In his last Independence Day speech of his present tenure as the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the country’s rise under his government and made a passionate pitch for retaining power...

The flood situation worsened in Kerala on Wednesday with 25 more people losing their lives due to rain fury, taking the total death toll to 67. According to officials, a red alert has been sounded in...

Former Indian cricket team captain Ajit Wadekar died on Wednesday at the age of 77. Wadekar breathed his last at Mumbai's Jaslok hospital after prolonged illness. Wadekar, who played 37 Tests and 2 ODIs for India, was...

The health condition of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who is undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), has worsened and he has been put on life support system. “Former Prime Minister...

Vowing to overcome any challenge to his leadership from within or outside the party, DMK working president M K Stalin today said he would “not be cowed down” by any flutter. Stalin’s statement assumes significance as...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday evening visited AIIMS to inquire about the health condition of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.  Vajpayee, the three-term PM, was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)...

With criticism coming in for No.1-ranked Indian Test team from England legends like Geoffrey Boycott and Nasser Hussain, former India opener and IndiaTV cricket expert Virender Sehwag has blamed batsmen’s poor shot selection for team's...

Around 10-12  people were washed away while they were enjoying picnic at Shivpuri waterfall in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.  The incident took place when a group of people had assembled in the middle of the dry river, which...

Worried over rising non-performing assets (NPAs) in the banking system, the Reserve bank of India (RBI) has started scrutiny of 200 large accounts to assess level of stress and provisioning done against them by respective...

Senior BJP leader Ram Madhav on Wednesday said that the border talks between India and China are going well, adding both countries have resolved disputes in large parts of their contentious frontiers. Madhav, the BJP general...

Asserting that the indian judiciary will resist any attempt to weaken the institution, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Wednesday said that instead of attacking and destroying a system, efforts should be made to...

Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that India has sufficient foreign exchange reserves to deal with any undue volatility in the foreign exchange market arising out of steep fall in rupee. Jaitley’s statement came a...

The Indian Army and China's People Liberation Army (PLA) held meeting at Nathu La in the Sikkim sector on Wednesday, according to the Defence Ministry. The meeting between border personnel of the two armies were held...

In an attempt to ally market fears over falling value of Indian Rupee against US Dollar, Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that India’s foreign exchange reserves are comfortable by global standards and sufficient...

The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday imposed a blanket ban on the manufacture, stocking, sale and transport of all plastic and thermocol items, an official said. The ban on disposable cups, plates, spoons, forks and...

India's first all-women SWAT team from the north east beamed with pride as it provided security cover to the historic Red Fort today on the Independence Day.  The 36-member all-women Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team...

For the first time, India's space agency is planning to put an Indian astronaut for seven days in space at a cost less than Rs 10,000 crore as part of its manned mission by 2022,...

Madhya Pardesh Governor Anandiben Patel, who has been given the additional charge of Chhattisgarh following the death of governor Balramji Dass Tandon, was sworn in at a ceremony in Raipur today. Chhattisgarh High Court Chief Justice...

A visiting delegation from the Asia-Pacific group on money laundering will complete its review on Thursday of Pakistan's compliance with obligations regarding fighting terror financing in order to submit its report to the Financial Action...

Urban local body and panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir, which have not been organised for several years, will be held from September this year, Governor NN Vohra said on Wednesday. Elections to urban local...

Retail inflation is expected to average 4.4 per cent this financial year, up from 3.6 per cent recorded in the last fiscal, says a report. According to Kotak Economic Research, CPI inflation is expected to remain...

Cochin International Airport was shut on Wednesday following flooding in and around the area. All flights to and from the airport have been cancelled till Saturday, 2 PM. The authorities were forced to open 33...

Journalist-turned-politician Ashutosh today announced his resignation from Aam Aadami Party, citing personal reasons.  Every journey has an end. My association with AAP which was beautiful/revolutionary has also an end.I have resigned from the PARTY/requested PAC to...

Repeating the words used last year on Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said Kashmirs problems can be resolved only by embracing its people, not with bullets or abuses. In his speech on...

