India

Watch: India's first howitzer purchase since Bofors boosts Army, 'Make in India' mantra

India is getting its first M777 ultra-lightweight artillery guns 30 years after the Bofors deal, and it is good news in more than one way. Read to find out how.

May 18, 2017

CPEC will see China 'colonising' Pakistan? Islamabad was always at mercy of outsiders; that's nothing new

Contrary to claims in the media, Pakistan always banked on external aid for its survival. But that the country is at least debating the issue of external aid is a positive message.

May 18, 2017

Anti-BJP front jolted as Sharad Pawar declines to be presidential candidate

NCP leader Sharad Pawar has declined to be the presidential candidate for the anti-BJP coalition, delivering a big blow to the alliance. Pawar apparently does not see the numbers stacking up in his favour. Read to know more.

May 18, 2017

Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave passes away

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Anil Madhav Dave has died at the age of 61.

May 18, 2017

Here's how Indian Navy ship INS Sharda foiled piracy attempt in Gulf of Aden, saving Liberian vessel [PHOTO]

Sukanya-vlass patrolling ship INS Sharda answered a distress call from Liberian ship MV Lord Mountbatten, and saved it from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden.

May 18, 2017

International Court of Justice to announce Kulbhushan Jadhav verdict today

The ICJ will announce its ruling on the Kulbhushan Jadhav death sentence case in the afternoon on Thursday, May 18.

May 18, 2017

India fast-tracks nuclear power programme with Cabinet nod to heavy-water reactors

India will build 10 pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) to boost its nuclear power generation capacity and also add to the 'Make in India' initiative. Read to know more.

May 17, 2017

Uttar Pradesh: Jilted woman abducts groom at gunpoint from wedding hall

The groom, Ashok Yadav, had promised to marry the woman, but stopped seeing her after his family fixed his marriage with another woman. The woman and the groom are still missing.

May 17, 2017

Munir Ahmad Khan takes over as IGP Kashmir

Munir Ahmad Khan has held many important postings including SSP Srinagar, SSP Baramulla, SSP Anantnag and SSP Doda.

May 17, 2017

Are you too angry? This cafe in Indore gives you a chance to vent your anger out on anything! [Video]

It is already in practice abroad but in India, this is the first time such a concept has been put into place. Take a stick and 'break anybody's head' in this cafe.

May 17, 2017

China's richest man praises India's economic potential as New Delhi shuns One Belt, One Road

The billionaire head of Wanda Group, Wang Jianlin, who was the most prominent Chinese businessman at the Belt and Road Forum (BRF), has said that his group had ambitious plans for India.

May 17, 2017

Haryana school girls end hunger strike; education department to upgrade school

The class 9 and 10 girls had gone on an indefinite hunger strike as they wanted their institution to be upgraded to a senior secondary school.

May 17, 2017

Om Prakash Chautala, ex-CM of Haryana aces class 12 exams from Tihar jail

Chautala was serving term after he was convicted in the teachers' recruitment scam during his tenure as the CM. He was out on parole but chose to go back to the jail to take up his exams.

May 17, 2017

Trinamool Congress wins Mirik civic poll: Mamata's politics of mobility has outsmarted GJM in Darjeeling hills

The TMC has also opened accounts in three other civic bodies in Darjeeling hills in the recently held elections. Mamata has executed a ploy different from the Left vis-a-vis the hill parties and delivered a punch.

May 17, 2017

Times Now files criminal complaint against Republic TV's Arnab Goswami over 'copyright theft'

Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL) filed a complaint on Tuesday against Arnab Goswami, founder of the recently launched news channel Republic TV, and journalist Prema Sridevi on charges of infringing its copyright.

May 17, 2017