The Varanasi district judge has denied the request of four Hindu women plaintiffs seeking carbon dating and scientific investigation of the structure, citing the Supreme Court's order to protect the location where a supposedly authentic 'shivling'...

New Delhi: Praising the National Human Rights Commission for promoting the idea that governments that uphold human rights experience greater success by the ‘Rule of Law’, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar referred to the commission’s report on...

Former Punjab minister Sunder Sham Arora, who joined the BJP in June, was arrested by the State Vigilance Bureau for allegedly offering a bribe to its AIG-rank officer for “favourably settling” an inquiry against him.

Chandigarh: A meeting to discuss the contentious Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue was held between Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar. According to reports, the two were unable to agree on...

Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, a convict in rape and murder cases, was released on parole by the Haryana government. Coincidentally, or deliberately, the controversial preacher is released just before any important election...

Law minister Kiren Rijiju said that the government is in talks with the election watchdog and contemplating supporting "major electoral reforms" through changes to the Representation of the People Act, a day after the Election Commission released...

US ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome's visit to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) recently has further enraged India which was already unhappy with the US decision to assist in an upgrading of Pakistan's F16 fleet.

India hit out at Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto for raising the J&K issue in Germany, saying the Union territory had borne the brunt of a terrorist campaign for decades. India also reminded Germany that all “serious and conscientious”...