Did former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam have a premonition of his death? His close associate for 33 years and co-author of five books, Arun Tiwari, suspects he did. Talking to The Hindu from Delhi on Tuesday, he said Mr. Kalam made a prophetic statement in the late ....

 The mortal remains of former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, who died in Shillong on Monday, was brought to the open ground in front of the bus stand in Rameswaram for the public to pay homage. Official sources said the body would be kept in the ground till 8 p.m. ....

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to tell Parliament on Thursday that the three alleged militants who killed seven people and were gunned down later on by the Punjab Police in Dinanagar, Gurdaspur, came from Pakistan after breaching a fence on the Ravi. This will ....

The apex court bench comprising Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Prafulla C. Pant and Justice Amitava Roy heard a last-ditch attempt by Memon to get some reprieve from his near-imminent execution. Memon's body was handed over to his family members and will be flown t ....

Here is the minute-by-minute update of the funeral. 11:51 am A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is laid to rest 11:47 am Family members offer special prayers before the burial. 11:46 am 21 Gun salutes fired 11:44 am Pall-bearers lift the mortal remains of Abdul Kalam. 11 ....

“According to the National Crime Records Bureau, causes of (farmer) suicides include family problems, illness, drugs... dowry, love affairs and impotency,” he told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question as to what caused the death of so many farmer ....

The 23-year-old player was travelling with his ailing wife, Jyoti, from Kasganj to Mathura in western Uttar Pradesh, some 200 km from the national capital. Singh was travelling in a general coach while his mother, Ms. Jyoti and the couple’s 10-month-old baby, were ....

The Union government is unlikely to accept the demand of labour unions that the minimum national monthly wage rate for formal and informal sector jobs be raised to Rs. 15,000. The Centre could peg this rate somewhere between Rs. 7,500 and Rs. 8,000 from the current Rs. 4 ....

You are accused of cheating those very people whom you fought for … None of the allegations made by the Gujarat Police Crime Branch has stood the test of documentary evidence [running into 25,000 pages] supplied by us. There is no charge sheet, just intimidati ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the election campaign for the National Democratic Alliance in Bihar at a meeting in Muzaffarpur on Saturday, where he is expected to announce measures for the State’s development and launch projects. A dozen rebel MLAs of the J ....