In a veiled attack on the Congress and other opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said there were some people who did not allow the passage of the Triple Talaq Bill in Parliament...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on the ramparts of Red Fort in Delhi on the occasion of 72 Independence Day of India today. The speech recollected the achievements of his regime in past...

Asserting that the rule of law is supreme for his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called for giving wide publicity to the cases in which rapists were awarded the death sentence, saying it...

Internet and mobile phone services were suspended across Kashmir valley as a precautionary measure as part of the security drill on Independence Day today, officials said. The mobile telephony services, including the Internet facility on the...

An Indian astronaut, be it a man or a woman, will go on a space odyssey by 2022 on board 'Gaganyaan', Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day address here. He said when India...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that his government will launch an ambitious healthcare scheme on September 25 this year which will benefit 50 crore citizens of the country. In his last Independence Day...

Celebrations for the 72nd Independence Day have begun across the country as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address the nation. Top ministers and leaders across states are expected to unfurl the national flag at their constituencies...

Following its tradition of celebrating international events, tech giant Google on Wednesday commemorated India's 72nd Independence Day with a special doodle. The doodle features the national animal and national bird of the country, tiger and...

Security has been tightened across the country as India celebrates its 72nd Independence Day on Wednesday. Special traffic arrangements have been made in the national capital. Over 70,000 security personnel have been deployed across Delhi as...

Upping the ante on her opposition to the draft NRC in Assam, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that 38 lakh Bengali-speaking persons -- both Hindus and Muslims -- were left out...

In a disturbing news from Kashmir valley, supporters of separatists on Tuesday stopped a group of bravehearts from hoisting tricolour at the Lal Chowk in Srinagar. A group of three people reached Ghantaghar at Lal Chowk...

India is all set to celebrate its 72nd Independence Day on Wednesday i.e. August 15. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the nation from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort. Security has been tightened all...

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said that the people of india should not get distracted by “contentious issues and extraneous debates”. President Kovind, while addressing the nation on the eve of the 72nd Independence Day, pointed...

The Italian news agency ANSA citing the Interior ministry says that 30 people are confirmed dead in the collapse of a highway bridge in the port city of Genova. A bridge over an industrial area in...

President Ram Nath Kovind is presently addressing the nation on the eve of 72nd Independence Day. Here are Live Updates: # The citizens who wait in a queue for their turn and respect the rights of those...

The Central Reserve Police Force's (CRPF) constable Sharief-ud-Din Ganaie and Head Constable Mohammad Tafail, who lost their lives in 2017 while fighting militants in Jammu and Kashmir, have been posthumously selected for the President's Police...

As India continue to struggle in the ongoing five-match Test series in England, former India captain and IndiaTV cricket expert Sourav Ganguly has come down heavily on Virat Kohli and his men, saying that it...

Rifleman Aurangzeb, who was brutally killed in Pulwama district in the Kashmir Valley in June, will be honoured with Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous). On June 15, on the occasion of Eid, Aurangzeb was on way to join...

Daring Prime Minister Narendra Modi to opt for early dissolution of the Lok Sabha, the Congress on Tuesday said that the prime minister should announce general elections along with polls in four states where the...

The Chinese military has set up oxygen stations and introduced high-pressure oxygen therapy and specially designed portable barracks to its troops stationed in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to boost combat capability in the high-altitude ranges where...

Congress leader Naveen Jindal and 14 others were summoned by a Delhi court in connection with irregularities in allocation of a Jharkhand coal block. Jindal and others are facing charges of involvement in the alleged money...

In total, 10 persons have been arrested for allegedly vandalising a car last week in west Delhi's Moti Nagar after the vehicle brushed past one of the kanwariyas, police said on Tuesday. All these arrests have...

Suspected hackers siphoned off Rs 94.42 crore from the Cosmos Cooperative Bank Ltd -- the second oldest and second biggest cooperative bank in India -- to various foreign and domestic bank accounts, police said on...

Governor of Chhattisgarh Balramji Das Tandon passed away at the age of 90 on Tuesday.  He was admitted to a hospital here. (More details awaited) 

Simultaneous elections are possible but not without proper a legal framework, Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat said on Tuesday. The CEC said that simultaneous elections would require a constitutional amendment to curtail the term of...