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John Kerry arrived in India on Monday evening. (Photo: Twitter)

John Kerry arrives in India for 2nd Indo-US strategic dialogue

The Dialogue will be co-chaired by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Nirmala Sitharaman.

29 Aug 2016 9:22 PM IST

District child protection officers, who double up as child marriage prevention officers, have been ordered to initiate strict penal proceedings against parents pushing girls below 18 years into marriage. (Representational image)

Child marriage taking place in India, government admits before Delhi...

The MHA also said that husbands have been protected from prosecution for any sexual acts with their wives who are above...

29 Aug 2016 9:22 PM IST

The Bar Association has moved a PIL before the High Court praying therein that the use of pellet guns be totally banned as a means of crowd control. (Photo: PTI)

Kashmir unrest: No blanket ban on pellet guns, to be used in rare...

The expert panel set up to find an alternative to pellet guns has zeroed in on 'PAVA shells', a chilli-based...

29 Aug 2016 9:11 PM IST

The port lies hard by the Gulf-to-Malacca shipping lane that carries almost a third of world sea freight. (Photo: PTI)

Coastal shipping: Govt reworks port financial support scheme

Financial assistance will be given up to 50 per cent of total project cost subject to certain conditions.

29 Aug 2016 8:52 PM IST

Villagers wade though the flooded area in Katihar district of Bihar. (Photo: PTI)

Bihar floods: Death toll rises to 159, over 7.06 lakh people evacuated

Though weather remained mainly dry in most parts of Bihar, light rains occurred at one or two places in north-eastern...

29 Aug 2016 8:49 PM IST

Apart from Jindal and Rao, the court also ordered to put on trial ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and 11 others, who were chargesheeted by CBI (Photo: PTI)

Coal scam: Didn't conceal any information from then PM, says ex-Coal...

He, however, clarified that a secretary of the ministry cannot be held responsible for every act in the ministry.

29 Aug 2016 7:39 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

BJP accuses Mamata of political opportunism on GST bill

Centre refuted allegations of the TMC that the Centre was crushing the federal structure.

29 Aug 2016 7:09 PM IST

The I-T department had began publishing the names of tax defaulters in leading national dailies last year and has so far named 67 such big defaulters from across the country.

I-T dept to 'name & shame' chronic crorepati defaulters

Officials said the policy for putting names of such entities in public domain has been in the making for quite sometime.

29 Aug 2016 6:55 PM IST

Under the Corporate Law, an Independent Director can be held liable only if omission or commission by a company occurred with the directors knowledge. (Representational image)

Vyapam scam: SC directs CBI to file forensic report within 6 weeks

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for one of the petitioners, said the CFSL was examining the electronic evidences.

29 Aug 2016 6:44 PM IST

Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma, who is known to make controversial statements. (Photo: Facebook)

Mahesh Sharma will put every woman in a burqa: Cong on 'no skirts'...

Union Minister Mahesh Sharma courted a controversy after he requested women tourists not to wear skirts in India.

29 Aug 2016 5:50 PM IST

Scorpene Class Submarine, Kalvari set afloat at Naval Dockyard Mumbai. (Photo: Indian Navy/File)

Scorpene submarine data leak being viewed 'very seriously': Navy chief

A high-level committee is expected to submit a detailed report to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar by September 20.

29 Aug 2016 5:42 PM IST

Asaram had allegedly sexually assaulted the 16-year-old victim at his ashram near Jodhpur in Rajasthan in 2013. (Photo: PTI)

SC allows Asaram to be brought to AIIMS for medical check-up

But the apex court refused Asaram permission to stay at his ashram in the national capital during the period of...

29 Aug 2016 5:30 PM IST