New Delhi: The Andhra Pradesh Congress late on Friday submitted a memorandum to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), asking for action against the BJP and the TDP for failure to deliver on election promises, including granting special status to the state.

The memorandum was submitted to CEC Om Prakash Rawat

New Delhi: There should be more women in the armed forces, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today, noting that women have achieved great heights in all spheres of life.

Speaking at an event organised by women officers of the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) here, Sitharaman called upon them to gra

New Delhi: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court today recognised 'living will' made by terminally-ill patients for passive euthanasia.

A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra said passive euthanasia and advance living will are "permissible".

Beirut: The living conditions of civilians inside Syria are worse than ever, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Friday, with the conflict set to enter its eighth year.

"The conditions faced by civilians inside Syria are worse than ever, with 69 percent languishing in extreme poverty,"

New Delhi: UPA Chairperson and former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday said the promise of "achhe din" will work against the BJP in the same manner as 'India Shining' campaign did against then Vajpayee government in the 2004 General Elections.

She also said that the Congress and its allies i

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday asserted that the alliance with the BJP had fetched nothing for the TDP in the 2014 elections.

At a meeting with party leaders here and in his regular teleconference with party MPs, Naidu took stock of the situation after the TDP quit the

Amritsar: Pyarelal Wadali, the one half of famous Punjabi Sufi singing duo Wadali Brothers, died of heart attack today at a private hospital here, family members said.

He was 75.

Wadali with his elder brother Puran Chand Wadali sang popular hits such as 'Tu maane yaa na maane' and Tanu Weds Manu&

Seoul: The Indian women's hockey team produced an all-round performance to notch a 3-1 win over higher-ranked Korea in the fourth match of a five-match series here today.

The victory for world no.10 India saw them take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series with a match remaining to be played on Sunday.

New Delhi: The CBI today produced Karti Chidamabaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, before a Delhi court in the INX Media corruption case and sought his custody for six more days to interrogate him, saying "new incriminating materials" have been found against him. The court however granted only

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind of Friday accepted the resignations of TDP ministers from the Modi government, a day after they stepped down in protest against the Centre's failure to give Andhra Pradesh a special status category.

"The President, as advised by the Prime Minister, has accepted the res