Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday conveyed his condolences to President of Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas over the deaths of civilians at a hospital in Gaza and reiterated India’s long-standing “principled position” on the Israel-Palestine issue.

Canada said Thursday it had withdrawn 41 diplomats from India -- fallout from a bitter row over the killing of a Khalistani terrorist on Canadian soil.

Sri Lanka’s anti-graft commission drops case against Gotabaya Rajapaksa in which over `17 million was discovered

Virat Kohli’s 48th ODI ton helps India secure a comfortable 7-wicket victory over B’desh in the ongoing World Cup.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has completed the clinical trials of the world's first injectable male contraceptive which showed that it is safe and highly efficacious without any serious side effects. The findings of the phase-III clinical trial, which involved 303 candidates aged 25-40 years, were published in the international open access Andrology journal last month.

Creation of three new directorates for the promotion and preservation of Odisha’s cultural, archaeological and literary heritage is among the 16 proposals approved by the state Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Thursday.

Odisha will soon have its first narco analysis test centre at Capital Hospital here, the facility’s director Laxmidhar Sahoo said after a meeting with State Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL) officials, Thursday.

The Supreme Court Thursday directed the Principal Secretaries of the Ministry of Women and Child Development of all states to ensure appointment of an officer in every district within four weeks to oversee effective implementation of the Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act.

Troublemakers better take note as the Commissionerate Police has decided to throw a thick blanket of security on City thoroughfares by deploying 31 platoons of police force during the Durga Puja from October 20 to 25.

Determining whether a person is diabetic could be as easy as having them speak a few sentences into their smartphone, according to a groundbreaking study that combines voice technology with artificial intelligence in a major step forward in diabetes detection.

The CBI has conducted searches at 76 locations across the country under Operation Chakra-2 after registering five separate cases of cyber-enabled financial fraud, including a `100-crore crypto scam, officials said Thursday.

The Supreme Court Wednesday sought response of the Delhi Police on pleas of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and its HR head Amit Chakravarty against their arrest under anti-terror law UAPA.

 Trains of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday, will be known as ‘Namo Bharat’, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced. The 17-km priority section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor is slated to be opened for passengers October 21

China has more than 500 nuclear bombs in its arsenal and is developing new Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) that will significantly improve its nuclear-capable missile forces, the Pentagon said Thursday.

The country spent more than `3.85 lakh crore on coal imports last year, the government said Thursday.

GST Intelligence Officers have detected GST evasion of `1.36 lakh crore in the current fiscal, the finance ministry said Wednesday.

The Indian government Thursday decided to allow restriction-free imports of laptops and tablets, and launched a new system of “authorization” aimed at monitoring shipments of such hardware without hurting market supply.

US encouraged India to work towards offering equal legal protection to same-sex couples and was "closely monitoring follow-up steps" from the Indian government after the Court declined to legalize same-sex marriage, the U.S. State Department said.

Spiritual guru Bangaru Adigalar, popularly known as 'Amma', who brought in revolutionary reforms such as paving the way for women to enter the sanctum sanctorum of Shakti temples, passed away near here on Thursday, sources said.

Vande Bharat services are expected to be introduced in Srinagar within this financial year after the Jammu-Srinagar line becomes functional, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said here on Thursday.