Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to hold a bilateral meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Friday - in a much anticipated meeting that could likely set off an improvement in bilateral ties....
Three people, including a contractual school teacher, were arrested on Thursday in Bihar for allegedly threatening politicians and officials and extorting money from them, police said. ...
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday reiterated that the Narendra Modi government was committed to 'One Rank One Pension' scheme for ther armed forces, and added it would be implemented at an appropriate time. ...
Uttar Pradesh Mining Minister Gayatri Prajapati was booked on a complaint by social activist Nutan Thakur for trying to frame her and her IPS husband Amitabh Thakur in false cases of rape, police told a court here on Thursday. ...
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan must resign if "an impartial investigation" has to be held in the Vyapam recruitment scam, the CPI-M said on Thursday....
Moscow wants arms embargo on Tehran lifted as soon as possible, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday, adding that no insurmountable problems are left in the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers....
The BRICS New Development Bank expects to start providing its first loans by April 2016, according to India's K.V. Kamath, the first president of the bank. ...
The Greek government has extended bank closures and a 60 euro($66) daily limit on ATM withdrawals until Monday, media reported on Thursday....
The British government cut its economic growth forecast from 2.5 percent to 2.4 percent this year, as the country's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, unveiled the first budget of the new Conservative government on Wednesda...
hina and India should work together to build a closer, and more comprehensive partnership among the BRICS countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here. ...
