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Chief Minister K Palaniswami, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi with a plea for central assistance for various sectors in the affected districts, said the death toll from Cyclone Gaja stood at 63. (Photo: Twitter | @CMOTamilNadu)

There is no change': Palaniswami clears air on reports of 'rift' in...

Palaniswami had on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include Tamil as an optional language in the...

7 Jun 2019 9:01 AM IST

Rajya Sabha MP and state BJP president Madan Lal Saini

Rajasthan BJP chief targets Akbar, says tried to misbehave with...

Saini's statement invited swift condemnation from the Congress, which accused the state BJP of creating communal...

7 Jun 2019 8:51 AM IST

Tathagata Roy (Photo: Twitter)

Meghalaya Governor sparks row with anti-Bengali comment

Earlier this year, Mr Roy's tweet endorsing an appeal made by a former armyman to boycott Kashmiri products had created...

7 Jun 2019 6:39 AM IST

External affairs minister S. Jaishankar addresses a meet in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

India's stature in the world has risen: Jaishankar

The Saarc countries that are not members of Bimstec, apart from Pakistan, are Afghanistan and the Maldives.

7 Jun 2019 2:42 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

Supreme Court refuses to grant bail to cancer patient

As per the medical report the accused Aasu Jaif was being given proper treatment that could be given in the...

7 Jun 2019 2:13 AM IST

Security forces on Sunday gunned down five terrorists and seized a big cache of arms and ammunition from them following an encounter in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir.(Representative Image)

Security forces to be tougher on militancy

Expanded surveillance and human intelligence gathering will be other major features of augmented anti-militancy...

7 Jun 2019 2:10 AM IST

Members of various radical Sikh organisations shout pro-Khalistan slogans and brandish swords at a demonstration marking the 35th anniversary of the Operation Blue Star, 1984, at Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Operation Bluestar: Clashes mark anniversary

Radical elements raise pro-Khalistan and anti-India slogans at Golden Temple.

7 Jun 2019 2:06 AM IST

Sources said a team of the Armys 21 Rashtriya Rifles led by Maj. Surab Suman was passing through the woods near Handwara when the blast took place. (Representational Image)

Territorial Army jawan killed by gunmen in J&K

Soon after the security forces moved in the village, mobile internet services were suspended in entire Kulgam district ...

7 Jun 2019 2:02 AM IST

A file photo of security personnel keeping an eye on the mischievous elements in Srinagar.

Hope and despair: Mixed reactions to BJP's victory juggernaut

Some media reports have suggested that fresh delimitation in J&K is also on Mr. Shah's agenda.

7 Jun 2019 1:57 AM IST

Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh

Desecration, firing probe SIT faces rift

It is alleged that some of the SIT members have reportedly disassociated themselves from certain points of the...

7 Jun 2019 1:49 AM IST

BJD president Naveen Patnaik interacting with his constituents during the LS elections.

Patnaik withstood Modi tsunami, employing women power and sops

People continue to debate how Modi and Shah met their second successive defeat at the hands of maverick politician.

7 Jun 2019 1:46 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Cricket diplomacy on Modi's agenda during Maldives trip

PM Modi will also deliver an address to the Maldivian Parliament, known as the Majlis on June 8.

7 Jun 2019 1:24 AM IST