The US will vacate the Shamsi airbase as per the deadline given by the government, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said.

Malik said here Wednesday: "We are expecting that the US will vacate the Sh

Union minister P. Chidambaram will not resign under any circumstances, law minister Salman Khurshid said on Thursday reacting to a special court's decision to recall Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy as a witness to prove the home minister's alleged complicity in the 2G spectrum case.

President Barack Obama has named yet another Indian-American, Preeta D. Bansal, as a member of an independent agency promoting improvements in the efficiency, adequacy, and fairness of government proc

The Rajya Sabha took up debate on a bill on Prasar Bharati on Thursday afternoon, resuming work after facing two adjournments in the morning.

The Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Am

National carrier Air India on Thursday said several of its bank accounts were defreezed after the airline made a partial payment on the Rs.100 crore dues it owes to the Mumbai service tax department.

Refuting charges that it has been buying up land in Africa, China has called for 'concrete' efforts to enable the continent's agricultural sector develop in a sustainable way.

"China always seeks foo

A human chain stretching over 208 km and across two districts of Kerala was formed on Thursday to press the state's demand for a new dam to replace the 115-year-old leaking Mullaperiyar masonry dam, s

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday evening arrested Amarchand, husband of missing Rajasthan nurse Bhanwari Devi, the agency said.

"The husband of Bhanwari Devi, Amarchand, was arre

A woman in Britain nearly had a 'heart attack' after learning that her 14-year-old son's romantic conversations with his new girlfriend have cost her over 900 pounds (over $1,400) in phone bills for t

India has emerged as the third largest purchaser of US arms with contracts worth $4.5 billion last year alone as US weapons sales rose to $34.8 billion in fiscal 2011, according to a Pentagon report.