Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for India to be given a seat in the UN Security Council, saying that India, the land of the Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi - a land of peace - is asking for its rights to be given a permanent seat in the UN Security Council....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the previous government of "giving away" coal mines as easily as one would give a pen, a handkerchief or even a piece of paper. And his government through the auctioning of just 20 of the 204 coal mines had got Rs.2 lakh crore....
Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh has said that Sonia Gandhi should continue as Congress president as Rahul Gandhi needs "more experience" before heading the party....
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday dared Subramanian Swamy to move court over the Rafale deal after the BJP leader said he will approach the court against the deal as he claimed the fighter jet has shortcomings....
Greenpeace India on Saturday issued a point by point rebuttal of charges made against it by the government and said it would not only challenge the order in courts but also continue to campaign fearlessly....
Seven years after being engaged to her childhood friend Anil Kumar, P.K. Jayalekshmi, the lone woman minister in Kerrala's Congress-led United Democratic Front government, is finally set to tie the knot on May 10. ...
UAE-based Aster DM Healthcare, headed by leading medical professional Azad Moopen, on Saturday offered jobs to Indian nurses who have recently returned from Yemen....
The family of one of the five undertrial prisoners, who were gunned down by police in Telangana, has lodged a complaint against the policemen involved in the "fake" encounter....
Three months after the appointment of Laurent Stefanini as the French ambassador to the Vatican, the French authorities are still awaiting approval from the Holy See in a delay thought to be due to the diplomat's sexual orientation, diplomatic officials told Efe news agency....
The elections were necessitated by the deaths of sitting Bandra East legislator Bala Sawant, senior Shiv Sena leader, and Tasgaon-Kavthemahankal legislator R.R. Patil, former deputy chief minister of Nationalist Congress Party....
