Ahead of his possible resignation, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray started making 'final calls' after his emotional challenge to the rebels previous evening that he was ready to quit the post (CM) as well as Shiv Sena chief, here on Thursday. ....

Prime Minister Modi will participate in the BRICS summit today. The conference is being organized virtually and will be held at 5:00 pm IST today. ....

India yet again witnessed a spike in Covid cases with 13,313 fresh infections being reported in the past 24 hours against the previous day's 12,249 count, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. ....

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday declared that he is ready to quit his post and also as party chief provided the rebels come and talk to him face-to-face while denying that he had discarded Balasaheb Thackeray's Hindutva. ....

Rebel Shiv Sena Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday claimed that 40 MLAs have accompanied him to Guwahati and they are devoted to Balasaheb Thackeray's 'Hindutva' ideology. ....

Mandya police have announced Rs 1 lakh reward for any clue in the murder of two women whose severed bodies were found separately here early this month. ....

Fresh trouble seems to be brewing for former BJP leader Naveen Kumar Jindal as the Thane police on Tuesday served a notice to him in connection with a new case over the controversial remarks he made against Prophet Muhammad. ....

India witnessed a significant decline in fresh Covid cases with 9,923 infections being registered in last 24 hours against previous day's 12,781 count, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated along with thousands of people in a Mass Yoga Demonstration at the Mysore Palace ground here on the occasion of 8th International Day of Yoga (IDY) on Tuesday, and said that 'Yoga has become a way of life'. ....

A seven-member Congress delegation led by Leader of Opposition (LoP) and including two Chief Ministers on Monday met President Ramnath Kovind to submit a memoranda with two demands in connection with army recruitment scheme 'Agnipath' and police action during Congress' protest. ....

Reacting to a Congress leader's remarks comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to German dictator Hitler, Union Ministers and BJP leaders Dharmendra Pradhan and Anurag Thakur slammed the Congress at Sandhol area of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh. ....

The Haryana government on Monday ordered the closure of all private coaching institutions in Mahendragarh and Jhajjar districts with the protests against the Agnipath defence recruitment scheme getting intense. ....

The Ministry of Minority Affairs has been assisting economically weak students of minority communities to study abroad by providing them interest-subsidised loans. The scheme of the ministry named Padho Pardesh seeks to help such students attain higher education in foreign universities and thus enhance their employability. ....

As Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in National Herald case on Monday, the Congress is gearing up to protest on two issues -- Agnipath scheme and Rahul Gandhi's questioning by the ED. ....

Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday announced that she has tested Covid positive. ....

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday called for both India and Bangladesh to work together for a crime-free border and on river management. ....

A 50-year-old police sub-inspector was shot dead in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, authorities said on Saturday. ....

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday raided multiple locations in Rajasthan in connection with the fertilizer scam allegedly involving Agrasen Gehlot, brother the Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. ....

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi is undergoing treatment for fungal infection in the lower respiratory tract and other post-Covid symptoms, the party said on Friday. ....

Roadways buses were vandalised in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad on Friday as mobs protesting against the 'Agnipath' scheme went on rampage. ....