The President's rule imposed in undivided Jammu and Kashmir was revoked on Thursday following the state's bifurcation into Union Territories, but the central rule will continue for an indefinite period through the Lieutenant Governor (LG) in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.
The total number of states in the country will be now 28 while the total UTs will go up to seven.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US President Barack Obama at the White House and the two heads of state enjoyed a dinner. Ministry of external affairs Syed Akbaruddin shared snippets from the dinner. Highlights from the Modi-Obama dinner:
His remarks that some people suffer from diseases such as cancer because of sins committed in the past and that it is "divine justice" have sparked sharp reactions.
A decision on this could be taken before Christmas, which might not necessarily result in a formal announcement as that could be delayed till the next year, people familiar with her thinking process said.
The respondents were asked to file replies to IHF senior vice-president Batra's petition, alleging financial irregularities in the IHF and other charges.
SC keeps in abeyance a Delhi high court order on allotment of symbol.
'Our modern icons have assumed infallibility and think course correction or admission of a mistake as taboo.' 'Much will depend on the sagacity of the national leadership to show humility that our Gods showed.' 'Else, we are doomed in the coming year to divert our attention to firefighting rather than the task of nation building,' warns Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Listed cos begin appointing women directors
He also alleged that for the Bharatiya Janata Party dispensation and its allies being a Hindu is no different from the team identity loyalty of the 'British football hooligan'.
It doesn't appear to be happening yet, even though India's stock market has been Asia's best performer this year.
The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to MTNL on a petition filed by telecom regulator TRAI challenging TDSAT's order to go ahead with adjudication of regulations on the new access deficit charge levy regime.
The Delhi High Court on Monday deferred to next week hearing on a petition filed by telecom regulator TRAI challenging TDSAT's order to go ahead with the adjudication of regulations on the new Access Deficit Charge levy regime.
This motley group of gay rights activists came together to change history.
The Magsaysay awardee founded the Swadhyaya movement, which sought to bring about social transformation through the philosophy of the Bhagvad Gita.
SC has held the state liable for its failure to protect the life and liberty of citizens.
'My mom is a riot! I thank her with all my heart.'
Rani Mukerji's friends make sure to stand by her side at her father Ram Mukherjee's prayer service.
The three, all from Trinidad and Tobago, read the epic for five nights at a function in Port of Spain.
Gurgaon, the corporate hub of Haryana on the outskirts of Delhi, will now be known as 'Gurugram'.
Outgoing Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Vikram Kunwar on Sunday backed party MP R K Singh's sensational claim that the BJP was "selling" tickets to criminals and alleged that he.
A naval officer has questioned the ability of his superior to have court martialled him saying he was sending SMS from his mobile phone during the proceedings.
The last date for linking Aadhaar for mobile services will remain February 6 as per the Supreme Court order.
Meanwhile, the Delhi HC refused to entertain a plea seeking immediate judicial intervention into the incident.
He also claimed that corrupt persons and officials had joined hands with the government during the previous regime when Akhilesh was the chief minister and the same thing was happening in the present dispensation.
Continuing his attack on the Congress, he said efforts to stop the 'leakage' could have been made earlier as well but there was no intention and will power.
The Karnataka government decided to hand over to the Central Bureau of Investigation the probe into the murder of noted Kannada progressive thinker and scholar M M Kalburgi, even as his body was laid to rest with full state honours.
KPS Menon (Jr) had a quiet humility and playfulness, and was not motivated by money or power, recalls Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Rediff readers wrote emotionally about the passing of Dr Abdul Kalam while others sent in pictures of chance meetings with this humble physicist who was always available with an easy smile and some gentle words.
A serial killer may be insane; a show about a serial killer need not be a celebration of his insanity.
'I'll keep painting as long as I'm alive,' Madhvi Parekh, one of India's most influential painters, tells Rajendran Pottayil in New York.
Why must Indians adjust their time-tested system because of what the West needs, asks Sanjeev Nayyar.
Indian-American yoga guru Bikram Choudhury is not entitled to copyright protection over yoga poses and breathing exercises he uses in hot rooms developed by him, a US appeals court has ruled.
'The Naxals started firing indiscriminately.' 'The whole jungle echoed with the sound of bullets.' 'The only thing I heard from that side was 'Chhodna kisi ko nahi (don't let anyone escape)'.'
'In being dismissive of Naveen, his colleagues showed incredible naivety.' 'On the few occasions that he put his foot down, the overconfident party leaders, who believed they were using him and not the other way around, failed to read the signs of what was to come.'
