Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trusted bureaucrat Arvind Sharma, who took voluntary retirement from service earlier this week, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Lucknow on Thursday. ....

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has appealed to party workers to help the poor and needy on her 65th birthday on Friday and keep the celebrations simple in view of coronavirus pandemic. ....

Srinagar city recorded its coldest night on Thursday as the minimum temperature plummeted to minus 8.4 degrees Celsius, a record broken after 25 years. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday extended his greetings to the people on Makar Sankranti and said that the festival showcases the vibrancy of traditions in India. ....

With 16,946 new coronavirus infections reported in the last 24 hours, India on Thursday continued with its streak of low single-day cases, increasing the overall tally to 1,05,12,093, officials said on Thursday. ....

Delhi police has beefed up security measures ahead of the Republic Day. Safety drills are also being carried out at major strategic point in the national Capital in the supervision of senior police officers along with regular safety checks at areas of heavy footfall and other prominent places here. ....

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh would attend the Veterans Day of the armed forces today with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, an official said on Wednesday. ....

A day after the Supreme Court put a stay on the implementation of the three Central farm laws, the Bar Council of India (BCI) claimed on Wednesday that "90 per cent of the farmers are not in favour of the protests". ....

Taking up the cause of the farmers who are protesting against the three contentious agricultural laws, Congress leader and former Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said on Wednesday that in a democracy, laws are framed by elected representatives, and not by the courts. ....

School kids from four Delhi schools and folk artists from Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata will take part in the cultural programme during the Republic Day parade here on January 26. ....

The Nitish Kumar government drew flak on Wednesday, a day after an Indigo Airlines station manager was shot dead by some unidentified bike-borne assailants near the Shastri Nagar police station area here. ....

A Delhi court on Wednesday sent former Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker K.D. Singh to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till January 16. ....

As the government gears up for the Covid vaccination drive targeting health care and frontline workers, the Congress has cautioned the government that since the 'Covaxin' vaccine has not completed phase-3 trials, it should not be rolled out as Indians are not "guinea pigs". ....

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Wednesday, interacted with youth workers in the party virtually. ....

A 40-year-old Indigo Airlines station manager, Rupesh Kumar Singh, was allegedly shot dead by criminals near the Shastri Nagar police station area of state capital Patna. The police has formed a team to nab the killers. ....

The farmers' agitation continued for the 49th day on Wednesday against the three new Central farm laws enacted last year. The agitating farmers have decided to burn copies of the farm laws on the occasion of Lohri. ....

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Wednesday that the 'Covishield' vaccine will not be administered to people under 18 years of age, pregnant women and those with allergies, as per the Centre's protocols. ....

Union Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik, who was hospitalised after a road mishap, has been taken off a ventilator and is being administered high flow oxygen, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday. ....

In a major action, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested former Rajya Sabha MP K.D. Singh in connection with a money laundering case, officials said. ....

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed the Modi government for its stand on the tractor rally proposed to be organised by protesting farmers on January 26. ....