India

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on December 9 a plea challenging the appointment of Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as the interim director of CBI.

Foggy weather condition persisted in Delhi and adjoining areas on Wednesday morning disrupting rail, road and air traffic, with 3 trains getting cancelled. Office-goers and tourists faced difficulties too.

The way Jayalalithaa managed to break the glass ceiling of the male-dominated political scene in Tamil Nadu was an inspiration to every Indian, particularly women.

A bed-ridden Egyptian woman weighing 500kg was on Tuesday granted visa by Indian Embassy in Cairo following intervention by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted permanent exemption to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from appearing in person before a trial court here in a criminal defamation case filed by Amit Sibal, lawyer son of former union minster Kapil Sibal.

A teenage girl was stabbed in the face by her lover for allegedly trying to walk off from the relationship in West Bengal's North 24-Pargana district, the state police said on Tuesday.

"The linking of Aadhaar cards with train tickets for senior citizens is a salutary measure designed to streamline the reservation process for people in such a category.

To promote cashless transactions, Mother Dairy today said that most of its 800 milk booths and 324 Safal retail stores in the national capital region are accepting digital payments.

City police were caught up in a controversy after they gave the property dealer Mahesh Shah a police uniform to wear when taking him back to his house.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa suffered a cardiac arrest late on Sunday, Chennai’s Apollo Hospital confirmed hours after her party said she had completely recovered.

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday said the SAD-BJP alliance would fight the 2017 assembly polls on the plank of "massive development" work carried out by the state government in Punjab during its last nine years rule.

President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday praised the Indian Navy, terming it a strong, professional force which would serve as a "potent instrument" of national power.

The Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University Syndicate, the top decision making body of the university, on Saturday recommended cancellation of law degree of former Delhi minister Jitendra Singh Tomar.

As for the Indian Army's September 28-29 surgical strikes across the Line of Control in Pakistan, Parrikar said: "The surgical strikes introduced a degree of uncertainty in the minds of our adversaries.

Mahajan said the SJM welcomes the government's initiative towards creating a cashless society, but expressed concern about a few things.

In the wake of Nagrota terror attack, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday admitted that there is scope for improvement in security as some "sort of lethargy" has set in over a period of time and said those behind any "lapse" will pay for it.