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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday virtually ruled out annual revision of pension as demanded by agitating ex-servicemen under 'One rank, One pension' but said government will safeguard interests of soldiers retiring at an early age through higher pe...

When the attack occurred, Khatun lived in what was then the enclave of Dahala-Khagrabari, a small island of Indian land locked inside Bangladesh.

Three civilians, including two women, were killed and 17 injured as Pakistani troops pounded border areas of Jammu with heavy shelling and firing on August 28.

Kumbh Mela takes place every 12 years and although it isn't on the same scale as the editions on the Ganges at Haridwar and the Saraswati at Allahabad, it still draws millions of pilgrims.

Senior IAS officer Shaktikanta Das was on Friday appointed as the new Economic Affairs Secretary,

The mystery surrounding the murder of Sheena Bora by her mother Indrani Mukherjea, wife of TV tycoon Peter Mukerjea, seems to be far from over.

Noted Indian agriculture scientist Dr Modadugu Vijay Gupta, who has done pioneering work in aquaculture was awarded the first Sunhak Peace Prize on Friday.

Tension eased across Gujarat as no incident of violence, sparked by Patel community's quota agitation, was reported overnight; curfew lifted in 3 out of 9 areas.

The ideology propounded by Sufi saints is integral to Indian ethos but forces of extremism are trying to weaken it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.

A month after the arrest of terrorist Usman Khan alias Mohammad Naved, another Pakistani terrorist was on Thursday captured alive by security forces.

Kolkata, Mumbai, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar and Rae Bareli will be developed as Smart Cities as the Urban Development Ministry will formally announce the names of cities being selected for the NDA government's flagship project on Thursday.

A gunman fired at a popular Indian restaurant in Sydney's Harris Park packed with about 40 people.

Preliminary investigation shows that personal enmity may have been the reason behind the incident.

Concerned over skyrocketing prices of onion, Haryana government has planned to impose stock holding limit on the commodity in the state as part of its efforts to control rates of kitchen staple.

On Tuesday, wholesale prices of onion fell below the Rs 50 per kg mark, at the Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, Asia's biggest onion market, due to curbs on exports and fear of action against hoarding.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday claimed the victory of Congress in the Tiwa Autonomous Council election which proved that the popularity of Congress government was on the rise.