India today created space history by successfully placing its low-cost Mars spacecraft in orbit around the Red Planet in its very first attempt, catapulting the country into an elite club of three nations. Watched by Prime Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ISRO scientists successfully ignite

GUWAHATI/SHILLONG:  Torrential rain in the last 48 hours has triggered flash floods and landslides in several districts of Assam and Meghalaya, killing at least 10 people and displacing thousands. Seven people have died in Meghalaya's South West Garo Hills district after heavy rains lashed the ar

NEW DELHI: Reconciled to a near-inevitable break-up with Shiv Sena, BJP on Sunday rolled out a plan to contest all 288 seats in Maharashtra along with its smaller allies. The decision was taken by the party's central election committee (CEC) after BJP chief Amit Shah briefed Prime Minister Narend

Hyderabad: After emerging victorious in the war against Pakistan in 1965, India faced threat from its other neighbour China. In that situation the then Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri started collecting funds to combat any potential threat. He set up National Defence Fund for the purpose. The

MUMBAI: Seat-sharing talks between the Shiv Sena and the BJP have almost ground to a halt, with the saffron allies adopting tough stances. Late on Sunday evening, state BJP spokesperson Madhav Bhandari said "talks have come to a standstill". A source said the party's national president, Amit Shah

NEW DELHI: Voters queued up to exercise their franchise as polling began for the bypolls in three Lok Sabha and 33 assembly constituencies spread across 10 states on Saturday. The three Lok Sabha bypolls are in Vadodara (Gujarat), Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) and Medak (Telangana) while 11 assembly c

JAMMU/SRINAGAR: More than 96,000 people have been rescued in massive rescue-cum-relief operations launched jointly by the Armed forces and NDRF along with police from different parts of flood-ravaged Jammu & Kashmir. At least 84 IAF and Army Aviation Corps aircraft and helicopters are in action

MUZAFFARNAGAR:  BJP president Amit Shah has been accused of delivering a hate speech in the run up to the national elections by the police in Muzaffarnagar, which was devastated by communal violence last year. The local police in this part of Western Uttar Pradesh, a four-hour drive from Delhi, h

Indian Army on Tuesday said that it has rescued a 28-member Pakistani golf team and the Ambassador of Nepal from the flood-affected areas of Srinagar, India Today reported. The Pakistani team was there to take part in a SAARC golf tournament while the 17-member Nepalese team was there for officia

SRINAGAR/JAMMU:  Flood water is now receding in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir, but about six lakh people are still stranded in what Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has described as the worst floods in a century. More than 75,000 people have been rescued in a non-stop, tireless operation by the ar

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Aided by a dry spell, the Army scaled up its air-lift operations on Monday, rescuing close to 23,500 flood-stricken people, including around 2,000 from Srinagar alone, with the Army chief, Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, telling reporters that the military "won't move back to the b

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came out with a 41-minute sting video on Monday claiming that a senior leader of the Delhi BJP unit tried to poach their party legislator.  AAP legislator from Sangam Vihar, Dinesh Mohaniya, was offered Rs 4 crore and other perks by Delhi BJP’s vice-president Sher Singh

Over 13,000 people have been rescued from the flood affected areas as rain continued to batter Jammu and Kashmir with the toll reaching 150 on Sunday. Relief efforts were intensified to rescue those marooned by floods. Flood waters from major rivers and streams damaged many buildings, including h

NEW DELHI:  Nearly 150 have died in Jammu and Kashmir which is witnessing its worst flood in 50 years. Lakhs of people over 10 districts have been hit. Chunks of Srinagar are under water, including the Army Cantonment. The Army, which has launched a major rescue operation, says the situation is as b

NEW DELHI: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he will sign a long-awaited uranium nuclear deal with his Indian counterpart Friday, expressing hope for a “bright and golden” relationship between the two countries. Abbott said he wanted first-rank relations between India and Australia on the

India is the suicide hotspot of the world, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) report, which said that around 2.58 lakh people took their own lives, the highest for any country across the globe. The WHO figures, however, do not match with the official records. The WHO’s figure is hig

NEW DELHI:  Narendra Modi took decisive action as chief minister of Gujarat to secure round-the-clock supplies of electricity. Now, as Prime Minister of India, he is under attack for failing to avert a national power crisis. More than half of India's thermal power stations have less than a week's

The senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice H L Dattu is likely to become the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) as the government has reportedly cleared his appointment to the post. The Centre’s decision came after CJI R M Lodha recommended Dattu’s name to the top post in the judiciary. Justice D