Thousands of heartbroken fans and Bollywood actors paid their last respects to late superstar Sridevi Kapoor Wednesday following her shock death from accidental drowning in a Dubai hotel bathtub aged just 54. Huge crowds of mourners -- some carrying roses, others holding photos of the late actress -- lined Mumbai’s streets to see their beloved idol embark on her last journey. ... Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took to Twitter to wish his good friend and Bihars dynamic Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on his 67th birthday. Birthday wishes to my friend and Bihars dynamic CM Shri @NitishKumar Ji. He has always served our nation with great diligence and his role in transforming Bihar is particularly noteworthy. I pray for Nitish Ji long life and good health, the PM tweeted. ... Read More

New Delhi: In a big boost to the Narendra Modi-powered BJP, two exit polls on Tuesday predicted that the saffron party will win big in the northeastern state of Tripura. According to the exit polls, the BJP will comfortably dethrone the Manik Sarkar-led Left Front government from power, ending 25-years of its rule in the state. Further, the BJP is also expected to consolidate its position in two other northeastern states - Meghalaya and Nagaland – which too went to polls recently, the exit polls suggested. ... Read More

Union Minister of Civil Aviation P Ashok Gajapathi Raju inaugurated the countrys first Aviation Multi Skill Development Centre at Chandigarh Airports old terminal on Tuesday. The centre, which is a CSR initiative of Airports Authority of India (AAI), will initially train 2,360 students free of cost in three years. ... Read More

The Haryana government on Tuesday decided to make more stringent existing criminal laws related to sexual offences against women and children. The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday, decided to make amendments to Sections 376A, 376D, 354 and 354 D(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). ... Read More

A framework on defence cooperation, a twinning agreement between archaeological sites in Agra and Petra (Jordan), establishment of a centre for excellence in Amman by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), and some agreements on health, culture, customs are on the table as the visiting King of Jordan Abdullah II Bin Al-Hussein meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. ... Read More