Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has become the richest man in the world with a net wealth of USD 141.9 billion, the Forbes World's Billionaires list showed on Monday. Bezos' wealth has grown more than...

At least five people were injured after a major fire broke out in SSJ International hotel in Lucknow's Charbagh area in the early hours of Tuesday morning.  The hotel has been evacuated and the rescue workers...

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has hinted at opposition to a key role for Congress in the anti-BJP alliance for 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The SP chief who had earlier announced that his party will...

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah, who was scheduled to visit Srinagar on June 23, has called all the Jammu and Kashmir BJP ministers to Delhi for an urgent meeting today. BJP state chief...

US President Donald Trump directed the US Trade Representative to prepare new tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports on Monday as the two nations moved closer to a potential trade war. The tariffs, which Trump...

A TMC MLA on Monday challenged in the Supreme Court the Centre’s move to set up a ‘Social Media Communication Hub’ to collect and analyse digital and social media content. TMC legislator Mahua Moitra wanted the...

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday chaired his first Cabinet meeting after coming back from medical treatment in the US as the Cabinet cleared a slew of proposals, including releasing ailing aged prisoners.  Parrikar spent...

The death toll in the Assam floods on Monday rose to 11 with two more deaths reported from the Barak Valley in the state. More than five lakh people have been affected so far in...

An Ahmedabad sessions court on Monday declared former BJP MLA Nalin Kotadiya an absconder in the multi-crore bitcoin extortion case being probed by the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID-Crime).  Additional sessions judge P G Tamakuwala declared...

The Indian Army on Monday said that the anti-militancy operations in Jammu and Kashmir, which were suspended by the security agencies for a month on account of Ramadan celebrations would be resumed in 'good earnest'...

Sending a stern warning, the government on Monday said that its intention on the appointment of the next Chief Justice of India should not be questioned. Responding to a question on whether the government will follow...

Nirav Modi, the main accused in the PNB scam managed to travel across several nations despite information regarding his passport being revoked by the Indian government was flashed in the Interpol central database on February...

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday filed fresh charge sheet against liquor baron Vijay Mallya and two of his firms in a money laundering case involving over Rs 6000-crore bank loans. The ED last year had filed its first...

Days after Chinese President Xi Jinping met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Shanghai Cooperation Summit (SCO) in Qingdao and accepted his invitation to visit India for an informal meeting in 2019, China on Monday,...

Delhi University’s Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) on Monday published its first cut-off and this year, there is a slight increase of 0.75 per cent in the BA Economics (Hons) programme. However, the cut-off...

A day after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal gave a public assurance to the IAS officers about their safety and security, the IAS association said that it is ready for talks with the government. In a...

Travelling by train on Sundays or over weekends may get weary in the coming days as the Indian Railways has decided to start major maintenance works across all its zones over the weekends.  While small blocks...

In a landmark discovery, an international team of astronomers caught a supermassive black hole in the process of tearing through a star, ripping it apart, and then eating it. It is for the first time...

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who has been on hunger strike since June 13 at the Lieutenant Governor's office, was on Monday taken to hospital after his health deteriorated, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said.  Sisodia...

In a high-profile arrest in the Volkswagen group's diesel emissions probe, German authorities on Monday detained Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler. Munich prosecutors said they had acted because of a risk that  Stadler might seek to...

Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday expressed confidence that Indian economy is likely to maintain the tag of fastest growing major economy for some years. The 7.7 per cent economic growth in the fourth quarter of...

The condition of Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, who was hospitalised late last night, is stable, a senior doctor today said. Jain, who had been on an indefinite hunger strike at the Lieutenant Governor office for...

Two tourists from Tamil Nadu drowned in separate incidents while clicking selfies in the Arabian Sea in Goa, the police said today.   A group of eight tourists from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu visited the Baga beach...

The security forces on Monday gunned down four terrorists in an ongoing operation in Raynar forests adjacent to Panar area of north Kashmir's Bandipora district. The operation, which was launched on June 9 after a brief...

Delhi High Court on Monday questioned Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's sit-in at lieutenant governor's office. Hearing a plea filed by  BJP MLA Vijender Gupta, the court asked the Delhi government's lawyer if the Delhi CM...

