China continues to hold out on fingering Pakistan as the 'mothership of terror,' declaring Masood Azhar a terrorist at the UN, and India's membership of the NSG, says China expert Srikanth Kondapalli.

New law could pose challenges of cost escalation, increased paperwork, fear developers.

Even if Modi had wanted Rajan out, the government could have done it with some finesse and tact.

"The poor will not suffer disproportionately due to bouts of sharp inflation, and the middle class will not see its savings eroded," Raghuram Rajan said.

'The past year has yielded extraordinary results in the strategic, commercial, and people-to-people components of the India-United States partnership, US Ambassador to India Richard Rahul Verma tells Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com in an exclusive interview.

Locally manufactured coaches can achieve similar speeds as Talgo trains.

Taking a swipe at the prime minister, Shinde said Modi used to say that UPA ministers were serving biryani to Pakistani leaders but what is happening now.

'You have to respect nature. You won't respect nature unless you see nature's fury.'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday address Members of the British Parliament in London where he promised to open more doors of cooperation between the two countries and delved on issues like terrorism and United Nations reforms.

The last auspicious day of the ongoing Kumbh Mela was full of action

The government sought to dismiss reports that the 'Make in India' logo was inspired by a Swiss bank advertisement, saying the symbol has a "vibrant and dynamic" lion as against a "dull and boring" picture in Switzerland's ad campaign.

As one entered the hotel porch in Perth, there was India's captain and his deputy engrossed in a chat like long-lost friends.

Full transcript of President Obama's speech at the Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi.

The Oppo R5 has bagged the title of the world's thinnest smartphone. We list 10 features that will help you decide if the R5 is meant for you!

Moving ahead with their new mantra -- Chalein Saath Saath: Forward Together We Go -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to deepen cooperation in every sector for the benefit of global stability and people's livelihoods over the next ten years.

The focus on non-issues like 'love jihad' has dragged radicals like Vijaykant Chauhan from the fringes to the mainstream in Uttar Pradesh

20 new industrial clusters will be developed in 2014-15.

Here is the full transcript of Congress vice president and Lok Sabha poll campaign chief Rahul Gandhi's first formal TV interview with Times Now Editor-In-Chief Arnab Goswami.

Chidambaram to meet revenue boards on how to get much more and quickly; special audits and notices among measures likely.

The younger son of local Bahujan Samaj Party leader Deepak Bhardwaj has been questioned by police to ascertain whether he allegedly gave the contract to kill his father, apparently angry over his relationship with a woman.

This could bring down the average approval time from the current 196 days to 45-60 days.

Regulator to address contract management issues and speed up development.

Only if the announcements made are implemented effectively.

Speech by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna at launch of the "India Initiative" by the Brown University

Mamata says IT giant will not get SEZ status

Renowned cricket journalist Peter Roebuck, who died on Saturday, wrote this column for Rediff.com on Sachin Tendulkar's 100th Test appearance.

Release of water from the overflowing dams in Nepal has not only flooded large parts of the terai belt in Uttar Pradesh, but it has inundated certain areas of the Dudhwa National Park, which remains the state's largest and richest wildlife reserve.

Consortium of 10 banks, led by the State Bank of India, has sanctioned the entire debt requirement of Rs. 11.480 crore for the project.

The firing incident in New Delhi and the explosion of a car should serve as a warning to security agencies, says Wilson John.

There is much more to the September 24 Ayodhya verdict than just the settlement of 'who owns the disputed land' issue.

Entry clearance manager Nik Snowden at UK Border Agency (Chennai) and officers Ewan Cunningham and Mike Christie hosted a UK student visa chat on July 19. The transcript.

Dale Steyn wrecked the Indian first innings with career-best figures of seven for 51 and South Africa took two second innings wickets to leave India staring at defeat at the end of the third day in the first Test at Nagpur on Monday.

Two powerful explosions in a crowded commercial hub in Lahore on Monday killed a dozen people and injured over 80 others, hours after a suicide bombing in the northwestern city of Peshawar left 10 people dead. The blasts rocked Moon Market in Allama Iqbal Town area shortly after 8.45 pm. One explosion occurred within the market while the other occurred on its outer perimeter. The blasts went off within a minute of each other near a bank and a police station, witnesses said.

The two leaders noted that the shared values cherished by their peoples and espoused by their founders democracy, pluralism, tolerance, openness, and respect for fundamental freedoms and human rights are acquiring an increasingly greater prominence in building a more peaceful, prosperous, inclusive, secure and sustainable world.

In an hour-long chat, Santosh Naik, managing director and chief executive of Disha Direct Marketing Services Pvt Ltd, offered some valuable realty tips.

Global wealth fell from $104.7 trillion in 2007 to $92.4 trillion in 2008.

'Iranian protestors are participating in a civil disobedience, the kind of peaceful protests Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Henry David Thoreau advocated,' says Columbia Prof Hamid Dabashi.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahjan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati's fad for building memorials and the obsession for installing her own statues has put her in a tight spot.

Banks will have to clear local cheques in a day and outstation cheques within 14 days. Each bank branch is to display the cheque collection policy prominently on the banks' website. Failure to adhere to the schedule will mean payment of penal interest. Either the CCP specifies how much extra or it will be equivalent to those paid on fixed deposits of comparable maturity.

Do you know what's the going rate per square foot in your neighbourhood? Is it the best time to buy real estate/ home? Real estate expert Tushar Bungley, hosted a chat with GA readers on May 28 to answer their queries.