The Congress celebrated its 136th foundation day in the absence of party interim president Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi as senior party leader A.K. Antony unfurled the party flag. ....

The ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi allies joined forces against the Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre a day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) slapped summons on Varsha Raut, the wife of Shiv Sena Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut's wife, here on Monday. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated India's first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line, along with the fully operational National Common Mobility Card service, and said that India will have the metro service in more than 25 cities by 2025, as against in 18 cities currently. ....

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has started the process of identifying children engaged in child labour and begging. The exercise has been initiated under the 'Mission Shakti' campaign launched by the Chief Minister earlier in October this year. ....

India on Monday logged 20,021 fresh Covid-19 infections taking the total number of cases to 1,02,07,871, along with 279 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of fatalities to 1,47,901, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. ....

The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC), has decided to develop Gulala Ghat as a movie shooting destination to attract the film fraternity to the state capital. ....

Just a day before the foundation day of the party, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has left for short personal trip abroad. ....

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing the people of the country on Sunday through his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', the protesting farmers opposed it by beating 'thalis' (plates) and clapping their hands. ....

India on Sunday recorded 18,732 fresh Covid-19 infections and 279 deaths in the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases to 1,01,87,850, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. ....

Cyberabad police have arrested eight transgenders for allegedly harassing a man and extorting money from him. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the 100th Kisan Rail from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar in West Bengal on Monday via video-conferencing. ....

The datesheet for the CBSE board examinations for Class X and XII will be revealed on December 31. Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will announce the datesheet on Dec 31, the Union Education Ministry announced on Saturday. ....

Delhi Police commissioner S.N. Shrivastava on Saturday visited the Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border) where the farmers are protesting against the Central farm laws for the past one month. ....

The Congress on Saturday slammed the Central and the West Bengal government for keeping the interests of 70 lakh farmers at bay by not including them in the 'Kisan Samaan Nidhi' scheme and demanded immediate release of funds to them. ....

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will release a book hailing Mahatma Gandhi as the "biggest Hindu patriot" on the first day of the new year. ....

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday reviewed the law and order situation in Assam during his two-day visit to the state ahead of the Assembly elections scheduled next year. ....

Former West Bengal minister Suvendu Adhikari, who recently jumped ship from the Trinamool to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said on Saturday that he feels really ashamed to be a part of the Trinamool Congress for 21 long years of his political career. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday indirectly targeted the Congress. He said: "Some people in Delhi teach me lessons in democracy morning and evening. These are the people whose government did not allow the Panchayat elections in Puducherry despite the Supreme Court's order while three-tier Panchayati Raj elections were conducted in Jammu and Kashmir within one year of it being made a Union Territory." ....

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Bihar health minister Tej Pratap Yadav on Saturday predicted that the Janata Dal (United) will soon disintegrate in the state. ....

Two unidentified terrorists have been killed in an overnight encounter with the security forces in South Kashmir's Shopian district, officials said on Saturday. ....