Hitting back for the first time at critics who questioned his perceived friendly relations with corporates, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that unlike "some people" he was "not afraid of" publicly standing beside industrialists and business magnates because his intentions were "noble". ....

Decrying persisting malnutrition in the country at "unacceptable levels", Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called for making agriculture nutrition-sensitive to address the problem. ....

A CRPF trooper on leave was killed when militants attacked him at his home in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Sunday, police said. ....

DMK President M. Karunanidhi on Sunday night suffered a "transient setback" in his health but his vital signs are normalising, said the hospital where he was admitted early on Saturday following a dip in his blood pressure. ....

A batch of 663 pilgrims on Saturday left Jammu for the Kashmir Valley to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, an official said. ....

As many as 34 minor girls housed in a shelter home in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district have been raped as against earlier figure of 29, police said on Saturday ....

The Shiv Sena on Saturday sought to embarrass its Bharatiya Janata Party ruling ally by suggesting that Pankaja Munde, a minister in the Maharashtra cabinet, be unanimously anointed as "Chief Minister for an hour to clear the Maratha quotas file". ....

Militants abducted a special police officer (SPO) at gunpoint from Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said on Saturday. ....

DMK President M. Karunanidhi early on Saturday was admitted into the intensive care unit (ICU) of Kauvery Hospital here after his blood pressure dropped, said the hospital. ....

At least 37 people have been killed in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh in the past 48-hours since Thursday, an official said on Saturday. ....

With a flood threat looming large due to a swollen Yamuna river crossing the danger mark in Delhi, authorities on Saturday began to evacuate hundreds of persons affected by the rising water level, officials said. ....

19-year-old Bachelor of Science student from Kochi was trolled on social media for selling fish after college hours. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday directed the state police to register a case against the cyber bullies. ....

Fugitive diamond jeweller Mehul Choksi, who is wanted by Indian investigative agencies in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, has denied "any truth in the allegations". ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke to DMK leaders M.K. Stalin and M.K. Kanimozhi to enquire about the health of party President M. Karunanidhi and offered necessary assistance. ....

Heavy rains lashed Delhi and the National Capital Region on Thursday morning bringing respite from the humid conditions and bringing down the mercury. ....

A Gujarat court on Wednesday sentenced Patidar agitation spearhead Hardik Patel and two of his associates to two years in jail on charges of vandalising a BJP legislator's office in Mehsana district in 2015. ....

The second phase of the Maharashtra shutdown call by Maratha groups seeking quotas, evoked mixed response in Mumbai and coastal districts of the state, punctuated with incidents of stray violence, here on Wednesday. ....

Two militants were killed on Wednesday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag town. ....

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the central government is taking the incidents of lynching "very seriously" and might bring a law, if necessary, to stop it. ....

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to file a detailed affidavit giving "all particulars" of the steps being taken for setting up a search committee for suggesting probable names for the appointment of Lokpal. ....