An unrelenting opposition vociferously attacked the government over the demonetisation move in Parliament on Monday, leading to repeated adjournments in both houses and hitting the scheduled business of the day....
The Indian equity markets plunged to their lowest levels in the last six months on Monday with the benchmark Sensex receding below the 26,000-point mark and the NSE Nifty crashing below the 8,000 level....
The death toll in Sunday's train derailment tragedy rose to 146 on Monday as 25 more bodies were pulled out of the mangled coaches, officials said....
A court here on Monday framed terror charges against five Islamic State suspects accused of conspiring to target the Ardh Kumbh Mela in Haridwar besides strategic locations in Delhi....
A fire broke out in West Bengal's largest state-run hospital here on Monday, officials said....
Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Monday said in the Lok Sabha that a "forensic probe" has been ordered in the Kanpur rail tragedy in which 142 people have died and over 150 were injured. ...
Giving a new twist to political alignments in Punjab, two independent legislator brothers who were the founders of the "Awaaz-e-Punjab" with cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, on Monday announced an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)....
A huge explosion ripped through a Shiite mosque in the Afghan capital on Monday, causing casualties, local media reported. ...
Opposition parties, including Congress and Trinamool Congress, created pandemonium in the Lok Sabha on Monday over the demonetisation move, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House twice in the pre-noon session till 2 p.m. ...
The death toll in one of the worst rail accidents in the country that took place on Sunday when the Indore-Patna Express rolled off the tracks near Kanpur, rose to 142 on Monday, officials said. ...
