India

Heat wave in several parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh has claimed 43 lives so far even as people continued to reel under shooting day temperatures, officials said on Friday.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday began his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to review the security situation in the state.

BJP's national spokesperson MJ Akbar came down heavily on Robert Vadra, by alleging in Gandhinagar that he had "robbed" farmers' land to set up his companies.

Greenpeace took legal action against Modi's nationalist government after bureaucrats found holes in its balance sheet and suspended transactions for six months.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday stayed the trial court proceedings against MNS chief Raj Thackeray in various cases lodged against him for allegedly making anti-Bihari remarks in 2008.

"If I am not entitled to maintenance as per the law, then I urge passing of an appropriate order or give me permission for mercy killing," the letter said.

India's economic growth is projected to surpass that of China's in 2016 with the GDP expected to zoom by 7.7 per cent, according to a UN report which said India will help accelerate growth in South Asia.

In the Preliminary Enquiry (PE) the CBI has concluded that it was due to failure in property business and not because of his alleged one sided affair with an IAS batch mate.

To safeguard small investors from high-risk products, market regulator Sebi is looking into suggestions for a steep hike in the minimum investment size for any equity derivative product from Rs 2 lakh currently.

The terrorists opened fire following which a gun battle ensued between them.

People from Northeast community on Monday came out in support of Shakuntala Gamlin, whose appointment as the acting chief secretary escalated into a row, and said that she is being used as a "punching bag" and made the "scapegoat" in the political fight.

The police is yet to file the ATR in the case.

Kejriwal also alleged that the Narendra Modi government wanted to make the AAP dispensation "fail".