India's financial system was strong and there was nothing to worry about, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor K.C. Chakrabarthy said on Thursday after Standard & Poor's (S&P) scaling down of t

On an early Thursday morning, an Indian rocket successfully launched into orbit a microwave Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) from Sriharikota.

The indigenous Risat-1, with a life span of five years,

The central government is in favour of enacting a model law of Lokayukta so that all states can adopt their own act according to it, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Thursday.

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A five-year-old Indian boy and his grandparents are lodged in a Bangladesh jail for a year since the process for their confirmation as Indian nationals has taken up a lot of time, a media report said

Nearly 30 million school children in the country still have no access to toilets, even as schools have made significant progress in providing the facility in recent years, a study by UNICEF's Water, S

India and Pakistan are likely to sign a 'liberalised visa agreement' when home secretaries of the two countries meet in Islamabad next month, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said on Wednesday.

Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) will confer an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

"The University will hold a special convocation on Friday at 11 a.m. to confe

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale jolted the Nicobar islands on Wednesday afternoon, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official here said.

The temblor struck at 1.12 p.m

A benchmark index for Indian equities markets was trading 117.57 points lower in the afternoon session on Wednesday, affected by a decline in the shares of IT and power firms whose share prices came d

A benchmark index for Indian equities markets closed 56 points lower on Wednesday in choppy trade ahead of April futures and options expiry on Thursday and after rating agency Standard & Poor's cut In