The toll from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador last week, has climbed to 587 over the weekend, including 27 foreigners, the government has said. ...
More than 165 UN member states are expected to attend a high-level signing ceremony for Paris climate agreement, including an estimated 60 heads of state and heads of government, a UN spokesman said here on Thursday....
In a major blow to the BJP-led central government, the Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday set aside President's Rule in the state, restoring Congress leader Harish Rawat as the chief minister, nearly a month after he was ousted. ...
Days after it got a prosthetic limb, Shaktimaan, an Uttarakhand Police horse which lost a leg in an attack by a Bharatiya Janata Party legislator last month, died on Wednesday,...
Congress is proud of Indian democracy and the judicial system to whom alone aggrieved citizens of the country can turn for relief at a time of crisis," party spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said at a press conference at the party headquarters here after the court verdict. ...
Ridiculing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress over corruption, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday batted for development, terming it the solution to all problems....
Amid incidents of violence that left one person dead and several others injured, West Bengal saw over 67 percent votes cast in 62 constituencies during the first six hours on Thursday in the third phase of the assembly elections....
Heralding a major change, three women were on Thursday allowed to enter the Trimbakeshwar temple, one of the 12 'Jyotirlingas' in the country, here even as locals observed a protest shutdown. ...
The Uttarakhand High Court's decision to set aside President's Rule in the state is "a huge embarrassment to the Modi government", Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday....
Speaking at the 10th Civil Services Day awards ceremony, Modi also called for a "spirit of healthy competition" among district administrations to foster an atmosphere conducive for positive change....
