
As unseasonal rains and hailstorms lashed different parts of Maharashtra, at least 13 persons were killed in lightning-related incidents and one due to drowning, across the state in the past 48 hours, officials said here on Monday....

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has suspended former minister Jupally Krishna Rao and former MP Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy for anti-party activities. ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to make a visit to West Bengal this weekend in the wake of the forthcoming three-tier panchayat elections in the state, BJP sources said. ...

Dozens of passengers were stranded at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on Monday after four flights of Alliance Air were cancelled....

Globally acclaimed Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Monday apologised to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world, for the hurt his action may have caused. ...

Canadian police have arrested a 28 year-old man in a hate-motivated incident at a mosque in Ontario, and charged him for yelling threats and religious slurs at the worshippers. ...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has called for an end to all forms of terrorism and foreign "interference" in Syria in order to restore its security and stability. ...

Turkey's Mediterranean coast is expected to see a large number of tourists flowing in this summer despite the devastating earthquakes in February, industry professionals have said. ...

Union minister of road transport and national highways, Nitin Gadkari reached Sonamarg on Monday along with J&K Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha and members of Parliament to visit the site of the Zojila tunnel and to inaugurate the Z-Morh tunnel on Srinagar-Leh highway. ...

Anil K. Antony, son of veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister ,A.K. Antony, who quit the Congress and joined the BJP said that more and more youths will join the BJP as it was the only political parties pursuing a nationalistic cause....