A day after DMK leader M.K. Stalin met President Pranab Mukherjee and submitted a memorandum on the events that took place in Tamil Nadu assembly last week, he met Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday and discussed the political situation in the state. ....

Perked by its success in the Maharashtra civic polls, the BJP has decided to use it for a "major political push" to further its prospects in the remaining three crucial rounds of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. ....

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday expressed shock over the shooting incident in the US in which an Indian-origin man was killed and another injured. ....

A female intruder was killed by border security force (BSF) troops at the International Border (IB) in Akhnoor sector in Jammu, police said. ....

The insurgent groups in Manipur have called for a shutdown in the state on Saturday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigns here for the upcoming assembly election, a statement said. ....

The Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena on Thursday finished neck-to-neck and were engaged in a tussle on Thursday to control India's richest and biggest civic body, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation. ....

Stressing that the BJP has done "exceedingly well" in every election after 2014 general elections, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that it has become a "pan-India party" which is now fast spreading its roots across the country. ....

President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday inaugurated an international conference on "Bharat Bodh" (Idea of Bharat), organised by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and Bhartiya Shikshan Mandal. ....

The AAP on Thursday accused the BJP governments in Gujarat and Chhattisgarh of "committing atrocities" on farmers and tribals on the orders of party chief Amit Shah, and approached the NHRC over the matter. ....

Scores of INLD leaders and supporters were on Thursday detained by the Punjab Police at the inter-state Shambhu barrier, 10 km from Ambala in Haryana, as their plan to start digging for the controversial SYL canal ended peacefully. ....

Environmental activists and retired judges say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Isha Foundation in Coimbatore to unveil the 112-foot face of Lord Shiva would legitimise illegal constructions by the organisation. ....

Kerala Governor P. Sathasivam on Thursday termed demonetisation by the Centre as one of the most devastating catastrophes in India's financial history. ....

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday made it clear that no water from Punjab will be allowed to flow to Haryana. ....

Dangwimsai Pul, wife of the late Arunachal Chief Minister Kalikho Pul, on Thursday withdrew her letter to Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar, saying the Supreme Court has no business to deal with her letter on the judicial side. ....

Thousands of people, especially motorists, faced inconvenience on Thursday morning after security forces sealed a busy portion of a national highway on the Haryana-Punjab border that links Delhi with Amritsar. ....

Border districts of Haryana and Punjab are on high alert on Thursday with the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) launching its 'Water War'. ....

Result of 225/227 wards: SS wins 84, BJP wins 80, Congress wins 31, MNS wins 7, NCP wins 9, MIM wins 1, others win 5, ABS wins 1. Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation, the country's biggest civic body, got underway. ....

Three army personnel and one woman lost their lives and seven others injured on Thursday when militants attacked security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district. ....

President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said Indian judicial system established decades ago require major changes. ....

The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Thursday a plea by Dangwimsai Pul -- the widow of former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul -- for a probe into allegations he made in his 'suicide note' on August 9 last year. ....