The Shiv Sena again claimed on Friday that there is a strong move among a section of Bharatiya Janata Party to make Mumbai - the country's financial capital - into a Union Territory. ....

The Union Health Ministry on Friday announced that the Covid precaution dose will be available for adults above the age of 18 at private vaccination centres from Sunday (April 10). ....

Criticising the Central government, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the Union government should use the central probe agencies like CBI and ED to control inflation and check hoarding, instead of using them against the political opponents. ....

Coming down heavily on Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri for lauding a Karnataka girl who shouted 'Allahu Akbar' at a mob during the recent protests against the hijab ban, senior Congress leader Ajay Maken said on Thursday that a terror outfit does not have any right to comment on India's internal matters. ....

Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari on Thursday met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi. ....

From lightweight tanks, naval utility helicopters to drones, India has banned the import of yet another 101 military equipment and systems in a bid to promote indigenisation in defence manufacturing. ....

A Delhi court on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to immediately withdraw the lookout circular issued against former Amnesty International India head Aakar Patel. ....

Ahead of the Gujarat polls, political strategist Prashant Kishor's team has landed in Gujarat to assess the situation for the Congress in the state, sources said. However, there is no clarity on Kishor joining the grand old party. ....

The Mumbai Police have registered a case against Bharatiya Janata Party activist Kirit Somaiya and his son Neil K. Somaiya in connection with the alleged siphoning of around Rs 57 crore collected through 'crowd-funding' to save the decommissioned aircraft carrier Vikrant, here on Thursday. ....

The proceedings of the Lok Sabha were adjourned sine die on Thursday, one day ahead of its schedule. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday held a one-on-one meeting, creating a buzz in Maharashtra’s political circles. The meeting, which was held in Parliament, comes in the backdrop of the Enforcement Directorate going after the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders in Maharashtra, especially those from Pawar’s NCP and Shiv Sena. ....

The Tri namool Congress on Wednesday filed a complaint with the ECI against the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari, alleging that he had been trying to put undue pressure on police officers for the forthcoming by-election to the Ballygunge assembly constituency in Kolkata. ....

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has sent 'puja samagri' (worship material) for the Devi temples in Amethi on the occasion of Navratri. ....

BJP chief J.P. Nadda on Wednesday said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP has now become a party of the poor, Dalits and backwards who did not have a voice so far. ....

Hitting out at the family-led political parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that they never allowed the youth to progress. ....

The J&K Police and the security forces have started night patrolling in Kashmir villages, Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of Police (IGP) said on Wednesday. ....

Controversy has erupted within the Trinamool Congress, after the party secretary general and the state commerce & industries minister Partha Chatterjee shared in social media a fake post relating to former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. ....

Food choices and dietary habits too seem to have become a part of the polarised politics in the country. ....

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday asked British Deputy High Commissioner Caroline Rowett to take up the start of direct flights to and fro between London and Chandigarh with the British High Commissioner on priority. ....

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday formed a 13-member panel headed by retired justice of Delhi High Court, Justice (Rtd) D. Murugesan to frame the state education policy. ....