India

Chaat-shop owner and eunuchs in Jamshedpur campaigned to raise awareness about the benefits of a cashless society.

A PIL has been moved in Delhi High Court alleging that Indian passports are being "illegally" issued across the country on a "mass scale" to foreigners, especially to Afghans, Nepalese and Bangladeshis, on the basis of "bogus" police reports.

With smart phones making huge proliferation in ranks of security forces, the government has issued fresh guidelines for regulating sharing of secret operational and service data on such platforms involving troops and officers of central paramilitary force...

Conviction rate of people accused of crimes against women in the country stood at a dismal 21.7 percent last year and 35 percent in Delhi, often dubbed as the rape capital.

A fire broke out at a slum in suburban Kurla in the wee hours on Sunday, an official said.

The three accused--Vinay Kumar from Jind, and Mahendra Kumar and Praveen Kumar from Hisar--were arrested on Saturday evening by a team of Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad and Income Tax Department.

Former Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi was on Saturday sent to judicial custody till December 30 after CBI said he was not required for further custodial interrogation in AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam.

Moderate fog cover was witnessed in the national capital and NCR on Saturday, leading to delay in 52 rail services and re-scheduling of 12 others.

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which rules Punjab in alliance with the BJP, has expressed concerns over the possible negative impact Modi government’s demonetisation drive may have on their prospects in assembly elections early next year.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur, which declined to extend the exemptions on the demonetised currency notes of Rs 1000 and Rs 500, left it to the judgement of the government to review it hoping that it would be responsible and sensit...

Three workers have been booked for allegedly ransacking a factory in Wagle Industrial Estate as the company could not pay their wages on time due to demonetisation, police sources said.

Kautilya also interacted with Super 30 students, who comprise carefully selected aspirants from disadvantaged sections undergoing intense training for the IIT entrance exams, and media persons.

The Railway official said that 23 trains were rescheduled as the visibility dropped to 400 metres on Thursday.

To overcome the impact of demonetisation, he said that the government is promoting the usage of digital transaction at various places, including toll plazas and petrol pumps and added that the toll tax was also exempted at toll plazas from November 9 to D...

With the government focusing on cashless transactions post demonetisation, a bill seeking to allow employees of the certain business and industrial establishments to pay salaries to their employees either through cheque or electronic means, was introduced...

Elderly farmer's son Mahendra told reporters that his father has been ill and they came to the bank to withdraw cash for his treatment.