Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said the Central government is ready to talk to Shaheen Bagh protesters; mainly women camping at Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems keen to present a Budget that goes beyond incrementalism and gradualism. ....

A total of 1,804 passengers have been screened for novel coronavirus at Amritsar and Mohali airports as well as border check posts of Atari and Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab, Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said. ....

In a major drug haul, the Special Task Force (STF) has seized nearly 200 kg of heroin, valued at around Rs 1,200 crore, from a house in Punjab's Sultanwind village near Amritsar, close to Pakistan border, and arrested four persons, including a woman and an Afghan national. ....

The police on Friday booked BJP's West Bengal unit President Dilip Ghosh following a complaint lodged against him by a young woman for making 'sexually coloured remarks' and showing 'murderous intent'. ....

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the February 8 Assembly elections here are country's internal issue and no intervention of the "biggest sponsors of terrorism" will be tolerated. ....

Actor Vijay Verma has thanked stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for his by-now viral in-flight verbal attack on journalist Arnab Goswami. The actor says that even though he does not subscribe to what Kamra did, he is happy because the "tormentor" has been "shut up for once". ....

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said that with the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, the government has fulfilled the will of Mahatma Gandhi and condemned the atrocities being perpetrated on minorities in Pakistan. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that the Budget Session of Parliament would try to establish a base for the bright future of this decade and economy would be the centre of discussion. ....

A day after a minor opened fire on protesters near Jamia Millia Islamia in front of the police personnel leaving a student injured, former Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday questioned who paid the attacker. ....

Former Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday condoled the death of people who lost their lives due to the novel coronavirus in China and elsewhere. ....

Two more terrorists have been gunned down in an ongoing encounter in Jammu on Friday, taking the total number of killed terrorists to three, police said. One policeman was also injured in the encounter. ....

"One positive case of Novel Coronavirus; a student studying in Wuhan University has been reported from Kerala, "said a statement released by the Health Ministry. ....

A student of Jamia Millia Islamia was injured after a man opened fire at the anti-CAA march conducted by Jamia Coordination Committee. The attacker was apprehended by the police and the victim was admitted to a nearby hospital. ....

With just two days remaining for the execution of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the curative petition of Akshay, one of the convicts in the case, seeking a stay on the death sentence. ....

Renowned feminist, rights activist, author and social worker Vidya Bal who fought for women's entry in temples passed away here early on Thursday after a brief illness, family sources said. ....

A day after BJP's Parvesh Verma called Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal a "terrorist", the Aam Aadmi Party chief on Thursday left the decision on the people of Delhi if they consider him their "son or a terrorist". ....

Taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday described him as "the same as Nathuram Godse who shot dead Gandhiji". ....

The petrol price has come down by 23 - 25 paise per litre, and the price of diesel has decreased by 22-24 paise per litre. ....

In what may be considered as major diplomatic victory for India, there will be no voting on the resolution on CAA in the European Parliament on Thursday. The resolution was set in motion jointly by five major groups across political leanings. ....