Veteran BJP leaders Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi as well as Bollywood actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha are missing from a list of star campaigners for the BJP-led NDA ahead of the Bihar assembly polls. ...
The Kerala government will take over ESI Corporation's Medical College and Hospital near Kollam which is presently under the union labour and employment ministry, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday. ...
Union Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh on Wednesday revealed that 1.30 crore government-built toilets remained non-functional as beneficiaries still preferred open-defecation. ...
In a rebuff to the government, the Supreme Court Monday appointed senior counsel K.K.Venugopal as amicus curiae to assist the court in 2G matters and directed the CBI and Enforcement Directorate to provide him all the documents and briefings in respect of their investigations and status of different case....
The Delhi government on Wednesday launched a flagship scheme that allows students to avail education loan of up to Rs.10 lak...
The government on Wednesday decided to prorogue the monsoon session of parliament, putting at rest speculation of a special sitting to pass the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax Bill....

A nine-year-old Indian-origin boy has been named as Australia's best speller after he won the first edition of "The Great Australian Spelling Bee" contest, the media reported on Wednesday....
Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi announced on Wednesday that the electronic voting machines (EVM) will carry photos of the candidates in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections....

Bihar leaders, including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad and senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday welcomed the announcement of state assembly polls....
A global rally sponsored by the Chinese government's reforms and expected stimulus coupled with the union cabinet's approval of spectrum trading, gold bonds and hike in dearness allowance buoyed Indian equity markets on Wednesday. ...