India

There are about 149 scheduled commercial banks, including 56 regional rural banks, with branch network of about 1.30 lakh across the country.

Devotees visiting the Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirumala were hit hard on Wednesday as taxi drivers and owners of hotels and shops refused to accept Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination currency notes after the government's sudden move to demonetise them.

Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, the right-wing fringe organisation which rooted for Donald Trump during his campaign, has expressed hope that the US President-elect will "embrace" the Hindu culture and give up eating beef.

In relief to daily commuters, the government on Thursday extended the use of old-high denomination currency notes of Rs 500 and 1,000 at metro railway stations till Saturday.

India’s Central Bank and Finance Ministry officials – the nation’s top managers of the economy – provided more details about the move to scrap currency notes of denominations Rs 500 and Rs 1,000, in a move they labeled as “bold” and “decisive”.

Delhi University professor Nandini Sundar has said that the FIR registered against her on charges of murder by Chhattisgarh Police is part of a larger plot by the Raman Singh government to “eliminate all voices of dissent” from speaking up on “the reign o...

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday assured Fatima Nafees that Delhi Police are doing everything possible to locate her son, the missing Jawaharlal Nehru University student Najeeb Ahmed, informed sources said.

Demotivating newly-recruited militants and bringing them back to their homes will be the thrust of Jammu and Kashmir government, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said here on Monday, days after a local militant was persuaded to surrender by the security fo...

One terrorist was killed and 2 soldiers were injured on Monday morning in a gunbattle in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.

“I've hurt myself in the leg and the shoulder. The protest never started. They have turned Delhi into a quila. They have blocked roads at several places,” she added.

It's been decades but not one party leader has set foot in the house. The Lohiya family has never even met CM Akhilesh Yadav.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar stressed that it was a security related issue and the channel appeared to have violated guidelines for coverage of terror attacks.

Congress Party approached a Delhi court seeking return of certain documents, including its balance sheet which were submitted in the National Herald case involving Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi.

Union Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh smelt conspiracy behind the suicide of ex-serviceman Subedhar Ram Kishan Grewal over delay in the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme.

Expressing concern over "jobless" growth in India and too many "stifling" regulations, biotechnology entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has called for formulation of pragmatic and visionary polices to create new employment opportunities.

Delhi on Thursday witnessed severe level of air quality on the fourth consecutive day after Diwali.