Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced to launch Atmanirbhar Clean Plant Programme with an outlay of Rs 2,200 crore to boost availability of disease-free and quality planting material for high value horticultural crops. ....

A day after the assassination of Odisha health minister Naba Kishore Das, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday allocated Das's portfolio to Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari. ....

Congress on Monday skipped the all-party meeting called by the Centre ahead of the budget session of Parliament. ....

The 135-day long Bharat Jodo Yatra (BJY) concluded on Monday with a flag hoisting ceremony at the party headquarters here and a public rally at the Sher-e-Kashmir cricket stadium in the nearby Sonwar area of the city. ....

Senior Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused J&K administration of a 'big security lapse' at the Banihal tunnel. ....

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday said National Institute of Biologicals (NIB) is playing a vital role in ensuring that only quality biological products reach the health system. ....

Inaugurating the discussion on 'Pariksha Pe Charcha, 2023,' Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that crores of students in the country are taking his exam and he derived pleasure from it. ....

Former Finance Minister of Punjab Manpreet Singh Badal joined the BJP on Wednesday here in the presence of Union Minister Piyush Goyal and the party's national General Secretary Tarun Chugh. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the second and final day of the the party's National Executive meeting on Tuesday, made several important points to BJP leaders to strengthen the party in view of the Lok Sabha elections next year, sources said. ....

Two LeT terrorists, who had escaped from a recent encounter and were tasked to carry out some sensational terror incident in Budgam ahead of forthcoming Republic Day, were killed in an encounter in the district on Tuesday, officials said. ....

BJP President J.P. Nadda's tenure, set to end this month, had been extended till June 2024 in view of the upcoming Assembly elections this year and the Lok Sabha elections next year. ....

The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that protests and theatrics can never take place when a constitution bench is in midst of examining a constitutional question - who, Delhi government or the Centre, controls the services including posting and transfer of bureaucrats. ....

The Ganga Vilas cruise vessel was stuck in the river in Bihar's Chapra thanks to silt and shallow water on Monday. ....

Security around the office and home of Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari was tightened following extortion-cum-death threats, officials said here on Saturday. ....

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a crucial meeting with top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Jammu and Kashmir unit at his residence here at 9 p.m. on Monday, sources said. ....

The Supreme Court on Monday sought assistance of Attorney General R. Venkataramani on a plea seeking direction to the Central government and state governments to take action against forced religious conversions. ....

A man, accused of urinating on an elderly woman co-passenger onboard an Air India flight from New York to Delhi, has been arrested from Bengaluru by Delhi Police. ....

The two-day national executive meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is scheduled on January 16-17 at the NDMC convention centre here. ....

Delhi BJP working president Virendra Sachdeva has said that the statement being made by the AAP leaders in wake of Sultanpuri mishap or the Kanjhawala case are "politically motivated" and "condemnable". ....

The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the Central government's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations. ....