Some 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers died in fierce fighting with pro-Russian separatists trying to dislodge them from the strategic city of Devaltseve, the separatist forces' commander Eduard Basurin said Wednesday....
On day five of the auction of coal blocks whose allotments were cancelled by the Supreme Court, the Essar Group won its first mine, even as poorer states stand to gain nearly Rs.60,000 crore from blocks sold in the ongoing auction....
The Delhi High Court Wednesday termed "inappropriate" the central government's decision to prevent Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai from leaving India on the ground that she would project a negative image of the country at the international level....
Eleven days after a police officer in Alabama slammed a visiting Indian grandfather to the ground leaving him partially paralysed, the state governor has issued an apology, even as the officer pleaded not guilty....
Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's suit auction as a "shameful exercise", the Congress Wednesday said it was actually a damage-control exercise....
A visiting BJP leader's remarks on Nepal's future political structure sparked off a major controversy Wednesday and were slammed by opposition parties, prompting the Indian embassy to seek to end the row, terming the statements her personal views and not the official stand....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's famous 'name-striped' jacket stole the show at the three-day charity auction that began here Wednesday, with a businessman bidding around Rs.1.21 crore for the attire....
The Congress Wednesday accused the central government of handling sensitive issues such as suspected Pakistani boat blown up in Indian waters on the intervening night of Dec 31 and Jan 1 in a "very light manner"....
The Delhi High Court Wednesday declined BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's plea for an early hearing in a case against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi and others over acquisition of the National Herald newspaper....
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said he will enquire into a Coast Guard officer's statement - captured on video - that he ordered a Pakistani boat allegedly trying to sneak into Indian waters be blown up. The officer Wednesday did a volte-face and denied making the statement....
