New Delhi:  The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a bill to raise foreign direct investment in the insurance sector to 100 per cent, according to sources. The bill may be...

New Delhi:  The government on Friday approved a Bill that seeks to open up the tightly-controlled civil nuclear power sector for private participation as India eyes 100 GW atomic energy...

New Delhi:  Out of around 18 lakh acres of defence land across the country, about 11,152 acres is under encroachment, the Centre informed the Parliament on Friday. Minister of State...

Srinagar: Chinese national Hu Congtai, who had entered Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir in violation of his visa stipulations, has been deported to Hong Kong, officials said here on Thursday....

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear the bail plea of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a terror funding case on January 7. A...

Srinagar:  PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Thursday said the "disparity" in granting paroles by the courts "exposes a troubling inconsistency and bias" in the country's justice system. "Tragic and puzzling that...

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court on Thursday asked chief justices of all high courts to examine the status of pending trials in their states under laws such as the UAPA,...

Dubai:  India's Asia Cup U-19 campaign will be fronted by Gen Z batting sensations Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre, but equal focus would be on whether the BCCI allows the...

Tinsukia/Dibrugarh (Assam): At least 18 people from Assam's Tinsukia district have been killed and three others are missing as the truck they were travelling in fell into a remote gorge...

Wellington: Mitch Hay scored 61 in his first test innings Thursday to help New Zealand to a 73-run first-innings lead over the West Indies on the second day of the...