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S Jaishankar files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha poll

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha poll from Gujarat, scheduled on July 5. Jaishankar reached...

Two lakh Indian pilgrims to perform Haj this year with 48 per cent of them being women: Naqvi

A record 2 lakh Indian pilgrims will perform Haj this year with more than 48 per cent of them being women, Union Minority Affairs...

Mehul Choksi could be extradited to India: Antigua PM

Bank fraud fugitive Mehul Choksi may be extradited to India after Antigua's Prime Minister Gaston Browne said the citizenship of the billionaire diamond trader...

PM Modi replies to 11-year-old girl’s letter, Twitter can’t stop praising her

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has replied to an 11-year-old girl from Harayana's Gurugram, who congratulated him on BJP's victory in the Lok Sabha elections...

Krishnaswamy Natarajan appointed as next Director General of Indian Coast Guard

Krishnaswamy Natarajan was appointed as the next Director General of the Indian Coast Guard on Tuesday replacing Rajendra Singh, who was the first cadre...

Government seeks views of states on crop insurance scheme

The government on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that it has written to states seeking their views on whether the crop insurance scheme should...

‘Jai Shri Ram’ can be chanted by embracing people: Naqvi

Union Minority Affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said "Jai Shri Ram" can be chanted by embracing people and not by throttling them....

MNREGA labourers’ son becomes first to crack JEE-Main in Rajasthan village

Till a couple of years ago Lekhraj Bheel had not heard of the JEE-Main exam, but this year he became the first to crack...