India's apex bank has cautioned its US counterpart on going ahead with a rate hike, especially at a time when world economic growth is stalling which has led to massive volatility in currency, equity and commodity markets....

For a society known to treasure family bonds and social values, the sordid Indrani Mukerjea, nee Pari Bora, saga has triggered shock and horror, particularly among Assamese women....
It was not long ago when Asaduddin Owaisi and his brother Akbarudin Owaisi romped home to heroes' welcome in Maharashtra. In the assembly elections last year in one of India's most industrialized states, the Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) party won two seats and was runner-up in four places. The rabidly communal party that was limited to Old Hydera...

Nothing shows more starkly the distortions that have vitiated the policy of reservations as the agitation by the financially and politically influential Patel community in Gujarat for inclusion in the backward-caste category to avail of the quota system in the allocation of government jobs and educational opportunities....

In a major breakthrough in the Sheena Bora murder case, one of the prime accused Sanjeev Khanna has cracked and confessed to his role in the crime, Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria said here late on Friday....

Former NewsX CEO Vir Sanghvi disclosed to India Today channel on Friday that Indrani Mukherjea, arrested for allegedly murdering her daughter Sheena Bora, had revealed to him that her stepfather molested her when she was young....
Soldiers and paramilitary forces remained deployed in Gujarat, where the situation was near normal on Friday even as the death of a policemen took the toll in violence to 10....

A Mumbai court on Friday remanded Sanjeev Khanna, former husband of Indrani Mukherjea, arrested in connection with her daughter Sheena Bora's murder, in police custody till August 31....
Delhi's Aurangzeb Road has become A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Road, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Friday....

Strings of coloured threads, some with beads and pearls; some adorned by cartoon and film characters like Spiderman, Minions and Doraemon; some scented, with sparklers; some even in gold and silver - markets here are full of all kinds of rakhis, but vendors say simpler and elegant designs have been sold in abundance this...