Telling farmers that "lies" were being spread about the new land acquisition bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asserted that the proposed law was in farmers' interest as it will improve infrastructure, employment, output and incomes in rural areas.
A major fire broke out in the Parliament House complex on Sunday afternoon, damaging an air conditioning plant adjacent to the reception area where welding work was in progress. No one was injured in the incident.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on Sunday urged Pakistan to control militants who have carried out terror attacks in the state.
At least 32 people were killed when the engine and three coaches of a passenger train derailed near Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh after the driver overshot a signal on Friday.
Nine Indian-Americans are among 126 young US and Canadian scholars awarded $50,000 Sloan Research Fellowships honouring outstanding early-career scientists in eight fields to further their research.
By 2030, the average citizen of planet Earth will be an Indian man in his mid-20s. But few people in the international creative industries realize this and so are still creating books, movies and music for the shrinking, over-saturated Western market