In a setback to the Gujarat government, the Supreme Court today upheld the appointment of Justice (retd) R.A. Mehta as state Lokayukta by Governor Kamla Beniwal, saying it was done in consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan executed 21 soldiers kidnapped during an attack on a checkpost on Thursday near Peshawar while at least 20 Shia pilgrims were killed and over 30 wounded in a suicide blas

Hundreds of citizens from Bandra on Saturday carried out a protest march to the home of Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde against the horrific gangrape incident in Delhi.

The ruling BJP appeared set to perform a hat-trick in Gujarat while trends reversed in favour of the Congress in Himachal Pradesh where it could wrest power from the saffron party. Trends from the counting of votes that began this morning projected Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi capturing power for the third consecutive time.

As Narendra Modi appeared set for a hat-trick in Gujarat, the BJP today parried questions on whether he will be the party's prime ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha elections.

Thirteen labourers were killed and one grievously injured when a dome, being installed on the top of an under-construction building came crashing down in the outskirts of Pune city.

The wildlife managers responsible for the implementation of the ambitious tiger relocation plan, which was taken up in 2010 to repopulate the Panna Tiger Reserve after the entire population of Panna t

The bodyguard of a BJP candidate and sitting MLA opened fire after some stones were pelted at the leader by some people in Tarsang village, resulting in the injury to four of them.

Confident of returning to power in Gujarat, chief minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the ruling BJP would score a “hat-trick” in the state by winning the assembly polls for the third time in a row

An estimated 68-69 per cent of 1.98 crore electors today cast their votes in the second and final phase of Gujarat polls that would decide whether chief minister Narendra Modi would do a hat-trick for BJP or Congress return to power in the state after a gap of 22 years.