) to 120 km so that the Centre can take up urgent bank protection schemes in the entire stretch in consultation with the state government as promised. ....

Many residential and industrial parts of the city faced major power outages as employees of the Electricity Department went on a three-day strike from Monday night in protest against the privatisation of the department. ....