Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn in as Sri Lanka's eighth president and will face the tough task of leading the country out of its economic crisis and restoring order after months of mass protests.

Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar has dissolved all departments and cells of the party with immediate effect, senior NCP leader Praful Patel said.

New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Thursday gave a notice of adjournment in the Lok Sabha seeking a discussion on the alleged misuse of the Enforcement Directorate and "targeting" of "innocent" opposition leaders. 

Udupi: Veteran thinker, writer, critic, and activist G. Rajashekhar (75), passed away after battling rare health condition here in Udupi on Wednesday evening.

Thiruvananthapuram: The Left government in Kerala on Wednesday backtracked from its earlier decision to entrust the appointments made to the state Waqf Board to the Public Service Commission and said a "new system" would be introduced for the recruitment of deserved job aspirants.

Mumbai: BJP leader Chitra Wagh on Wednesday tweeted a video which purportedly showed Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole with a woman.

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday ordered the release of a Russian ship, detained at the Cochin port here two days ago, after it was told that the dispute between the parties has been settled.

New Delhi: Twenty-four days after his arrest, Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair walked free from Tihar jail on Wednesday night, within hours of the Supreme Court granting him interim bail in all FIRs lodged in Uttar Pradesh for alleged hate speech, saying "exercise of the power of arrest must be pursued sparingly".