India

At present, it is optional for CBSE students to choose either the board exam or a school-based examination.

According to Superintendents of Police Ajay Sehdev, the woman and her husband were returning from a village with their three-month child on a motorbike, when the four men in a car intercepted them near Nirgajni village in the district.

"The EU closely follows Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi's economic reforms, including the historic introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), which can facilitate ease of doing business and promotes market integration in India by realising a simple,...

Referring to the statement of India's Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa that the Indian armed forces are ready for a full spectrum operation, Asif said Pakistan wants to live in peace and harmony with its neighbours.

“A person should die in peace, not in pain. For, it has been said since centuries that nothing can be equated with painless death,” said a bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.

A bench headed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to upload the guidelines for emission standards on its website.

While some seem to be supportive of the move, with a few amendments in Article 356, others were vehemently opposing the decision by terming it as a ploy by the BJP to weaken the democratic structure of India.

The revised metro prices will come into effect from October 10.

The Nirbhaya Fund was announced by the Centre in 2013 after the sensational December 16, 2012, gangrape and murder case in Delhi to support the initiatives of the governments and the NGOs working towards the safety of women.

DG BSF K K Sharma has contested CRPF's claim that the third terrorist was killed by them after he "pretended" to be a Jawan. "Not to my knowledge," is how DG BSF responded when CNN-News18 asked him if indeed the third terrorist pretended to be an Indian...

The Karnataka State Bar Council and Association had said that transferring a judge (Justice Jayant Patel) who was set to become the Chief Justice will not set the right precedent and that the collegium needed to take cognisance of this.

Thousands of farmers had staged a protest while demanding drought-hit status as part of Youth Congress campaign Khet Bachao-Kisan Bachao at Tikamgarh on Tuesday.

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced his senior leadership team on Tuesday, appointing Dr Swaminathan to one of the two Deputy Director General posts.

The residents complain about a never-ending problem of waterlogging after every spell of heavy rains, and Monday's rains prompted them to take a legal route against administration's repeated failure.

Honeypreet Insan, daughter of Dera sacha Sauda chief, is on the run since August 25, hours after Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted.

The move to appoint a commission comes after finance minister Arun Jaitley announced in August that the creamy layer criterion will be raised to Rs 8 lakh from the earlier Rs 6 lakh.