President of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari was on Tuesday morning accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. ....

An Indian Army soldier was killed in accidental firing in the border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said on Tuesday. ....

AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dinakaran, a nephew of jailed party chief V.K. Sasikala, was on Monday accused of trying to bribe the Election Commission with crores of rupees to reclaim the party's disputed and now frozen "two leaves" symbol. ....

Modernisation of defence equipment is the top most priority for the government, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday as he addressed the Army Commanders' Conference here. ....

President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said India's services sector has been a key growth driver of its economy. ....

Hours after the Enforcement Directorate said it issued notice to his son on charges of violating foreign exchange laws, Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram asserted that the government could not "silence my voice or stop my writing" with "baseless allegations". ....

Colleges, universities and other higher education institutes in Kashmir will remain closed on Tuesday following the unprecedented protests by students across the valley, authorities said. ....

The CPI on Monday called for restraining the security forces from attacking civilians in Jammu and Kashmir to win the confidence of the people in the state, which has been rattled by a series of fresh clashes. ....

A Trinamool Congress leader was allegedly shot dead by a group of assailants inside the party office in West Bengal's Nadia district, police said on Monday. ....

Union Minister for Food and Consumer Affairs Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday said the government had received complaints against two companies for adulteration in bottled mineral water. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for redrawing the Indian map after independence "to give us what it (country) is today". ....

Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari arrived Delhi on Monday on a five-day visit to India at the invitation of her Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee. ....

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will monitor the filling of vacancies in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu police departments. ....

People who are illiterate and falsely accuse others of blasphemy should be educated and strictly dealt with, the Imam of Makkah's Grand Mosque, Shaikh Saleh Bin Muhammad Ibrahim, has said. ....

Delhi Police on Monday booked AIADMK Deputy General Secretary and V.K. Sasikala's nephew T.T.V. Dinakaran on charges of bribery, an officer said. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged all citizens to serve the nation with their hard work and said that India cannot be run by the government without the support of its people. ....

Former Andhra Pradesh minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Devineni Nehru died of cardiac arrest on Monday, his family members said. He was 65. ....

The BSF on Sunday admitted the youth killed here had died when its troopers opened fire in the air in self-defence during a weapon snatching incident. ....

Security has been beefed up at Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai airports following an e-mail from a woman who warned of a possible hijack, a CISF official said on Sunday. ....

Pakistan Army on Monday again broke the LoC ceasefire along the Line of Control in Naushera's Kalsian area and the Indian army posts also retaliate. ....