Major Rohit Suri of the Parachute Regiment was conferred the second highest peacetime gallantry award Kirti Chakra by President Pranab Mukherjee here on Monday for successfully leading the army team that carried out cross-border surgical strike last year. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan here. ....

The BSF has handed over to Pakistan a Pakistani who crossed into India by mistake in the Ferozepur sector, BSF officials said on Monday. ....

The Congress on Monday questioned the BJP for not fulfilling its poll promise in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured the farmers of Uttar Pradesh that it would waive off their loans during the first cabinet meeting after coming to power in the state. ....

The Border Security Force has ordered a court of inquiry into the killing of three tribals in firing by its troopers in Tripura last week, officials said here on Monday. ....

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday issued fresh notice to televangelist Zakir Naik to appear before it in a case where he stands accused of promoting enmity between groups on religious and racial grounds. ....

Medical services in 17 government hospitals were disrupted on Monday when over 4,000 resident doctors went on a mass Casual Leave to protest growing incidents of attacks by patients' relatives. ....

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Monday said the two Indian clerics who returned to Delhi after reportedly going missing in Pakistan were involved in anti-India activities. ....

Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday retained the key portfolios of Home and Finance, and allotted one ministry each to nine other cabinet ministers. ....

The BJP-led government in Goa will crumble soon, Shiv Sena spokesman Sanjay Raut said on Monday, while calling the ruling alliance of the BJP, two regional parties and two Independents a "corrupt nexus". ....

Mocking a soothsayer who had warned him about the Ides of March (March 15) on his way to the senate for his coronation Julius Caesar had shouted at him “The Ides of March have come”. The soothsayer shot back “Aye Caesar but not gone” if I remember my Shakespeare correctly. What happened later is history. ....

The Rajya Sabha on Monday approved the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016. ....

The Malappuram Lok Sabha by-election got into top gear on Monday with IUML leader P.K. Kunhalikutty filing his nomination and CPI-M's M.B. Faizal launching his campaign from the home of legendary Communist E.M.S. Nampoothirpad. ....

BJP's Lok Sabha member Kirit Somaiya on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the man from French soothsayer Nostradamus' prophecy, who will take India to new heights. ....

Stranded trucks and oil tankers started arriving in Imphal on Monday after an ongoing economic blockade by Naga groups was lifted. ....

The Union Cabinet on Monday approved four Goods and Services Tax (GST) related bills which have already been approved by the GST Council after detailed discussions. ....

The Supreme Court on Monday declined Uphaar theatre owner Gopal Ansal's plea for more time to surrender, as he said he has moved the President for mercy and pardon. ....

The United Naga Council (UNC) lifted the economic blockade in Manipur after 130 days from Sunday midnight. ....

At least 18 Haryana Police personnel, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and women police officials, were injured on Sunday in Fatehabad district of Haryana when Delhi-bound Jat community protesters clashed with them, police said. ....

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said that the two Indian clerics, who had gone missing in Pakistan, will be back in India on Monday. ....