India

With India-born Sundar Pichai set to head a re-organised Google as its Chief Executive Officer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated the IIT alumni on his new role.

The government will seek Rs 426 crore as damages from the Indian unit of Swiss giant Nestle for allegedly indulging in unfair trade practices and misleading advertisements related to Maggi, its banned noodles product.

Former Union Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court's decision to cancel his bail and asking him to surrender in a case related to alleged installation of telephone exchange at his residence

Indian Premier League (IPL) founder Lalit Modi, against whom a non-bailable warrant has been issued in a case of money laundering.

The massive search operation to locate the Pawan Hans helicopter, which went missing after taking off from Khonsa in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district on August 4, yielded no result on the sixth day.

The gunbattle began on Saturday night near the Line of Control when the Army challenged a group of infiltrating terrorists.

Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday asked law schools to focus on research as future lawyers must be equipped with necessary knowledge and skill to think and act globally.

These rankings are based on the extent of open defecation and solid waste management practices, according to a government release.

Twenty-two British and French trekkers, stranded in high altitude Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir following heavy downpour, have been rescued by IAF personnel in the past two days.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bodh Gaya during his trip to Gaya in Bihar on Sunday has been cancelled, an official said on Saturday.

FTII management on Friday asked 30 students who have already completed their course, to vacate their hostel rooms even as the students' agitation seeking removal of the chairman entered the 58th day.

Domestic carriers have sought permission to fly over 1,400 additional flights per week during the forthcoming winter months, which are 11.3 per cent higher than the flights operated by the carriers in the ongoing summer schedule, DGCA sources said on Frid...

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Goa is keen on probing the money laundering angle in the Louis Berger bribery case, in which a former PWD minister has been already been arrested.

On the question whether BSF was a target, he said it was chance and BSF was not main target of terrorists. "They were looking for a target and BSF convoy passed and it was targeted."

"The media fraternity in Manipur regrets to announce non-publication of daily news and electronic media on August 6 due to the intense nature of the bandh," said a statement by the Editors Guild of Manipur and the All Manipur Working Journalists Union (AM...