India

The encounter is ongoing and more details are awaited.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday broached the possibility of State funding of elections in India, while addressing an all-party meeting on the eve of the winter session of Parliament.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on a plea challenging a state law that allots bungalows to former Chief Ministers on their request.

In yet another move to lessen woes of people facing cash crunch, the RBI on Monday directed banks to waive ATM charges on all transactions done by savings bank customers till December 30.

Amid nationwide cash crunch, a tea-seller in RK Puram, Sector 9 in Delhi has started taking Paytm money for a cup of tea.

The famous donkey fair held annually on the banks of Kshipra river in Madhya Pradesh is also facing the flak of demonetisation.

The Congress on Sunday claimed that "BJP people were informed beforehand" about the governments move to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes leading to huge transactions in bullion and diamonds.

A 69-year-old retired man died after suffering a heart attack while standing in a queue for exchange of demonetised currency notes outside a bank here, police said on Sunday.

Slamming the Modi Government move of demonetisation, Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind kejriwal said, 'all that not a single rupee of black money will come into the system. That black money will go into the system of the BJP. This is a very big scandal.'

In a combative and emotional speech, where he broke down at one point, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked Indians to bear with the currency crunch for 50 days, saying that was the time frame needed to rid India’s financial system of corruption through the...

India's bid for a permanent seat in a reformed UN Security Council has received a strong support from many UN member states, including the UK and France, who emphasised that the the world body's top organ must reflect the emergence of new global powers.

India and Bhutan on Saturday signed the Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit that aims to enhance trade between the two countries through trade facilitation, cutting down documentation and adding additional exit/entry points for Bhutan's trade with ot...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday dismissed canard about shortage of salt in the country as "concocted rumours" and stressed adequate quantity is available in every state.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said country's economy will collapse in the coming days if the decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes was not withdrawn.

According to the police, Jothi, who had given birth to a baby girl three days ago, had handed the infant over to the woman who was standing near her bed.

The turn of events in the Supreme Court which witnessed a contempt notice being issued to its former judge Markandey Katju for his comments on a blog about apex court judges, on Friday prompted experts, barring an activist lawyer, to say that he "invited"...