Repeated efforts by minister for environment and forests (MoEF) to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi to explain exactly what he said in his “off the cuff remarks” in China have been to no avail.

The Union home ministry has suggested airlifting of essential commodities to trouble-torn Manipur after it made it clear to NSC(IM) general secretary T. Muivah that he cannot visit his ancestral village in Manipur for the time being.

India will be looking to reset its ties with Iran when external affairs minister S.M. Krishna travels to the Persian Gulf nation this week. Iran has assumed a significance of its own in India’s strategic calculus, particularly in the context of the unfolding situation in Afghanistan. As neighbours of Afghanistan, Iran and India share

India has raised the issue of huge adverse balance of trade with China when Chinese ambassador to India Zhang Yan met home secretary G.K. Pillai on Wednesday. India has also has made it clear to Chinese telecom

The Delhi police has arrested a person who on Thursday afternoon attempted to enter the high security North Block, which houses the home ministry and other government departments, with two live cartridges inside a bag.

The future of minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh after his China gaffe hangs in the balance, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi yet to take a final call on him.

A day after calling the Samajawadi Party and RJD leaders “dogs”, BJP president Nitin Gadkari is busy apologising for his remark. However, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav wants the BJP chief to “hold his ears and

The government on Thursday changed the eligibility criteria to avail benefits of the Central scholarship scheme, a step that is likely to benefit meritorious students from low income background.

The government on Thursday cleared a proposal to provide secretarial support to the re-constituted National Advisory Council (NAC), headed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

The Indian men’s and women’s badminton teams crashed out of the Thomas and Uber Cup finals after suffering identical 0-3 losses at the hands of Indonesia and China respectively in their quarterfinal matches in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Wednesday.