Journalist Amrita Rai on Sunday announced that she got married to Congress leader Digvijaya Singh as per Hindu rites. “I would like to share with my friends that Digvijaya Singh and I have married in a solemn ceremony, as per Hindu rites. We have also later registe ....

In a rare archaeological find, the Department of Archaeology and Museums officials have found about 200 megalithic burial sites on the Nagarjunasagar reservoir bed. The sites surfaced recently after the water level in the dam receded below the minimum draw down level (MD ....

Due to the disappearance of vultures, members of the Parsi community have installed solar concentrators as an alternative. The machines desiccate the bodies, though perhaps not as quickly as the scavenging birds. “The panels rotate in accordance with the Sun,&rdqu ....

“Armed forces personnel who retired prematurely will be entitled to OROP,” Mr. Modi told a rally in Faridabad after inaugurating the new Badarpur-Escorts (Mujesar) corridor of Delhi Metro. ‘Not an easy decision’ He said a commission would b ....

This, top party sources told The Hindu, is because the Congress leadership does not want losses or reverses in these polls to mar Mr. Gandhi’s opening months in the top post. The Congress had initially planned to move him to the top slot after last year’s ....

The court said it would not allow “sexist bias” to block women’s progress. Allowing a bunch of writ petitions moved by a group of women naval officers, a Division Bench said since women were “here to stay” and since they worked shoulder ....

Adopting a conversational style in which he invariably counter-questioned the children asking him questions, Mr. Modi punctuated his replies with a few personal anecdotes including the fact that he does not use notes while speaking because they have put him in trouble, ....

 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, which manufactures the Light Combat Aircraft for the Air Force, plans to offload to industry larger chunks of the fighter plane to produce than is being done now. It is working on a process to rope in eight to 12 large industry partners a ....

The major sticking point remains the issue of equalisation. The government is firm on the revision every five years in view of the administrative difficulties of doing it annually, however, the veterans have rejected it. Talks are continuing to find common ground. &l ....

Mr. Modi delivered a 15-minute address at the meet attended by 93 delegates of RSS-affiliated organisations and almost his entire Council of Ministers, and the BJP’s Parliamentary Board. “The Prime Minister said he was proud to be a Swayamsewak and that h ....