India

Ramadan 2017: Ramzan in India to begin on May 28 because of THIS reason

The Muslim holy month of Ramzan will officially begin for Muslims in India from May 28, it has been decided by the Islamic body responsible for determining it. Read to know more.

May 26, 2017

BS Yeddyurappa to be BJP's CM candidate for Karnataka Assembly polls: Amit Shah

Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa will be the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) chief ministerial candidate in the Assembly polls scheduled to take place in 2018.

May 26, 2017

Irony? Not alive but late Bhupen Hazarika has helped BJP more to reach out to northeast India

Hazarika didn't help the BJP much in 2004 when he joined the party amid controversies and lost the general elections that year. Today, PM Modi has successfully roped in the late singer to make gains.

May 26, 2017

Punjab 'supercop' KPS Gill — man who ended Khalistan insurgency — passes away

Kanwar Pal Singh Gill — better known by his initials KPS — has passed away at 83 at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi. Read to know more.

May 26, 2017

Kerala: After Kochi metro, Technopark breaks the glass ceiling, puts a transgender on the payroll

Zara Sheikha is the first transgender joining an MNC in Technopark.

May 26, 2017

J&K: 2 terrorists killed as Indian Army foils infiltration bid by Pakistan's Border Action Team in Uri sector

An Indian Army patrol was attacked by the Border Action Team of Pakistan along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri sector on Friday.

May 26, 2017

BJP might be celebrating 3 years of PM Modi but saffron chief ministers have failed to impress

Even though the BJP has won state after state under Modi's leadership but it has failed to produce able state-level administrators. Jharkhand, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Goa and others have proved so.

May 26, 2017

Maharashtra civic polls: BJP leads in Panvel, but Congress-NCP surge ahead in Malegaon and Bhiwandi

The results for the Maharashtra civic body polls — in Malegaon, Panvel and Bhiwandi — are starting to trickle in on Friday, May 26. Read to know what they are.

May 26, 2017

Will AAP pull out of EVM hackathon organised by Election Commission?

The Aam Aadmi Party hinted on Friday it might pull out of the Electronic Voting Machine EVM hackathon organised by the EC on June 3. Read to know more.

May 26, 2017

Peddling lies, celebrating non-performance, propaganda are hallmark of Modi regime: Congress

The Congress on Friday accused the Narendra Modi government of "peddling lies and celebrating non-performance, propaganda and platitudes", and spending a bomb on promotion of its achievements. Read to know more.

May 26, 2017

Modi government turns 3: A trip down memory lane [In Pictures]

The Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre will complete three years on May 26, 2017. Let's take a look at the highlights of his tenure so far.

May 26, 2017

Centre bans sale of cows for slaughter across India, tightens trade restrictions

The Supreme Court had also issued a notice to the Centre and six states asking them to explain the increasing incidents of vigilantism in the name of cow protection across the nation.

May 26, 2017

PM Modi inaugurates Dhola-Sadiya Bridge in Assam on his govt's 3rd anniversary: This man is just too smart to beat

Forget the point of India making a strategic move against China through the bridge. The Dhola-Sadiya bridge in Assam has significance far beyond that.

May 26, 2017

Wreckage of missing IAF Sukhoi-30 found in Assam

The aircraft had gone missing while it was on a routine training mission. It went off the radar 60 km north of the IAF headquarters in the Tezpur district of Assam.

May 26, 2017

India's longest bridge inaugurated in Assam; PM Modi cuts the ribbon

PM Modi inaugurated the Dhola-Sadiya bridge in Assam on Friday as his government completes three years in office. PM Modi also named the bridge after singer and poet Bhupen Hazarika.

May 26, 2017