The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that there will be no sale of firecrackers during Diwali, as it restored a November 2016 order banning the sale and stocking of firecrackers in Delhi and National Capital Region. ....

The Gujarat High Court on Monday commuted to life imprisonment the capital punishment of 11 convicted for burning a Sabarmati Express coach near the Godhra railway station in Gujarat in 2002 which killed 59 persons. ....

With vertical climbs, loops, turns and more, indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas on Sunday left spectators spellbound as it flew over the Hindon airbase at a function to mark the 85th Air Force Day. ....

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the air warriors and extended greetings on the occasion of 85th Air Force Day. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Diwali had come early because of the relaxation in GST rules that brought some relief to small and medium businesses. ....

Seven defence personnel were killed after an Mi-17 V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force crashed in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday. ....

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday rejected the plea of Zakia Jafri, the wife of slain former MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging a clean chit by the Special Investigation Team to then Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other top officials in the 2002 Gujarat riots. ....

Air force chief Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa on Thursday said India is prepared to counter any threat from China and was also ready to face a two-front war. ....

Jailed Dera sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's close aide Honeypreet Insan was on Wednesday sent to six days police remand by a court in Panchkula. ....

Appearing before a sessions court in Ahmedabad as Maya Kodnani's witness in 2002 Naroda Gam riots case on Monday, BJP president Amit Shah said that Kodnani was not present in Naroda Gam on the day the riots broke out. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river on Sunday, saying no other project in the world has faced so many hurdles as this "engineering miracle" which many people had "conspired to stop". ....

The Smart City initiative of the Government of India is one of the first of its kind in the country’s history. ....

India’s first bullet train dream will soon be a reality with Prime Minister Narendra Modiand his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe laying the foundation stone for the ambitious project today ....

Nirmala Sitharaman was named India's Defence Minister in a reshuffle-cum-expansion of the Union Cabinet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 3 September. Piyush Goyal was awarded charge of the Indian Railways. ....

Opposition parties on Wednesday slammed the government over the note ban ....

Incessant rain in Mumbai over the last two days has brought back memories of the record-breaking July 26, 2005, downpour that had paralysed the city. ....

Lt Col Purohit had moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court's order dismissing his bail plea. During the August 17 hearing, senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for Lt Col Purohit, had said that he has been in jail for the past nine years, but charges have still not been framed against him. ....

Railways accidents become continuing story in three years of NDA Government. Suresh Prabhu seems to be making the same mistakes as his predecessors. ....

The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has condoled the loss of lives in the derailment of the Puri-Haridwar Kalinga Utkal Express at Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh. ....

It was the month of March in the Y2K (Year 2000) when the then first time Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar paved the way for Rabri Devi to form government after he left the Assembly just before the floor test for confidence motion. ....