Jat leaders on Tuesday announced that their ongoing agitation would be intensified and the protest launched in Delhi too on March 20. ....

Despite India's "cleaner record compared to Pakistan", no discrimination should be made while considering their bids to join the 48-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a Communist Party of China official said here on Tuesday. ....

In a policy aimed at empowering women, the Indian Railways has given 33 per cent sub quota to them in each category of minor catering units at all category of stations, an official statement said on Tuesday. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday taunted critics of demonetisation and said the country was on the road to unprecedented economic growth. ....

"PM Go Back" posters came up outside the BJP headquarters on the outskirts of Gandhinagar on Tuesday, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Gujarat. ....

Days after making Aadhar Card mandatory for availing mid-day meal, the government on Tuesday clarified that no one will be deprived of the benefits for lack of the identification card. ....

The seventh and last phase of polling to pick a new Uttar Pradesh assembly will be held on Wednesday in seven districts of poverty-struck Poorvanchal region. ....

"India's spirituality is India's strength. But unfortunately some people link spirituality with religion," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. ....

India has already conveyed its concerns to the US over its move to curb H-1B visa processing, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Tuesday. ....

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has committed a "serious act of libel" through his "malicious falsehood by alleging that my wife and daughter are linked to fake companies", Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday. ....

Another soldier has taken to the social media to complain about the system of 'batman' in the army and what he said was poor quality food served to the men in uniform. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday released a commemorative stamp on the centenary celebrations of the Yogoda Satsanga Society (YSS) of India, and appreciated Swami Paramahansa Yogananda, the founder of YSS, for spreading the message of Indias spirituality in foreign shores. ....

The Finance Bill will be passed by Parliament before March 31 to enable ministries to avail funds from April 1, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday. ....

An Indian fisherman was shot dead by the Sri Lankan Navy in the Palk Straits on Monday night, evoking sharp criticism from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami, who announced a solacium of Rs five lakh for the bereaved family. ....

The majestic INS Viraat, the world's oldest serving aircraft carrier, sailed into pages of history on Monday with the final lowering of the Naval Ensign and Commissioning Pendant in a solemn ceremony at sundown. ....

An air ambulance, hired by Medanta Hospital, had crashlanded near Bangkok on Sunday, killing one of its pilots, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Monday. ....

Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Monday said there was "nothing new" in former Pakistan National Security Advisor (NSA) Mahmud Ali Durrani's public admission that a terrorist group from his country carried out the 2008 Mumbai attack. ....

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday made public records of Apollo Hospitals here and AIIMS in New Delhi to show that Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa got the best medical treatment till she died. ....

Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday urged Hindus to take an oath to not cut cakes on birthdays, but offer prayers in a temple instead. ....

The CBI has arrested two railway employees for demanding Rs 50,000 bribes in two separate cases reported from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, an agency official said on Monday. ....