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Mumbai: The Election Commission of India has extended to October 26 the deadline for filing claims and objections to the draft electoral rolls in Maharashtra. The final voter list will be published as scheduled November 16, it added. The draft electoral rolls were published August...

Dubai: The family of an Indian national killed in an attack at Saudi Arabia's international airport decided to hold his funeral in Riyadh, Indian Embassy said Monday. Mohammed Yousuf Ali was killed in an attack on the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh Saturday, which...

New Delhi: Protesting at Ramlila Maidan, one of the three new demonstration sites in Delhi, can become a distant as well as costly affair, as the site has no free dates for the next two and a half months and even then, the booking amount...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday said the Centre's response on capping the trade margin of anti-cancer drugs at 30 per cent of the maximum retail price (MRP) is "hardly anything to be happy about" and questioned why the government cannot cap trade margins of other...

Brussels: The European Union imposed sanctions Monday on almost 1,600 Russian people and companies linked to Russia's arms industry, notably targeting those suspected of involvement in making parts for drones and missiles. In the biggest single listing of sanctions since the Kremlin launched full-scale war...

Dubai: Airstrikes targeted two districts in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels reported Monday, blaming Saudi Arabia for the airstrikes that occurred around midnight. Saudi Arabia did not immediately respond to the claim. Here is the latest news from the Middle East...

New Delhi: For decades, Jantar Mantar has stood as a testament to democracy, where people gathered hoping that their voices would reach those in power. From Anna Hazare's hunger strike, to the Nirbhaya protests and the NEET paper leak agitation, the site has witnessed powerful...

New Delhi: Retail inflation rose to 5.54 per cent in September, mainly due to costlier food items, according to government data released Monday. The Consumer Price Index-based inflation was at 4.83 per cent in August. The inflation figure for September is the highest in the...

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached a residential property in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, allegedly used for harbouring Pakistani terrorists and concealing incriminating material connected with the terror network, officials said Monday. The property at Khasra no. 315, Danihama village in Hazratbal,...

Stockholm: American-born economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics Monday for their work on models that have helped governments and central banks manage economic shocks. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners in Stockholm, saying the...