The iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris has been evacuated, according to reports on social media. Visitors have been posting pictures online of police cordoning off the entrance area....
The government is all set to table the amended GST bill in Lok Sabha for passage on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to intervene in the debate. ...
Atanu Das gave India's Olympic campaign a rousing start with a spirited performance in the ranking round of the men's individual archery event at the Sambodromo here on Friday....
The Congress on Friday attacked the Narendra Modi government for what it said were "insult and ill treatment" meted out to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh during his two-day trip to Pakistan to attend a Saarc ministerial meeting....
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday expressed displeasure over the denial of a diplomatic passport by the Centre to cabinet colleague K.T. Jaleel to visit Saudi Arabia to meet with hundreds of Keralites who have lost their jobs and are stranded in the Gulf kingdom. ...
State BJP president Vijay Rupani is to be the new Gujarat Chief Minister, replacing Anandiben Patel who resigned earlier this week....
Unicef on Friday said that over 250,000 children were malnourished while 120,000 children under five years in South Sudan have already been treated in the past six months....
A resurgent Indian men's hockey team aims to put behind the humiliation of 2012 Olympics as it opens the Rio Games campaign against Ireland on Saturday with renewed vigour and enthusiasm....
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who underwent surgery to fix a dislocated shoulder suffered during a rally at Varanasi, is recovering well and has been shifted out of the ICU, hospital authorities here said on Friday. ...
Seven more bodies of the victims of a bridge collapse on the Mumbai-Goa highway were recovered by search teams on Friday morning, taking the total bodies found so far to 21. ...
