Maldivian Vice President Ahmed Adheeb Abdul Ghafoor was arrested on Saturday after he was charged with "high treason" amid mounting speculation over his involvement in a blast on a speedboat carrying the president last month. ...
he Congress on Friday asked the central government to specify a time frame for bringing back former cricket IPL chief Lalit Modi to the country and alleged that he enjoyed the patronage of the ruling NDA dispensation. ...
"Of the 24 results available so far, the BJP has won 17 seats, the Congress has won four, the National Conference two and one seat has gone to an independent candidate," a poll official told IANS on phone from Leh town of Ladakh....
The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday filed a police complaint against central minister V.K. Singh for his controversial remarks over the death of two Dalit children in Haryana. However, Delhi Police did not register an FIR against the former army chief....
Bengali poet Mandakranta Sen, who recently gave up her Sahitya Akademi award, on Friday refused to take it back, saying though the Akademi has condemned the killings of writers, the atmosphere of intolerance in the country hasn't changed....
Polling for as many as 323 local self-government bodies will be held in Gujarat on November 22 and 29, the State Election Commission announced on Friday....
Having enjoyed a 36-hour Durga Puja break, star campaigners of the ongoing five-phase Bihar assembly elections once again returned to the action, resuming their campaigning on Friday by addressing rallies....
Israel has asked FIFA to condemn the recent comments of the president of the Palestinian Football Association, Jibril Rajoub, who in a recent interview glorified Palestinian attacks against Israelis and says he believes the perpetrators are courageous heroes....
Bollywood playback singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya was on Friday booked here on charges of abusing and molesting a woman at a Durga Puja event late on Thursday night, a police officer said....
The Sahitya Akademi for the first time on Friday condemned the killings of writers and urged the writers to take back the awards they returned in anguish against the Akademi's silence so far on the issue....
