The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and six states on a plea by an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmaker, alleging that advertisements are being issued at government expanses for political purposes to benefit the ruling party.
Virat Kohli’s status as India’s premier batsman across all formats is undisputed and he added another feather in his cap on Friday, when he went past the 6000-run mark in Test cricket on day 2 of the fourth Test against England at Southampton.
A CBI special court on Friday convicted five persons and sentenced them to jail, including an official of Canara Bank, for five years in a bank cheating case, said the investigating agency.
Justifying the arrest of five rights activists, Maharashtra's Additional Director-General of Police Parambir Singh on Friday said police have clear evidence to show their links with Maoist organisations and a larger conspiracy to overthrow the central government.
Underlining the age-old ties between New Delhi and Kathmandu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed satisfaction over the political stability in Nepal and assured it of support in its development.
India's women's hockey team lost 1-2 to Japan in the final of the 18th Asian Games here on Friday.
Two abducted relatives of policemen were released unharmed by militants in the Kashmir Valley on Friday after the police freed the father of the Hizbul Mujahideen operational commander.
The DGCA probe report shows the aircraft had developed a snag while it was on auto-pilot mode and the crew had a delayed response as the altitude dipped steeply.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav, who has revolted against his nephew and party chief Akhilesh Yadav to float "Samajwadi Secular Front", announced on Friday that his new outfit will contest all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 general elections.
India, the second most populous country with 1.34 billion people, will soon begin a census operation which will for the first time include a count of the backward classes.
