New Delhi: Defying threats by Maoists, 70 per cent of the electorate turned out to vote on Monday in 18 constituencies in the first phase of Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh...

Raipur, Nov 12 :  Five CoBRA personnel were injured in two encounters with the Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Monday, the first phase of the state elections, police said....

Bengaluru, Nov 12 : Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar died at a private hospital here in the early hours of Monday after battling lung cancer for several months, hospital authorities...

New Delhi, Nov 12 :  President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi and several political leaders Monday condoled the demise of Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister...

Washington, Nov 12 :  Seeking a voluntary, safe and dignified return of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar, the US asserted that Dhaka must ensure that the returnees have the...

Karachi: Doubts over Pakistan’s participation in the Hockey World Cup has finally been cleared after the owner of a cricket franchise came on board as a sponsor to bail out...

Peshawar, Nov 12 : Pakistan on Monday launched a massive nationwide anti-polio vaccination drive, including 1.5 lakh personnel, against the crippling disease which authorities said will cover 21.3 million children under...

New Delhi, Nov 12 :  RLSP president and BJP ally Upendra Kushwaha met opposition leader Sharad Yadav Monday, fuelling speculation that he may switch camps over his differences with Chief...

Pathankot: Army chief Bipin Rawat Monday said while the government's policy was that those triggering militancy in Kashmir should be neutralised, the Army's focus was to ensure that the Kashmiri...

Lucknow, Nov 12:  The Uttar Pradesh government Monday said it was contemplating declaring 14 Kosi Parikrama Marg in Ayodhya and Lord Krishna's birthplace in Mathura as pilgrim centres so that...