The CBI has arrested a serving brigadier of the Army and director of a private company for alleged irregularities in the purchase of consumer goods for Canteen Stores Department (CSD) in the MoD.

The rebel B.S. Yeddyurappa faction in Karnataka on Sunday sought to mount pressure on the BJP central leadership setting July 5 deadline

The victory of UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential poll is 'certain' only because of the support of Shiv Sena and Janata Dal (United), Sena chief Bal Thackeray claimed here on Saturday.

With the Indian government requesting Pakistan to release death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, actor Salman Khan has also come forward in seeking support of Pakistani people and media for Sarabjit's freedom.

Stock markets closed on Friday with the biggest single-day gain of 439 points in 2012 as investors, richer by Rs 1.17 lakh crore, cheered clarity on tax-avoidance rules and upbeat global market sentiments.

In the first major downpour since the arrival of monsoon in Mumbai, heavy rains lashed the city on Thursday disrupting rail traffic.

The Union home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, said that the interrogation of Abu Jundal had confirmed that there was “state support” for the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack.

Congress MP K. Chiranj-eevi said on Wednesday that party president Sonia Gandhi would implement an action plan to prepare the party for the 2014 general elections in the state.

The rupee on Thursday rose by a whopping 35 paise to close at 56.80 against the dollar amid hopes that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who himself has taken over the Finance portfolio will initiate steps to prop up the economy and halt the currency's slide.

Orissa chief minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Monday signed as the first proposer on the nomination paper of former Lok Sabha member P.A.