In a shocking incident, unknown miscreants opened fire at a woman and another man in broad day-light in Delhi's Sant Nagar area on Monday morning. The two victims were admitted to a nearby hospital, where...

Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Monday visited Mendhar in Jammu and Kashmir to meet with the family of martyr Rifleman Aurangzeb, who was martyred after being abducted by terrorists in South Kashmir when he...

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics spent $13.6 billion (15 trillion won) to pay taxes around the globe in 2017 -- a 70 per cent increase from a year earlier, the company's business report showed...

An acid leak has been reported from Sterlite Plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin, which was shut down by the Tamil Nadu government after widespread protests. The experts have been rushed to the spot to assess...

Twitter is buzzing with breaking news and news alerts from India and rest of the world. Here is the live coverage of all breaking alerts and latest updates from the micro-blogging site on one page: Live...

At three people, including a nine-year-old girl, have been killed and 41 others injured in Japan's Osaka as a strong earthquake shook the city on Monday morning. The Osaka prefectural government reported two deaths, and...

Sri Ram Sena chief Pramod Muthalik indirectly compared veteran journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder with a dog's death on Sunday. Speaking at a public interactive programme in Bengaluru, Muthalik stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot...

The international terrorist organisation Islamic State has claimed the responsibility for the attack on 29 Battalion of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Jammu and Kashmir police at Pantha Chowk in Srinagar on June 16....

The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force has busted tow cheating rackets in connection with the UP Police Public Services Commission (PSC) constable recruitment exam scheduled for today and tomorrow.  In Allahabad, the UP STF arrested three...

As the AAP sit-in against the alleged strike by IAS officers entered day 8 at midnight, Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain was rushed to a city hospital as his condition deteriorated. Jain has been on...

BJP MLA Nandkishore Gurjar escaped an attempt on his life on Sunday night as four miscreants opened firing at his vehicle in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad last night. The incident took place at around 10.30 pm...

Amidst the ongoing tussle between the Arvind Kejriwal led-AAP and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, opposition parties slammed the government for creating an 'emergency-like ' situation in the state. Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken said Kejriwal should...

Two Assam Rifles personnel were killed and four others suffered injuries in an ambush by suspected Naga insurgents in Mon district of Nagaland today, an Assam Rifles official said. The incident occurred around 3 pm near...

The devastating flood in the North-east claimed six more lives during the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 23. While five more people died in Assam since Saturday, one person lost his life in...

The ongoing-sit in protest by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders intensified on Sunday as the leaders and party workers staged a massive protest from Mandi House to the Prime Minister's Residence at 7 Lok...

Despite the Aam Aadmi Party's protest march, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday gave a public assurance to the IAS officers about their safety and security. Referring to the offices' as family, Kejriwal urged them...

Just a day after the deadly twin suicide bomb attacks that killed more than 36 people, Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan was rocked by another suicide attack, killing 14 people. Attahullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the...

Rifleman Aurangazeb, who was abducted and later killed by militants in from Kalamporain Pulwama on Thursday was laid to rest on Saturday with full state honours at his native Salani village in Poonch district. Despite...

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on Sunday delivered the closing remarks at the fourth meeting of the Governing Council of  NITI  Aayog.  Welcoming the constructive discussion and suggestions made by various Chief Ministers, the Prime...

One person was killed and 20 others injured following a shooting at an arts festival in New Jersey on Sunday. Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri told a news conference that 16 of the 20 injured were...

At least 31 people were killed in twin suicide bomb attacks on a town in north-east Nigeria on Sunday. Two blasts ripped through the town of Damboa in Borno state on Saturday evening targeting people returning...

With no signs of a possible reconciliation, the impasse between the AAP government in Delhi and LG Anil Baijal is all set to intensify on Sunday.  The Delhiites will assemble at Mandi House at 4 pm...

Sri Lanka skipper Dinesh Chandimal has been charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for changing the condition of the ball during the second Test against West Indies at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet,...

The death toll from a suicide bombing against a gathering of Taliban fighters celebrating a holiday cease-fire in Afghanistan has risen to 36, an official said today. Najibullah Kamawal, director of the health department in the...

Nearly 65,000 ‘cyber warriors’ of the BJP are all set to take on ‘Rajiv Ke Sipahi’ of the Congress in cyber space to woo young voters on social media platforms in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh...