India's crucial monsoon rains are now expected to be below average, the government said on Monday, turning to contingency plans as rainfall has been about a fifth under par so far and recent rains hav

At a high-level meeting of the NCP presided over by its chief Sharad Pawar on Monday it was decided the party will remain with the UPA-II till 2014 elections.

UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee wins the presidential eletion with a vote value count of 5,57,968 as against his BJP-backed rival P.A. Sangma who could garner 2,40,005.

Twelve military personnel including six cadets were killed in a Brunei air force helicopter crash while flying home after jungle training, a spokesman said on Saturday.

The crash occurred on Friday i

Indian spinner Rahul Sharma was on Saturday excluded from participating in first the ODI against Sri Lanka. The cricketer was tested positive for consumption of drugs in a rave party in Mumbai in May,

Maruti Suzuki chairman R.C. Bhargava on Saturday declared lockout at Manesar plant which remained shut on Day-3 after rioting that broke out on its premises leaving its HR manager dead and nearly 70 i

Expressing serious reservations over the functioning of the UPA government, its ally NCP leader Praful Patel on Friday said his party had conveyed 'certain views' to the Centre and things have not be

The Indian cricket team on Wednesday left for Sri Lanka to play five one-dayers and a Twenty20 against the island nation from Saturday.

The first ODI of the series, which marks the start of the seaso

At a high-level meeting here, the National Democrative Alliance led by BJP has decided to field its senior leader Jaswant Singh to take on Congress nominee and incumbent Hamid Ansari in the vice-presidential elections.

In a speech hitting at recent India government's decisions on foreign investment, US President Barack Obama said New Delhi is putting too many limits or prohibits foreign capital in too many sectors such as retail.