Releasing a study on quality of piped drinking water being supplied in 21 cities across the country, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan said on Saturday that in Delhi and 13 state capitals, tap water is "undrinkable". ....

Goa DGP Pranab Nanda died of cardiac arrest in the early on Saturday, Inspector General of Police Jaspal Singh said. The 57-year-old officer was on an official visit to the national capital when the incident happened. ....

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar asserted on Friday that the proposed Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government will be formed soon and serve its full five-year term. ....

A day after the Common Minimum Programme of the upcoming allies -- Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress -- was finalized, Sena MP Sanjay Raut here on Friday asserted that his party "will rule Maharashtra for 25 years". ....

After 18 days of dilly-dallying, the BJP-led Khattar government in Haryana on Thursday did the first Cabinet expansion by inducting 10 council of ministers, comprising one from its alliance partner, lone woman and an Independent. ....

The BJP on Thursday demanded that the Congress party must apologise for alleging corruption in the Rafale deal in the wake of the Supreme Court dismissing a review petition seeking a probe into the fighter jet deal. ....

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a review petition seeking a probe into the Rafale deal. ....

The Supreme Court in a 3:2 verdict referred the Sabarimala review pleas to the larger bench. However, there is no stay on the September 28, 2018, judgement, which lifted the ban on the entry of women aged between 10 and 50. ....

Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday said the Supreme Court's decision on the disqualification of 17 MLAs in Karnataka has burst the bubble of BJP's 'Operation Kamal.' ....

The office of Chief Justice comes under the Right to Information Act, said the Supreme Court on Wednesday. ....

The 17 disqualified MLAs in Karnataka are open to contest the bypolls slated on December 5, as the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld their disqualification, but struck down Speaker's decison to disqualify them till the end of term of the Legislative Assembly. ....

The Shiv Sena on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against the Maharashtra Governor's decision not to extend the 24-hour time period given to the party to show its majority in order to form the government. ....

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Tuesday recommended Presidents rule in the state after political parties failed to form government. ....

Convalescing in hospital after an angioplasty for two blockages in an artery late on Monday night, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut appeared to be ready for the Maharashtra government formation battle on Tuesday. ....

A day after Maharashtra Governor B.S. Koshyari invited the NCP to form the government in the state, Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday spoke to NCP chief Sharad Pawar to discuss plans to form the government and sent three senior party leaders to Mumbai to hold discussions with him. ....

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar, his nephew and former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and other senior leaders and Legislators of the party held a crucial meeting here on Tuesday to discuss the government formation issue. ....

Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant on Monday accused the BJP of backing out of its '50:50 formula' promise made to his party, saying allegations of not having any such talks "hurt the pride of the Thackeray family" and put a question mark on the continuance of the BJP-Sena alliance. ....

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut was rushed to the Lilavati Hospital in Bandra on Monday afternoon after he complained of uneasiness, party sources said. ....

As the Shiv Sena snapped ties with the BJP-led NDA, party chief Uddhav Thackeray accompanied by his son Aditya called on Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar here, ostensibly seeking the latter's support to form the government in Maharashtra, here on Monday. ....

The construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya is likely to start from 'Ram Navmi' in April next year. 'Ram Navmi' in 2020 falls on April 2 and the festival celebrates the birth of Lord Ram. ....