The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has generated more than 100 crore (one billion) Aadhaar numbers in a span of five and a half years, Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Monday. ...

The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday demanded action against yoga guru Ramdev for his statement that he would have beheaded those who refused to chant 'Bharat mata ki jai', had not the law of the land prevented him from do....
Over 2,600 GB of data comprising more than 11 million documents about some 214,000 hidden offshore companies owned by prominent people, including some from India, together make up for one of the biggest revelations called "Panama Papers". ...

The Kerala High Court on Monday came down heavily over wastage of its time, and dismissed a plea by prime accused Saritha Nair for a CBI probe against Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in the solar panel scam case. ...

With assembly elections just a year away and with the opposition Congress in disarray, the RSS has surprisingly emerged as one of the most bitter critics of Goa's BJP-led coalition government, especially on the issue of Medium of Instruction (MoI) in the state's private primary schools, a large chunk of which are run by the influential ...
Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK will contest all 30 seats in Puducherry in May on its own, AIADMK general secretary and Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa said on Monday. ...
The widow of a former head of the Namdhari sect was killed when unidentified assailants fired at her from close range here on Monday, police said. ...

A new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and more than 100 other news organisations around the globe reveals the offshore links of some of the planet's most prominent people, including over 500 from India. ...
Despite the sweltering heat, brisk polling was recorded with over 63 percent of the electorate exercising their franchise in the first six hours of voting in 18 constituencies in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections on Monday. There will be seven days of polling for 294 assembly seats. The last day of polling is...

AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa announced on Monday that she will seek re-election from the Radhakrishnan Nagar constituency here. At a time when other parties are finalising seat sharing arrangements with others, Jayalalithaa released the list of AIADMK candidates for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry ...