India

The central and state governments can now specify industrial units and other establishments which will have to pay wages either through cheques or by electronically transferring into the workers' bank accounts, as per a new law.

Indian Space Research organisation's PSLV 37 which towed a record-breaking 104 satellites into orbit on Wednesday also filmed itself accomplishing the feat.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her US counterpart Rex Tillerson today resolved to work closely to deepen Indo-US strategic ties and intensify defence and security cooperation during their first telephonic conversation.

The case pertains to change in land use of a large stretch in her native village Badalpur in Gautam Buddh Nagar to populated land, and then its subsequent allocation to her brother.

India is a promising dating market with enough single people to fill up almost 3,700 Eden Garden stadiums.

VK Sasikala has reached Bengaluru to surrender day after being convicted by the Supreme Court in a corruption case. Sasikala and two of her relatives will be lodged in the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail to serve the remainder of their term.

A New Delhi-bound GoAir flight from Mumbai with over 180 people on board made an emergency landing in the city following engine trouble, but no one was hurt.

Senior Bihar BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday demanded a thorough probe by CBI or by any other independent agency into the Bihar Staff Selection Commission's (BSSC) paper leak scam.

Supreme Court on Monday said it was"tentatively not convinced" with the grounds taken by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh to challenge Lok Sabha Speaker's decision to certify a bill to amend Aadhaar law as a money bill.

If the dearth of teachers in Primary and Middle Schools of Madhya Pradesh wasn't enough, another crisis has befallen them.

Switzerland has issued notices to an Indian art curator, his family members and two related companies after the receipt of request from India for “administrative assistance”, including information about their Swiss bank account details.

A medium intensity earthquake on Saturday hit Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand, the district which has been jolted by three temblors in less than a week.

Addressing a press conference in Itanagar during the day, Dongwimsai demanded that PM Modi and Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju initiate a CBI inquiry into her husband's death.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Bihar Police probing the topper's scam on Saturday arrested the father of Ruby Rai, an accused, police said.

Five decades since he crossed over to India post the 1962 war and raised a family in Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat district, a Chinese soldier is all set to fly back to his native country.

36-year-old Eman Ahmed, who has not moved out of her house for 25 years, would reach in Mumbai on Saturday for her weight reduction treatment, doctors said on Saturday.