NEW DELHI - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has closed a remarkable chapter in Indian diplomacy in which five of the world’s most powerful leaders have flocked in quick succession to New Delhi, seeking new business and closer political...

Life for 42-year-old Ashok Malik, a hardline Hindu activist who lives on the outskirts of New Delhi, is dedicated to one cause: stopping the slaughter of cows. Malik’s cow protection team of 30 men is trained to chase trucks transporting cows and...

Asia’s economic powerhouses China and India have tied for top place with the most number of firms on Forbes Asia’s Fab 50 List, an annual roster of the best 50 big-cap and profitable companies in the region. Both countries accounted for 32...

Outrage triggered by MPs awarding themselves a three-fold increase in salary led to a sense emerging in the Lok Sabha on Friday that its members should no longer be the only salaried class in India who determine their own pay-scales.

Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has been derecognised as a national party by the Election Commission, a decision that comes ahead of the Assembly polls in Bihar. Five other parties also lost their recognition as a State party. Election...

A consumer court has asked a Delhi doctor to pay compensation of Rs.3 lakh to the family of a seriously injured soldier who died outside his clinic two years ago and reminded him of the Hippocratic oath he had taken to “render help to a dying...

A group of around 70 Maoists blew up a police station in Orissa’s Nabrangpur district, police said Friday. The rebels attacked the police station at Kundai village under Raighar block, some 700 km from here, at around 10 p.m. Thursday night when...

The United States has expressed its appreciation for the increasing dialogue between Pakistan and India, saying it’s in their self-interest and larger US interest to reduce tensions through talks. “Just as we’ve said many, many times, we...

Six years after a community panchayat asked a married woman, Gudiya, to return to her first husband who resurfaced after he was presumed dead, a similar case has surfaced in Miranpur in Uttar Pradesh. A Miranpur panchayat has asked a Muslim woman,...

The US has issued a travel alert saying that there are “increased indications” that “terrorists” are planning attacks in the Indian capital, Delhi. The alert listed some popular shopping areas and advised Americans travelling or...