The Supreme Court on Friday gave CBSE time till August 17 to conduct and declare the results of All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) for medical and dental courses for the year 2015-16. ...
Wooing investors in the US, India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said economic reforms being currently shaped through the legislative process can push India's growth rate above 7 to 7.5 percent range....
The toll in the illicit liquor tragedy in a country liqour bar in suburban Mumbai shot up to 53 on Friday with 33 more people succumbing to the poisonous brew, a top police officer said here....
Torrential rains lashed Mumbai and the surrounding areas on Friday, killing two persons, severely affecting road, rail and air traffic and inconveniencing lakhs of daily commuters barely a week after the monsoon set in in the region. ...

World powers seem unable to solve conflicts causing "terrible suffering" to Christians and other minorities in the Middle East, Pope Francis told the head of the Syrian Orthodox Church on Friday....
Pope Francis will visit the Central African Republic and Uganda from November 27 to 29 , according to a Vatican calendar made public on Friday. The visit will be the first made to Africa by the pontiff....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wished happy birthday to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi who in turn thanked Modi for the greetings. ...
Barely a week into the monsoon on Friday, Mumbai and surroundings were paralysed as heavy rains lashed these areas since Thursday evening, while torrential rains slowed down other parts of Maharashtra, officials said here....
Scotland Yard, London's metropolitan police authority, has no knowledge of any threat to Lalit Modi, the former commissioner of the Indian Premier League who has allegedly been avoiding returning to India to face interrogation by the Indian finance ministry's Enforcement Directorate and other authorities, Raymedia reported on Friday....
Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Krishna Advani cancelled his meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal scheduled for Friday evening....