Mrs Sonia Gandhi will be re-elected unopposed as the Congress president for the fourth consecutive term and a formal announcement about it will be made on Friday.

Two sports federations — wrestling and athletics — have caused India major embarassment after six wrestlers and two athletes failed dope tests conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency recently.

Following a rap on the knuckles by the Supreme Court over foodgrains rotting while millions went hungry, the government on Thursday decided to increase the number of BPL families covered under the pub

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday assured Shiromani Akali Dal president and Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal that his state government would take all requisite

Suspected Maoists on Thursday shot dead a former rebel for deserting their cadre at Amenegar under Binnu police station in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, police said.

The Union home ministry on Thursday said that it is extending full support to the Bihar government in its efforts to deal with the Naxal hostage situation in the state.

In an effort to improve the justice delivery system in the country, the Union law and justice ministry has proposed to spend `15,000 crores in the coming four years to upgrade infrastructure in courts

India has witnessed significant improvement in the maternal and child health indicators, with significant rise in institutional delivery and increase in immunisation, said a Unicef survey.

In a veiled attack on the BJP, which has been taunting the Congress over the delay in hanging Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, home minister P.

Despite being flayed by his own party, home minister P.