A record over 74 per cent, highest in four decades, of Himachal Pradesh's 50.25 lakh electorate on Thursday exercised their franchise in the assembly elections where the ruling Congress and the BJP were locked in a straight contest. ....

Taking their connectivity links further, India and Bangladesh on Thursday opened a new rail line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee jointly flagging-off the Kolkata-Khulna 'Bandhan Express' via video-conferencing. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged the people of Himachal Pradesh to come out and vote in "record numbers" for the assembly election underway in the state. ....

BJP veteran L.K. Advani, who turned 90 on Wedensday, was greeted on his birthday by leaders across political spectrum with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that his efforts had richly contributed to building of the party. ....

The CBI has detained a Class 11 student of Ryan International School in Gurugram in connection with the September 8 murder of a Class 2 student, official sources said on Wednesday. ....

Former Prime Minister and leading economist, Manmohan Singh on Tuesday lashed out at the Narendra Modi-led NDA government over the "twin blow" of demonetisation and GST, which he termed a "complete disaster" for the economy and said that winds of change are blowing in Gujarat and time has come for Gujaratis to repose faith in the Congress party. ....

Three Jaish-e-Muhammad militants, including the nephew of terror outfit chief Masood Azhar, were killed in an overnight gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said on Tuesday. ....

Union Minister Jayant Sinha on Monday defended himself through a series of tweets after his name appeared in the "Paradise Papers" leak. ....

Confirming his political plunge, actor Kamal Haasan on Sunday said the first step will be the launch of a mobile software app on November 7 - his 63rd birthday - that will enable him to be in touch with the fans and as well as enable book-keeping. ....

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has sought a report from the Indian High Commission in Kenya following reports of an Indian boy being shot dead in Nairobi. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hit out at the previous Congress-led UPA government for abusing subsidy of Rs 57,000 crore meant for the poor. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hit out at the previous Congress-led government for abusing subsidy of Rs 57,000 crore meant for the poor. ....

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the Narendra Modi-led central government after the prices of cooking gas was again hiked, asking him to "vacate the 'Sinhasan' (post of the Prime Minister)". ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hit out at the ruling Congress, comparing it to "termites" and said the party must be thrown out in the upcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly election. ....

The Ahmedabad crime branch on Saturday arrested Ajmeri Abdul Rashid, one of the accused in the 2002 Gandhinagar Akshardham Temple terror attack case. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India has improved 42 ranks on the World Bank's ease of doing business ranking in a short span of three years, which was a recognition of his government's work and slammed the opposition for voicing doubts over it. ....

Starting early on Saturday, hundreds and thousands of Hindu devotees took a holy dip in the river Ganga on the occasion of 'Kartik Purnima'. ....

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted the nation on the occasion of Gurpurab - the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the faith. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and discussed ways to boost bilateral ties. ....

The Supreme Court on Friday asked banks and mobile phone service providers to tell their customers the last date for the linking of accounts and mobile numbers with Aadhaar. ....