India

The Maharashtra government will "do its utmost" to complete the investigation in the Mumbai gangrape case and prosecute the accused expeditiously, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Monday.

Pakistani Army violated the ceasefire again on Monday by shelling forward posts and civilian areas along the LoC in Poonch district, drawing retaliation from the Indian side.

Luma has announced that the service will not be available after December 31, 2013.

Cracking the whip, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien suspended two TDP members from Andhra Pradesh on Monday for a day for continuously disrupting the House by protesting against the decision to form Telangana.

Three persons were crushed to death on Monday by a speeding pick up van on national highway 30 near Akorha village in Bihar's Rohtas district, police said.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking contempt of court proceedings against the Uttar Pradesh government for suspending IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal.

The Supreme Court asked the Centre to file its response on a PIL seeking initiation of removal process of former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan from the post of NHRC Chairman for his alleged "misbehaviour" and purchase of benami properties.

A 32-year-old married woman was allegedly raped at gunpoint by her neighbour in Garhmukteshwar at Hapur, the police said on Monday.

After the tie, Jwala looked furious and was seen having heated conversations with some officials.

Representatives of fish workers from 10 coastal states will hold a rally and public meeting at Alappuaha on September 8 as part of their plan to conduct a nationwide agitation against "neglect of coastal communities."

Indian boxer Vijender returned to Patiala from a short leave and would be taking the ring on Wednesday to fight it out for a place in the team.

The UN said its experts would on Monday launch a probe into the alleged use of chemical weapons near Damascus, where the opposition claims up to 1,300 people were killed in an attack last week.

22 people have been held so far in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal.

The court rejected a plea of police and Delhi Commission for Women on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Iranian state television says that the country's president has appointed a private banker as the head of the country's central bank. The report on Sunday said President Hasan Rouhani picked Valiollah Seif to run the country's financial regulator. It said...

The IOA on Sunday refused to incorporate the contentious IOC-proposed clause that would have barred charge-sheeted individuals from holding any post.