A youth was killed and 13 others were injured in firing by security forces as fresh protests on Wednesday rocked Shopian township, where Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) firing on Saturday had clai

With normalcy returning to riot-hit areas of the district, curfew was relaxed for seven hours Thursday.

Aditya Birla Group firm UltraTech Cement Ltd Wednesday said it will acquire Gujarat Cement unit of Jaypee Cement Corp Ltd for Rs 3,800 crore.

Though her father and scion of erstwhile Jaipur’s royal family late Bhawani Singh contested unsuccessfully for Lok Sabha elections from Jaipur in 1989, but Diya Kumari was formally inducted in to the BJP on Tuesday.
“I made a conscious decision to join the BJP,” she said.

The ministry of environment has appointed former coal secretary Alok Perti as chairperson of the expert appraisal committee on river valley and hydroelectric projects.

Thomas Bach achieved a long-held dream on Tuesday as he was elected to the most powerful position in sport, president of the International Olympic Committee here.

The divisions within Britain’s Conservative-led coalition government have been exposed over the controversial plans to impose 3,000-pound visa bonds on visitors from countries like India.

The RSS on Tuesday contended that Gujarat CM Narendra Modi enjoys “the support and respect of people” who want a “particular change.”

Afghanistan has said that it is encouraged by the recent remarks of Pakistan in which it has said that it has “abandoned the policy of double play towards Afghanistan”.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed on Tuesday to make the 2020 Tokyo Olympics an exceptional event for the world’s top athletes, as his government eyes a haul of 30 golds.