Moscow: The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has taken part in major military drills and personally launched four ballistic missiles as part of the exercises.

Russian news agencies quoted Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov today as saying that Putin participated in yesterday’s training which was aimed at tes

Kolkata: Spain coach Santi Denia today said England has improved in every aspect of the game since the two teams met each other in the Euro U-17 final in May earlier this year.

In a repeat of the Euro U-17 final, Spain and England will square off against each other in the summit clash of the FIFA U-17 World Cup he

Chennai: The Madras High Court today dismissed a petition seeking to revoke the censor certificate issued to Vijay-starrer ‘Mersal’ over certain controversial dialogues relating to GST, holding that people’s right to freedom of expression applies to films also.

The petitioner in his PIL had conte

New Delhi: The Railways is working on a proposal to create a suburban railway network for Bengaluru, much like the one in Mumbai, to decongest the city and link it to the airport, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said today.

Goyal said the idea was suggested to him before he took over as the railway minister by senio

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said the national broadcasting channel Doordarshan and private channels should create awareness on health hazards in Blue Whale Challenge game by telecasting it in their prime time programmes.

Advocates N S Ponnaih and Sneha Kalita had filed petition seeking complete ban on t

Bengaluru: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah Friday shut down the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) saying there is no question of Bengaluru development minister KJ George resigning, after the Central Bureau of Investigation filed an FIR to investigate the death of police officer MK Ganapathy.

Siddaramaiah

Mumbai: Veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar has been honoured with the Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award.

Akhtar received the honour here last night at an event which marked the 28th anniversary of Hridayesh Arts and the 80th birthday of veteran music composer Hridaynath Mangeshkar.

Akhtar said that receiving

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi was on Friday admitted to the city’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) after she complained of stomach upset, hospital authorities confirmed.

“Madam Gandhi was brought to the hospital today (Friday) around 5 p.m. She has been found to be suffering from upset stomach,” said D

AP Minister for Information Technology Nara Lokesh called on Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani and requested him to invest in AP.

Lokesh also met several other industrialists to attract investments for the State.

It is gathered that during his meeting with Mukesh Ambani, Lokesh explained at

New Delhi: The Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government has challenged the Centre’s move to make Aadhaar mandatory for availing the benefits of various social welfare schemes in the Supreme Court, which has listed it for hearing on Monday.

The plea is listed for hearing before a bench comprising Justices A