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Union Minister Manoj Sinha, who is seen among the strong contenders for the post of UP chief minister, on Friday said he was "not in any race".

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who was the party’s election in-charge in Goa, has blamed Governor Mridula Sinha after losing out on government formation in the coastal state, saying she “broke the Constitution” by inviting the BJP first.

A brief exchange of fire took place on Friday between militants and security forces in Pulwama district of Kashmir.

Union MInister Manoj Sinha is the frontunner for the post of Uttar Pradesh CM.

The US military said Thursday it carried out a deadly air strike on an Al-Qaeda meeting in northern Syria and would investigate reports that more than 40 civilians were killed when a mosque was struck in the raid.

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was paid more than $67,000 by Russian companies before the presidential election, according to documents released Thursday by a Democratic congressman.

Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan recently stepped out with her three-months-old son Taimur Ali Khan in Mumbai.

At least 42 people were killed and dozens more wounded on Thursday in air strikes on a village mosque in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

South African President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday there was no "crisis" as doubts mount over the government's ability to make welfare payments on April 1 to 17 million needy people because of a service-provider dispute.

Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Thursday said the new Health Policy 2017 prioritises investments and financing of health services.

Talking about the second part of the franchise, he said: "Unlike the first part, which was low on emotions and high on grandeur, the second part will have both factors in equal proportion."

The K Palaniswami government on Thursday presented its maiden budget in the assembly where a reference to AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala by Finance Minister D Jayakumar invited strong protests from the opposition DMK.

A study published in the journal Nutrition and Diabetes concludes that people who eat a lot of cheese don't necessarily have higher cholesterol levels than those who don't.

The BJP's landslide victory in state polls has "implications" for the Sino-India ties as it could further embolden Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "hard-line attitude" and pose difficulties for "compromises" in rows with countries like China, official Chin...

Indian-American Seema Verma has been sworn-in as the head of a key healthcare agency in the Donald Trump administration.

At a time when hotels are largely adopting a modern outlook in terms of their decor and ambience, these two historic lodges in Rajasthan stand tall as reminders of an era gone by, of Maharajas and their hunting expeditions and of solitude, synonymous with...