West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Saturday the nomination of Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty as her party Trinamool Congress candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election in the state.

ISRO's Mars Orbiter has beamed back the first set of pictures of the Earth, capturing the Indian subcontinent and parts of Africa.

former Youth Congress leader Sushil Sharma has challenged his conviction and death sentence in the 1995 Naina Sahni murder case.

The Indian actress-singer will sing the intro to NFL Network's 'Thursday Night Football' this season.

World Squash Federation president N Ramachandran on Sunday said he was heartbroken at squash being left out of the 2020 Olympics.

A Kerala-based self-styled godman has been booked for allegedly using blue beacons on his car, which are usually fitted on vehicles used by VIPs.

All the state-level cells and departments of the UP Congress Committee have been dissolved with a view to restructure the state unit of the party ahead of the general elections scheduled next year.

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would not start "wheeling and dealing" with China and Russia over a U.S. request to extradite former American spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.

Modi had reportedly refused to wear a skull cap that a Muslim cleric had offered at a function in Gujarat in 2012.

The BJP leader who is also the candidate from Shimoga assembly constituency in Karnataka has been booked for allegedly inciting communal feelings.

The Ministry officials impressed upon the rating agency the resolve of the government to follow the path of financial prudence and bring down the fiscal deficit.

Police fired rubber bullets and teargas shells at a BNP demonstration after being attacked by activists of Jamaat-e-Islami at Nayapaltan.

Park Geun-hye, 61, is the daughter of South Korea's former military ruler Park Chung-hee.

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The results of the Kerala Judicial Service Main (written) Examination, 2012 (General and NCA vacancies), have been published. Registrar (Recruitment and Computerisation) Venu Karunakaran has said that the oral examination for the qualified candidates will...