Dharamsala,  Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Thursday congratulated the new President-elect Droupadi Murmu.

In a letter to Murmu to congratulate her, His Holiness wrote: "You are assuming this august position at a time when the international community is becoming ever more aware of the im

Bhubaneswar,  With NDA's Presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu securing the majority mark to be elected as the 15th President of India, people at her hometown Rairangpur in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district burst into celebrations on Thursday.

Scores of people gathered at the residence of Murmu in Raira

New Delhi,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday evening met President-elect Droupadi Murmu after her victory in the Presidential poll.

The Prime Minister reached Murmu's residence at Umashankar Dikshit Marg and congratulated her.

BJP chief J.P. Nadda was also present at their meet

New Delhi,  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has again summoned Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on July 25 after questioning her for three hours in connection with the National Herald case on Thursday.

After the first round of interrogation, the Congress interim president left for lunch break with her daugh

Kolkata, Expectations were high that Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will draw the party's roadmap for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls during her address at her party's Martyrs' Day programme on Thursday. But, to the dissatisfaction of the huge gathering there, the chief minist

Hyderabad,  A Central team arrived in Telangana on Thursday to assess the damages caused by recent heavy rains and floods in some parts of the state.

The six-member Central team is headed by Sourav Rai, Joint Secretary, Union Home Ministry. Telangana's Secretary for Disaster Management Rahul Bojja me

Bengaluru, Four persons including a patient died on Wednesday after a speeding ambulance overturned after hitting a pole at the Shiroor toll gate near Bhatkal in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district, the police said.

According to the police, the ambulance was shifting the patients from Honnavar town to Kun

Mumbai,  A fire broke out on-board the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya while it was sailing off Karwar in Karnataka, officials said here on Wednesday.

The incident occurred during a planned sortie for conducting sea trials of the aircraft carrier.

Upon noticing the blaze, the ship crew i

New Delhi,  With Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi set to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the National Herald case on Thursday, the party leaders and MPs have said that the whole country is watching the "political vendetta, dictatorship and hooliganism of the Modi government

Bengaluru, Karnataka police, in its B-report (closure report), on Wednesday gave clean chit to former Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K.S. Eshwarappa in connection with the suicide case of contractor and BJP worker Santhosh Patil who blamed Eshwarappa for his death.

The former minister celebrated