India

Kolhapur city in western Maharashtra will soon get a 300-feet flag post to fly the tricolour, which would the "second tallest" flag pole in the country, a senior police officer said.

No central minister is engaged in any private business and all of them are "committed" to their official work, the government told Parliament on Monday.

Faulty implementation of the Mukhya Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (MMGSY) in Bihar aimed at connecting villages having a population of 500 to 999, resulted in 183 villages remaining disconnected, a CAG report has said.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused permission to a woman to abort her 27-week-old foetus showing signs of severe physical abnormalities.

Eight persons were killed and one was injured when a multi utility vehicle (MUV) collided with a truck in Burdwan district on Sunday, police said.

Uniquely, the Indian voting machine is not networked or linked to the Internet and is considered one of the finest innovations in modern India. Hacking is much easier if machines are networked and when data is being sent across distances using the Interne...

Young women have expressed happiness at the move.

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Saturday his ministry has drawn up a mission to save Rs 41,000 crore on electricity energy bills over the next ten years by betting big on solar energy, even as it expects to mop-up Rs 17,000 crore through non-fare revenu...

Several meat shops which were allegedly running without licenses were closed down in several parts of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.

The Trump Administration is seeking to deepen its counter-terrorism cooperation with India and expand it further, sources said after National Security Advisor Ajit K Doval's high profile meetings with top US officials.

The Shiv Sena does not support Ravindra Gaikwad's behaviour but party leaders would "raise their hand" wherever needed, its Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said this evening.

"It appears that a photograph of Yogi Adityanath has been tampered with by using a photo editing software. We are probing how the (morphed) photograph reached the truck driver," said Gautampura police station's in-charge, Murad Khan.

In a boost to India's martime prowess, the Navy has successfully conducted the maiden trial firing of newly installed surface-to-air Barak missile system from its aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.

The "intent" of the Trump administration is to continue strengthening Indo-US ties and make sure that it gets stronger every year, Defence Secretary James Mattis said on Friday as he met visiting National Security Advisor Ajit Doval at the Pentagon.

She had left the country earlier this month to an undisclosed destination for a "routine medical check-up". Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi left on March 16 to join her soon after attending the swearing-in ceremony of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder...

Karnataka which is reeling under severe drought has decided not to release any more Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as directed by the Apex Court on Monday.