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The process to elect Stalin as DMK chief following the death of his father and party chief M Karunanidhi began with the 65-year-old leader formally filing his nomination for the post. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

MK Stalin files nomination papers, set to become DMK president

Senior leader and party principal secretary Duraimurugan filed the nomination for the post of treasurer, hitherto held...

26 Aug 2018 4:17 PM IST

Along with state governments, the Centre is trying to build infrastructure for modern healthcare all over the country, Modi said. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

PM Modi hails humanitarian assistance rendered for Kerala floods

Modi appreciated for the role rendered by the Army, Air Force, Navy, NDRF, BSF, CISF and the RAF in relief and rescue...

26 Aug 2018 3:24 PM IST

PM Modi joined special ceremony through video conference at Dunsinane Estate, Nuwara Eliya to hand over houses built under Indian Housing Project in Plantation Areas. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Debate on simultaneous polls a healthy sign of democracy: PM Modi

Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat had recently said there are no chances of holding the two polls together without a...

26 Aug 2018 2:31 PM IST

In his monthly Mann ki Baat radio address, he said when we move ahead in the national interest, a change in the lives of the poor, the backward, the exploited and the deprived ones can also be brought about. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Won't tolerate rapes, will curb crimes against women: PM Modi on Mann...

Referring to issue of talaq-e-biddat or instant triple talaq, Modi said economic growth will be incomplete without a...

26 Aug 2018 2:25 PM IST

Torrential downpours began hammering Kerala on August 8, setting off devastating floods that left more than 200 people dead and sent more than 800,000 fleeing for dry land. (Photo: AP)

Flood-ravaged Kerala's wait for full financial aid from Centre could...

An official said the whole exercise normally takes 3 to 6 months and hence the final package comes late.

26 Aug 2018 12:46 PM IST

The Bhoiwada police has booked Shaikh under sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code that pertain to murder and disappearance of evidence.

Man beheads mother in Jharkhand, tries to flee with severed head

The villagers caught 35-year-old man when he tried to escape with severed head of his mother, which he had wrapped in...

26 Aug 2018 12:40 PM IST

A 6-year-old girl has claimed that she was sexually assaulted by a boy at her school in Linconshire. (Representational Image)

Children battle hunger isolation, verbal abuse at Bihar's adoption...

Specialised Adoption Agencies are homes established by government to house abandoned, surrendered and missing children...

26 Aug 2018 12:25 PM IST

The incident happened on Saturday evening at the venue of the Indian Overseas Congress UK Mega Conference for the Indian diaspora in Ruislip in West London. (Photo: PTI)

Khalistani supporters try to disrupt Rahul Gandhi's event in London

The hundreds gathered for the conference began a counter-chant of 'Congress party Zindabad' in reaction to the attempted...

26 Aug 2018 11:31 AM IST

While cordoning off a nearby forest bordering Telangana, an assistant constable of the DRG inadvertently stepped on the pressure improvised explosive device connection following which it exploded. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

J&K: 4 terrorists surrender after gunfight with security forces

The forces launched an operation to stop them from exfiltrating across the LoC in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.

26 Aug 2018 10:52 AM IST

Reliance Infrastructure a subsidiary of Anil Ambanis Reliance Group. (Photo: File/PTI)

Anil Ambani files Rs 5,000 crore defamation case against National...

The civil defamation suit was filed by Reliance Defence, Reliance Infrastructure and Reliance Aerostructure.

26 Aug 2018 10:45 AM IST

The kin of the deceased allegedly attempted immolation after they were barred from meeting the Chief Minister. (Photo: ANI)

Unnao rape case: Kin of key witness attempt immolation outside UP CM's...

Yunus, the key witness in the attack on the rape survivor's father in jail died on August 18.

26 Aug 2018 10:35 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi also referred to the killing of his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi by the LTTE in 1991. (Photo: PTI)

Don't have visions, fighting ideological battle: Rahul on PM ambitions

Gandhi's reply came after he was asked about his vision of becoming next PM during an interaction with journalists in...

26 Aug 2018 10:34 AM IST