Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh, keeping hopes alive for the enactment of the Goods and Services Tax Bill before the beginning of the next financial year. The 45-minute meeting at 7, Race Course Road did not result i

A leader of the Punjab unit of the Shiv Sena has offered Rs 1 lakh to anyone who slaps Bollywood actor Aamir Khan for his comment on ‘growing intolerance’ in the country. The Shiv Sena, however, said on Thursday the remark was not the official view of the party. “Any person who slaps Aamir Khan w

Floral tributes were paid to the martyrs who laid down their lives while fighting terrorists who had attacked the city on this day seven years ago. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was among the dignitaries who paid homage at the 26/11 police memorial site at the Mumbai Police Gymkhan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is currently on the final leg of his two-nation visit, was accorded with a ceremonial welcome at Istana on Tuesday.  Following this, he met with the Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam. Later in the day, Prime Minister Modi and his Singapore counterpart Lee Hse

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has joined the rising chorus of protest against growing "intolerance" in India. Khan said his filmmaker wife Kiran Rao had even suggested leaving the country. Mr Khan told a journalism awards ceremony that he was "alarmed" over the rise in acts of intolerance in

NEW DELHI: In a major move to decongest the city, urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday announced a Rs 3,250 crore package for the capital, to be used for construction of flyovers, underpasses and rail overbridges to free up arterial roads. From the fund, the Delhi government will get

Guwahati: More than five thousand farmers from all religions, communities and tribes have came out on the streets to march across Assam in order to express their opposition against the increasing ‘intolerance’ in the country under the rule of BJP-led NDA government. “This is one of the biggest an

NEW DELHI: India is among the countries that have highest support for religious freedom, with eight out of 10 Indians believing that it is very important to have the freedom to practice their faith compared to a global median of 74%, according to a survey by Pew Research Center. Non-partisan fact

Following are the highlights of the recommendations made by the 7th Central Pay Commission, headed by Justice A K Mathur, which submitted its report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today: * 23.55 per cent increase in pay and allowances recommended * Recommendations to be implemented from January

A combative Rahul Gandhi on Thursday challenged the government to probe allegations by "RSS and BJP cronies” against him and send him to jail if they could prove them. "I am not scared of Modiji. I am ready to go to jail. But the Prime Minister should stop his cronies from hurling garbage at me a

Close to 150 youths in the country, mostly from South India, are under the surveillance of security agencies for their leanings towards the Islamic State (IS) and online engagements with sympathisers. A report prepared by security agencies against the backdrop of Paris attacks last week also show

Nellore, Chitoor and Kadapa bore the brunt of the rain that wreaked havoc in the three districts, killing 13 people and causing damage to crops and roads. Rain abated on Wednesday and flood water receded in many parts of the districts, bringing some relief to people. Sixty-one camps function i

New Delhi: Former Union minister and Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar today stoked a fresh controversy by reportedly saying, during a panel discussion on a Pakistani news channel, that "Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to be removed if talks between the two nations have to resume." The Congre

The Army and Air Force have been deployed for rescuing stranded citizens in Kancheepuram district, where torrential rains have left residents marooned, even as rain water inundated a large part of suburban Tambaram locality here. There have been no fresh rains in the city today. Personnel from

NEW DELHI:  Buoyed by the party's impressive fare in Bihar, the Congress led by Sonia Gandhi today launched a renewed attack on the Narendra Modi-led government, accusing the Centre of creating an atmosphere of 'intolerance'. "Seeing the prevalent atmosphere of intolerance we are reminded of the

Hyderabad: The NDA government is mulling to lift the subsidy on LPG cylinder for consumers whose annual income is above Rs 10 lakh, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said here today. "Dharmendra Pradhan (Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas) told me that the Government has found many of illegal g

Heavy rain brought life to a grinding halt across Tamil Nadu on Friday and a day’s holiday was announced for schools and colleges in Tirunelveli, Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Tiruvannamalai and Vellore districts and holiday for only schools in Kanyakumari district. Anna University and Universit

Describing the UK as India's "gateway to Europe", Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his maiden visit to London, 13 years after he was barred from entering, basked in a hero's welcome as London rolled out the red carpet to receive the first PM from India in a decade. Addressing the issue of growing