At the peak of wrangling over coalition partners when a fractured mandate was thrown up in Jammu and Kashmir in December 2014, donning a long trademark sleeping gown, Mr. Sayeed told this correspondent in a one-to-one conversation over a cup of traditional hot drink keh ....

 Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away of multiple organ failure in New Delhi on Thursday morning after nearly a week long hospitalisation. He was 79. "He died due to multi-organ failure at 9:10 this morning despite our best attemp ....

Acknowledging the urgency of the situation, Mr. Sharif placed the call from Colombo, during his state visit there, and the conversation indicated that both Prime Ministers were in favour of continuing the recently renewed diplomatic engagement. In the call that laste ....

 Security forces continued search and combing operation inside the Pathankot airbase on Tuesday — the fourth day after the attack on the frontline Air Force Station (AFS) by terrorists. The operation was stepped up on Tuesday, an Air Force official told IANS. ....

At least 15 tigers are believed to inhabit the vast scathes of the 2,000-sq km area of the sanctuaries in Chamarajanagar, according to a study by Nature Conservation Foundation. Claiming it to be the first time the population of the endangered species has been enumer ....

“In truth, this is the second time the project has come up. We have been opposing this for a very long time, since its inception during the DMK regime,” explains R.Elango, former president, Kuthambakkam Village Panchayat. “The main reason for that is t ....

Amid the pall of gloom that descended on the remote village of Elambulassery, near Mannarkkad, in Palakkad, hundreds bade a tearful adieu to Lt. Col. E.K. Niranjan. A long way from there, at Garnala, near Ambala, in Haryana, slogans of Bharat Mata ki Jai rent the air ....

Here are the live updates: 6.30 pm: At least 30 persons injured in tremor; several buildings, govt offices and houses developed cracks in Assam. - AIR 5.40 pm: MoS Home Kiren Rijiju, MoS PMO Jitendra Singh meet Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh over Earthquake. 5.33 ....

Speaking exclusively to The Hindu, Maulana Jawad, considered the most influential Shia cleric in India (Shias, according to figures from 2005-06, comprise 25-31% of the Muslim population in India), said that international pressure had to be brought to bear to remove Sau ....

 After initially refraining from blaming the country, a top government official said on Monday that the terrorists behind the Pathankot airbase attack appeared to have received training from a “professional armed force in Pakistan.” The fidayeen (suicide) s ....