The BJP on Thursday condemned Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur for her statement on Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and said that she will be removed from the consultative committee on defence. ....

Against the backdrop of a theme depicting the historic 'Shivrajyabhishek' -- the crowning of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj -- and a large picture of Maharashtra Legislature building, Maharashtra Governor B.S. Koshyari will swear-in Shiv Sena President and Maha Vikas Aghadi leader Uddhav Thackeray as the new Chief Minister, at the historic Shivaji Park on Thursday evening. ....

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday launched a tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister and BJP President Amit Shah accusing them of attempting to subvert democracy in Maharashtra through Governor B.S. Koshyari. ....

The historic Shivaji Park in Dadar west is currently being spruced and decked up for a mega event lined up for Thursday -- the swearing-in of Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra. ....

A day ahead of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's swearing-in as the Maharashtra Chief Minister, his son and first-time MLA Aaditya Thackeray reached the residence of Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi here to invite her for the event. ....

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday visited former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in Tihar jail, party leaders said. ....

The oath-taking ceremony of the newly-elected MLAs started at a brisk pace as Pro Tem Speaker Kalidas N. Kolambkar on Wednesday started administering their oaths inside the Vidhan Bhavan, here on Wednesday. ....

Maharashtra Chief Minister-designate Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday called on Governor B.S. Koshyari at the Raj Bhavan. ....

India on Wednesday successfully placed into orbit its own earth observation satellite Cartosat-3 and 13 American nano satellites in a text book style. ....

Over three months after the Centre abrogated Article 370 in J&K, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), here on Tuesday, said it had seized Rs 6.20 crore assets of Zahoor Ahmed Shah Watali, a prominent Kashmiri businessman, in connection with a terror-funding probe involving Lashkar-e-Taiba founder and Jammat-Ud-Dawa terrorist Hafiz Muhammad Sayeed. ....

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray late on Tuesday staked his claim to form the government in Maharashtra before Governor B.S. Koshyari, party sources said. ....

The Sena-NCP-Congress government, set to take power on Thursday, will have to take steps to check the widening revenue deficit of India's second most politically important state. ....

In a major political defeat for the Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday quit, hours after Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar also submitted his resignation, barely 80 hours after they were sworn in on Nov. 23 early morning. ....

To pacify the agitating students of its varsity, the Jawaharlal Nehru University administration on Tuesday announced concession in service and utility charges. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged citizens to think of how they can fulfil the duties enshrined in the Constitution, including by saving water and paying taxes. ....

Terming the arrival of activist Trupti Desai in Kerala for a visit to the Sabarimala temple as a conspiracy, State Minister Kadakampally Surendran has said that certain vested interests are behind her visit. ....

The Supreme Court on Tuesday passed an interim order to conduct a floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday after considering the competing claims of the parties. ....

A World War II museum would soon be opened here, the district headquarters of East Siang in Arunachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Pema Khandu announced on Monday. ....

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the Karimpur Assembly by-election in Bengal Jay Prakash Majumdar was assaulted allegedly by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers during the voting, on Monday. ....

The West Bengal government on Monday decided to regularise all refugees colonies in the state, thus paving the way for the inhabitants to get the title deeds for their land. ....