NEW DELHI: India has told the US that in view of the price increase, it cannot go ahead with the procurement of 145 ultra-light howitzers for the Army, which plans to deploy such artillery guns in mountainous terrain.

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party (SP) senior leader and key strategist Ram Gopal Yadav on Sunday rejected outright reports of Amar Singh's return to the party anytime in the near future. Though Amar Singh, too denied rejoining the SP while reacting to Ram Gopal's statement later in day, but issue has already led to sharp differences within party leadership.

NEW DELHI: Elevating cleanliness and sanitation in the hierarchy of concerns facing the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stressed on making every town and village litter-free and building separate toilets for girls in every school.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday declared that he would like to run the country on the basis of consensus and not on majority in Parliament and called for a 10-year moratorium on caste and communal violence in the country.

NEW DELHI: Despite the maximum threat perception any head of state has ever faced, Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to do-away with the bullet-proof glass enclosure for giving his maiden speech from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort. While it came as a surprise for most, sources in the intelligence and security agencies say the decision was taken two weeks ago and adequate arrangements had been made to keep the prime minister safe.

 NEW DELHI: The PM on Friday made a strong push for deepening the manufacturing sector to create jobs and gave a "come and make in India" call to investors

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi shied away from the debate on communal violence that he forced by leading a protest in Lok Sabha, defying enormous pressure from within that he speak on the party's top concern and raising eyebrows in friendly quarters.

NEW DELHI: Major Mukund Varadarajan, who killed two terrorists before succumbing to his injuries in J&K in April, has been awarded the Ashoka Chakra, the nation's highest peacetime gallantry medal, in the Independence Day honours' list.

NEW DELHI: Developers and any tolling agency would be allowed to collect user fee only after 100% completion of road projects and toll collection would be stopped on stretches where the cost has been recovered, road transport minister Nitin Gadkari told Lok Sabha on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: Delivering his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out to global investors on Friday, asking them to come and manufacture goods in India, while calling for zero-defect products with with zero-effect on environment.