In her statement recorded before the court in a case in which she is facing trial for allegedly trying to commit suicide while undertaking fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar in 2006, Ms. Sharmila said police had violated her fundamental rights and implicated her in a fals ....

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is popular across Bihar – much as he was in 2010 – as an able administrator. But, ironically, days ahead of the State polls, opinion is divided on whether he can retain his chair. Caste equations are crucial this time and both the ....

The Army has objected to the government’s plan to build a raised embankment along the 179-km stretch of the international border (IB) in Jammu district, a senior Home Ministry official told The Hindu. The plan for the embankment (better known as ditch-cum-bund) ....

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are leading their respective teams at the third Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC) in Hyderabad House, here. The agenda will cover issues such as security, economy, development, cooperation, clean ....

In the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday underscored a clause in the pending Road Safety Bill that allows the government to direct a manufacturer to recall motor vehicles if a defect in that particular type of vehi ....

 Calling India and Pakistan’s recent spat at the United Nations a “tit for tat,” former Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri said both sides would inevitably return to talks. Speaking to The Hindu in Delhi, Mr. Kasuri said the recent attem ....

Minister of State for Agriculture Sanjeev Balyan (accused in the Muzzaffarnagar riots and MP from that district) has called a review meeting of the Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) for Tuesday to determine whether increased ex ....

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the IT capital on Tuesday following his visit to the Silicon Valley last month. It gains significance as he will attend two major events in the City along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The visit of both the leaders i ....

“The deal for Apache and Chinook [helicopters] has been cleared,” government sources said. The CCS met after a Cabinet meeting, the sources said. Many in the defence sector had expected the deal, valued to be over $2.5 billion and pending since 2013 fo ....

Among a group of several middle-aged men and women who were discussing bringing about quality education and how to empower teachers, a youth in his early twenties, dressed in a casual shirt, sat aloof. Within minutes, he was called onto the dais. Twenty-two-year-old B ....