India

Sasikala loyalist E Palaniswami was sworn in as the third Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in the last two months. Palaniswami has to prove majority in the Assembly on February 18.

Acknowledging that the hostile conduct of locals was causing higher casualties in the Kashmir Valley, Army chief Bipin Rawat on Wednesday warned those attacking security forces during anti-militancy operations of "tough action".

Singapore's international visitor arrivals rose 7.7 percent last year to a record 16.4 million, helped by more travellers from China, India and Indonesia, but the tourism board forecast a slower pace of growth for 2017.

Achary dismissed Panneerselvam’s contention that he now wishes to withdraw his resignation under as the Chief Minster called such an act “unconstitutional.”

Dattatreya obliged Agnivesh but said, he was using "English for the benefit of non-Hindi speakers as it was a national seminar, and people have come from all parts of India."

‘Chinnamma’ Sasikala is not the first to have her political hopes dashed by the courts, and she won’t be the last. Others who have had to step down because of court convictions include former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad, Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani and politic...

Justice Cunha had raised certain pertinent questions in the verdict which the SC has most likely taken into consideration while holding her guilty on Tuesday.

The Kerala High Court said a public servant, who is on duty, to prevent or obviate danger to human lives caused by a dangerous animal, must give preference to protect the lives of human beings.

Bowing to public pressure, a bill to legalise traditional buffalo race "Kambala" and bullock cart races in Karnataka was passed by the state Assembly on Monday with all parties backing the move.

The polling is underway on 73 seats in Western UP in the first phase of Assembly elections on Saturday.

At the Tehran rallies Friday, demonstrators chanted traditional slogans against the United States and Israel, and later, hundreds of thousands marched toward the city's central Azadi Square, where Rouhani addressed the crowds, telling them that Iran will...

Senior Finance Ministry official Ajay Tyagi was on Friday appointed as chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). He will succeed U K Sinha.

Other eminent personalities who'll attend the three-day long festival include Prasoon Joshi, Irfan Habib, Sharmila Tagore, MS Sathyu, Annu Kapoor, Wasim Barelvi, Ashok Chakradhar, Kumar Vishwas, Prem Chopra, Saurabh Shukla, Justice TS Thakur, Nadira Babba...

The strike had its political implications as Opposition Congress and BJP accused the CPM of favouring the principal as she comes from a prominent left affiliated family. Nair's uncle is a prominent leader of the CPM.

Income Tax officials have unearthed an undisclosed amount of Rs 100 crore after raids at 40 centres of a Kota-based coaching institute which had started on February 2 following a complaint of tax evasion.

Rajya Sabha on Wednesday witnessed an angry outburst by Minister Venkaiah Naidu when Congress members created uproar after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "raincoat" jibe against Manmohan Singh and even asked Chairman Hamid Ansari to take care of sentiment...