Convicts in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhis assassination case, Nalini Sriharan and her husband V. Sriharan alias Murugan have demanded mercy killing. ....

Telangana Chief Minister K .Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday directed officials to ensure that the accused in woman veterinarian's gang-rape and murder are tried in a fast track court and the culprits get stringent punishment. ....

India conducted the first night trial of nuclear capable long-range ballistic missile Agni-III from the Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast on Saturday. ....

The Supreme Court has slammed the authorities for failing to curb air pollution, especially in Delhi where the air quality index has been consistently poor or in the severe range post Diwali. The apex court though made an exception when it came to construction activity for the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) at the Pragati Maidan, where the Trade Fair draws huge crowds. ....

Demanding that the accused in gruesome gang rape and murder of a woman veterinarian be hanged, people on Saturday staged protest at a police station in Shadnagar town, where four accused were lodged. ....

The Maha Vikas Aghadi led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday decisively won the vote of confidence securing 169 votes, considerably higher than the minimum of 145 required in the 288-member Maharashtra assembly. ....

BJP MP Pragya Thakur on Friday tendered apology in the Lok Sabha twice over her remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, denying she made any such remark, but regretting if her statement had hurt anybody. ....

Newly-elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was on Friday given a ceremonial reception at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan where President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were present to receive him on his first visit to India. ....

Extending an olive branch, the Shiv Sena said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray are like 'brothers' though the Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party may have parted ways, here on Friday. ....

Shiv Sena President Uddhav B. Thackeray was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra at a grand function held at the Shivaji Park here on Thursday. ....

Shiv Sena President Uddhav B. Thackeray was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra at a colourful function held in Shivaji Park here on Thursday evening. ....

A day after BJP's Pragya Thakur made controversial remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said there is no question of calling Godse a "patriot", and BJP even rejects such thinking. ....

The BJP on Thursday condemned Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur for her statement on Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and said that she will be removed from the consultative committee on defence. ....

Against the backdrop of a theme depicting the historic 'Shivrajyabhishek' -- the crowning of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj -- and a large picture of Maharashtra Legislature building, Maharashtra Governor B.S. Koshyari will swear-in Shiv Sena President and Maha Vikas Aghadi leader Uddhav Thackeray as the new Chief Minister, at the historic Shivaji Park on Thursday evening. ....

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday launched a tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister and BJP President Amit Shah accusing them of attempting to subvert democracy in Maharashtra through Governor B.S. Koshyari. ....

The historic Shivaji Park in Dadar west is currently being spruced and decked up for a mega event lined up for Thursday -- the swearing-in of Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra. ....

A day ahead of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's swearing-in as the Maharashtra Chief Minister, his son and first-time MLA Aaditya Thackeray reached the residence of Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi here to invite her for the event. ....

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday visited former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in Tihar jail, party leaders said. ....

The oath-taking ceremony of the newly-elected MLAs started at a brisk pace as Pro Tem Speaker Kalidas N. Kolambkar on Wednesday started administering their oaths inside the Vidhan Bhavan, here on Wednesday. ....

Maharashtra Chief Minister-designate Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday called on Governor B.S. Koshyari at the Raj Bhavan. ....