Badminton star Saina Nehwal took the political plunge on Wednesday by joining the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. ....

Fresh snowfall in Shimla, Manali and Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday made the tourist towns more picturesque, but gridlocked many roads of the state. ....

With just three days remaining in the scheduled execution of the 2012 gang-rape convicts, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed convict Mukesh Singh's plea seeking judicial review of the rejection of his mercy petition by the President. ....

The counsel for the Nirbhaya case convict Mukesh Singh, who is set to be hanged on February 1, told the apex court on Tuesday that his client has been sexually abused inside the Tihar jail. ....

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused BJP of taking "revenge" from the poor in the city and urged the saffron party to stop indulging in such malicious actions. ....

Delhi Police have launched a massive manhunt to nab controversial JNU student Sharjeel Imam, booked on sedition charges for his alleged inflammatory speeches during anti-CAA protests. ....

Jammu and Kashmir police, on Tuesday, have arrested one Lashkar-e-Taiba militant from Baramulla in north Kashmir. ....

Hours after senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said he didn't receive any money from the Popular Front of India (PFI), he made a U-turn and accepted receiving Rs 77 lakh as litigation fee for appearing in the Supreme Court between August 2017 to March 2018 for Hadiya in a case related to her marriage with Shafiya Jahan. ....

The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed a resolution demanding scrapping of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday morning extended his warm wishes to Indians on the occasion of India's 71st Republic Day. ....

As the nation is all set to witness the 71st Republic Day, the celebration of it will start at 9 a.m. with Presidential flag hosting. ....

President Ram Nath Kovind, here on Saturday, invoked Mahatma Gandhi's message of truth and non-violence and urged the people, especially the youth, to follow non-violence while expressing concern over a cause and stick to constitutional methods of achieving social and economic objectives. ....

Former Union Ministers Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and George Fenandes will be conferred Padma Vibhushan posthumously. Renowned boxer Mary Kom will also be the recipient of the award, the second highest civilian honour of the country. ....

Visiting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday was given a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. ....

Four overground workers of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were captured by a joint team of the police and the army at Hajin area of Bandipore district in north Kashmir, the police said on Saturday. ....

Advocate A.P. Singh, lawyer for three of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case again moved an application before a Delhi court seeking directions to the Tihar Jail authorities to supply him the relevant documents in order to exercise the remaining legal remedies available with the convicts -- Vinay Pawan and Akshay. ....

Taking a swipe at the protesting Jawaharlal Nehru University students, yoga guru Ramdev on Friday said the government should start a "pension scheme for the elderly students of the varsity so that they can quietly pursue their studies on the campus". ....

As many as 644 militants, belonging to eight banned outfits of Assam, laid down their arms in the presence of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, here on Thursday. ....

Paying his tributes to Shiv Sena founder Bal Keshav Thackeray, known as Balasaheb Thackeray, on his 94th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called him a "courageous" leader who never hesitated from raising issues of public welfare. ....

Remembering Subhas Chandra Bose on his 123rd birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the nation will always remain grateful to the leader, who stood up for the progress and well-being of his fellow Indians. ....