The Supreme Court has decided to hear in open court the Centre’s plea seeking a review of its verdict which had struck down caste-based reservation in appointment of faculty members in speciality and

The rampant use of tobacco in the country has the Prime Minister concerned.

In an apparent attack on the UPA government, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday alleged that no other country in the world had seen the kind of deteriorating situation as India d

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi lashed out at the Opposition without naming it and said that the Opposition treated the poor as a burden while his party saw them as the nation’s powerhouse.

Taking a dig at the BJP over its move to project Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Wednesday also declared that the Congress

Hitting back at Narendra Modi for his stinging attacks on Congress and the Gandhi family, Union minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday accused him of employing “bodyline” tactics against his rivals and d

After communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh claimed more than 40 lives, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde did not rule out the role of political parties behind the riots witnessed in Muzaffarnagar and warn

In a bid to clear godowns, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is likely to consider in its meeting on Thursday a proposal to allocate an additional five million tonnes of foodgrains to f

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex today fell 216 points in step with a weakening rupee ahead of industrial production and retail inflation data, registering the first drop in the six sessions since Raghuram Rajan took over as Reserve Bank of India governor.

Forwarding arguments on quantum of punishment in the December 16 gangrape case, special public prosecutor Dayan Krishnan said: “The case was the most appropriate case for death sentence” and that it f