Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday flagged off two new Mumbai Metros - Line 2A and Line 7, both in the suburbs - on the auspicious occasion of Gudi Padwa, the Maharashtrian New Year. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) in such a short span of time reflects the depth of the mutual confidence between the two countries. ....

Taking serious cognisance of the death of Prabhakar Sail due to a suspected heart attack, the Maharashtra government on Saturday ordered the police to probe his sudden demise. ....

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday defended the purchase of cheap Russian oil even as sanctions have been imposed on Moscow following its military attack on Ukraine. ....

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday summarily dismissed reports claiming he was upset with Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil. ....

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday requested the Central government to release a total of Rs 23,430.38 crore to the state. ....

After Biocon chief Kiran Majumdar Shaw mentioned 'growing religious divide' in her tweet, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said that everyone should show restraint. ....

In a significant decision, the Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to lift all Covid-19 restrictions, two years after the Coronavirus pandemic curbs were clamped, officials said here. ....

Five days after it erupted, the blaze in the forests of the famous Sariska Tiger Reserve, located in Rajasthan's Alwar, was finally controlled on Thursday, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said. ....

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced that the central government has decided to reduce the disturbed areas under Armed Forces (Special Power) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in three northeastern states -- Nagaland, Assam and Manipur. ....

Reacting to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's wish of being a Rajya Sabha member, senior RJD leader Rabri Devi on Thursday said that he should leave quickly as nobody in the state want him here. ....

Mahant Sitaram Das, alias Samarth Tripathi, one of the accused in rape of a 17-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district has been arrested, police said on Thursday. ....

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the response of the Central Bureau of Intelligence (CBI) and others on a bail application filed by former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar convicted for raping a 17-year-old girl in Unnao in 2017. ....

Journalist Rana Ayyub on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court seeking permission to travel abroad as she was restrained by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from leaving the country. ....

Eminent breast cancer surgeon P. Raghu Ram was on Wednesday conferred the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of British Empire (OBE). ....

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday raised concerns about data sharing by social media platforms as it heard the appeal of WhatsApp and its parent company Meta (formerly Facebook) against the probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into the instant messaging app's latest privacy policy. ....

After Ola Electric and Okinawa e-scooters caught fire and raised alarms in government circles, another electric scooter of Hyderabad-based Pure EV has reportedly caught fire in Tamil Nadu. ....

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has banned Trinamool Congress MLA Narendranath Chakraborty in West Bengal from campaigning or holding meetings for seven days effective from Wednesday following a complaint from the BJP for threatening voters in Asansol bypoll. ....

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday conferred 'Best State' award to Uttar Pradesh followed by Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, at the third National Water Awards event held here. ....

A fire broke out in Rajasthan's Sariska Tiger Reserve following which the Indian Air Force (IAF) sent two helicopters to bring the blaze under control, officials said on Tuesday. ....