India

Assembly elections 2017: Chandrashekhar Kanaujia, Alapur SP candidate, passes away due to heart attack while campaigning in Ambedkar Nagar

Congress VP Rahul Gandhi held a road show and Nukkad Sabha in Haridwar, Uttarakhand.

Feb 12, 2017

TN AIADMK crisis: MLAs at resort in touch with me, sharing their ordeal, says OPS

Follow all the updates on the political drama which continues over the succession in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Feb 12, 2017

Happy Valentine's Day 2017: 12 romantic wishes, messages, quotes, greetings to share on Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp status [photos]

Valentine's Day or Feast of Saint Valentine is celebrated on February 14, every year, dedicated for love.

Feb 12, 2017

Uttarakhand Polls 2017: 'Time for politicians and bureaucrats to pay for their wrongdoing,' says PM Modi at Rudrapur rally

The Prime Minister also vowed to eliminate corruption and fight against black money.

Feb 11, 2017

National Police Memorial: BSF conducts first band display and retreat ceremony in New Delhi

The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided that a band display as well as a retreat ceremony will be conducted at the National Police Memorial on every Saturday.

Feb 11, 2017

UP elections 2017 phase 1 round-up: Polling mostly peaceful amid 64% voter turnout

Over 64 percent of 2.6 crore voters exercised their franchise on Saturday, sealing the fate of 839 candidates across 73 Assembly constituencies.

Feb 11, 2017

India successfully launches interceptor missile from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast

This launch is an important milestone towards developing a two-layered Ballistic Missile Defence system.

Feb 11, 2017

Egypt's Eman Ahmed, world's heaviest woman, brought to Mumbai for weight reduction treatment

Egyptian artisans created a special bed for Ahmed at Saifee Hospital in accordance with the safety requirements laid out by EgyptAir for her safe transportation on ground and in the aircraft.

Feb 11, 2017

Time is money: CJI Khehar fines two people Rs 11 lakh for wasting time of Supreme Court with frivolous cases

An MLA from Bihar has been fined Rs 10 lakh and a professor from Maharashtra Rs 1 lakh for bringing frivolous cases in front of the Supreme Court.

Feb 11, 2017

UP Assembly Elections 2017: Rahul-Akhilesh release Common Minimum Programme; Cong VP reacts to PM Modi's 'raincoat' jibe

"PM Modi likes to rake up people's janam patris. He only knows how to Google things. He likes to peek into bathrooms," Rahul Gandhi said in Lucknow.

Feb 11, 2017

Indian sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik creates Guinness World Record with world's largest sand castle

Guinness Woirld Records has recognised the creation by Sudarshan Pattnaik on the beaches of Puri in Odisha as the largest sand castle in the world.

Feb 11, 2017

Sheldon Cooper's dream come true: India re-inducts world's oldest locomotive engine; is this actor promoting the Fairy Queen?

The Fairy Queen will haul a heritage train between Delhi Cantonment Station and Rewari in Haryana on a single day trip from Saturday, February 11.

Feb 11, 2017

UP Assembly Elections 2017 phase 1 updates: Polling ends; 63 percent voter turnout

Around 2.6 crore voters will exercise their franchise in 26,823 polling booths across 73 constituencies on Saturday.

Feb 11, 2017

Ola, Uber drivers' strike could hit Delhiites on Monday

The drivers held a protest on Friday as well, which inconvenienced commuters.

Feb 10, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: Pilibhit campaign disrupted by man-eating tigress

A two-year-old man eating tigress has killed five in the Indo-Nepal Terai region making the campaigning difficult in the area.

Feb 10, 2017