India

17 persons were feared drowned and 20 others went missing on Saturday evening after an overloaded boat carrying around 40 people capsized in the river Ganga near the NIT (National Institute of Technology) Ghat in the heart of the state…

Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh on Saturday sought the Congress high command's permission to fight the state assembly elections against incumbent chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal from the…

Despite the Reserve Bank of India dismissing reports that suggested 97 per cent of the demonetised currency had returned to the bank's coffers by December 30, its own weekly figures on "currency in circulation" indicate that this number is…

West Bengal police arrested the state BJP vice-president and spokesperson Jay Prakash Majumder on Saturday evening in connection with a cheating case. The BJP leader was called to Bidhannagar North Police station and arrested after over…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed the 47th Thuglak anniversary in Chennai via video conference. In his speech, he paid tribute to editor of Thuglak Cho Ramaswamy, who died in December 2016, saying Cho’s death was a personal…