Despite reassurances from Indian Home Secretary RK Singh, as many as four thousand people from Assam, India’s north-eastern state, have fled from the southern city of Bangalore amid fears that they will be targeted in ethnic and religious attacks. Read more
On India’s Independence Day, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised economic growth, transparency, inflation control and improvements in poverty and education but did not provide the government’s strategy to overcome these challenges. Read more
Union minister for Science and Technology and former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has passed away on Tuesday, August 14 in Chennai. Deshmukh was 67. Read more
Indian minister Krishna Tirath has met UK government officials at the Global Nutrition Event organised by British Prime Minister David Cameron, to collaborate in the field of child development, nutrition, and women’s empowerment. Read more
Indian activist Anna Hazare and his team have ended their hunger strike at around 5pm (IST) on Friday, August 3. Team Anna has also suggested that it is not totally against the idea of forming a party as Indian people need a “political alternative”. Read more
Pranab Mukherjee was today elected as the 13th president of India. He will take oath on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Read more
Just days after the US magazine Time called Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh an ‘underachiever’, Indian magazine Outlook does the same to US President Barack Obama. Read more
Pranab Mukherjee, Congress-led UPA’s presidential candidate, looks set to become the 13th President of India. Mukherjee has recorded an early lead over rival candidate P.A. Sangma. Read more
India and Pakistan have revived their bilateral cricketing ties after a gap of five years with India inviting Pakistan to play a cricket series in December. Read more
Former external affairs and finance minister, Jaswant Singh, has been selected by NDA (National Democratic Alliance) -- the Opposition alliance -- as its candidate for the Vice President's post. Read more
