India

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday came down heavily on Delhi and other neighbouring states for not taking steps to control stubble burning and directed them to give complete mechanism on implementation of its directions by tomorrow to curb air pollut...

BJP veteran L K Advani, who was born in Karachi on November 8, 1927, served as minister of Home Affairs from 1998 to 2004. He also served as deputy prime minister from 2002 to 2004 under Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Taking a grim view of poor air quality in Lucknow and dense smog in other Uttar Pradesh districts, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday directed officials and departments concerned to get their act together and find a solution to the problem.

Criticising the state government's lackadaisical attitude, Congress state unit chief and party spokesperson KK Mishra on Monday said the delay in issuing formal orders raises doubts over the veracity of the encounter.

British Prime Minister Theresa May, who arrived here on Sunday night on her three-day visit to India, said India and Pakistan should hold bilateral talks to settle the issue of Kashmir.

Promising to turn Uttar Pradesh into the richest state, BJP chief Amit Shah on Sunday said it could be possible only if people dumped SP and BSP and ushered in a government run by the saffron party.

OBC leader Alpesh Thakor on Sunday threatened ghreao of Gujarat Assembly on Monday seeking stricter prohibition laws on the lines of Bihar.

Mahmood Madani, general secretary of one of India’s biggest Muslim organisations, the Jamiat Ulema Hind, said Indian Muslims were the best-placed lot when you look around the world while speaking at the annual India Foundation Conclave.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday called an emergency cabinet meeting at 12:30 PM to discuss air pollution issue in Delhi.

In a veiled reference to Pakistan, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said a neighbouring country is trying to destabilise India by encouraging "cowardly" act of terrorism but our government will never let the nation to bow down its head before...

After NDTV India, the Government has also ordered that an Assam-based news channel be taken off air for a day, following the recommendations of a high level panel which felt it had "violated" programming guidelines on more than one occasion.

And at the start of every winter, farmers in the states bordering the city begin burning straw from their rice paddy crop to clear the fields for planting wheat.

A meeting, chaired by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF) Secretary AN Jha, of all environment secretaries of the four states of the National Capital Region (NCR) was convened on Friday by the Union Environment Ministry to discuss the alarming l...

RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying there was an Emergency like situation in the country.

Rana said he still stood-by his words on not accepting any "awards or recognition from the government".

The bench posted the matter for further hearing on January 16 next year.