Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India's first Home Minister, played a vital role in convincing several princely states to join India. His work in bringing the nation together earned him the nickname "Iron Man of India." In 2014, his birthday, October 31, was declared National Unity Day, or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas.

India's Adani Green Energy on Monday reported a more than two-fold growth in second-quarter profit, helped by strong power sales to customers.

Israeli troops and tanks push deeper into Gaza, advancing on two sides of the territory’s main city.

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Beed district in central Maharashtra on Monday tendered his resignation from the legislative assembly in support of the Maratha reservation demand.

Holding that the electoral bond scheme for political funding of parties contributes to clean money, Attorney General R Venkataramani has told the Supreme Court that citizens do not have the right to information under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution regarding the source of funds.

Terrorist attacks hit the Kashmir valley for the second consecutive day Monday when a labourer hailing from Uttar Pradesh was shot dead by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in Pulwama district. A local LeT terrorist from Pulwama district, identified as Rayees Dar, and one unidentified terrorist are responsible for the killing, police sources said. This incident came less than 24 hours after a police inspector was shot at in downtown Srinagar Sunday.

: In a first, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case November 2, official sources said Monday. Kejriwal (55) has been issued the summons under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and according to the sources; the agency will record his statement once he deposes before the investigating officer of the case in Delhi.

In a terrifying incident, a minor boy was mauled to death by a leopard Monday evening while he was playing on the street in front of his house in Nuapada district

British singer and songwriter Robbie Williams says he has been newly diagnosed with Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) disorder. The 49-year-old singer, who spent years addicted to food and drugs before he got sober, said he can add ‘HSP’ to the litany of mental health issues he battles every day.

The Supreme Court Monday expressed dissatisfaction over the failure of the state governments and the Union government to fill the vacancies in the Information Commissions and observed that it will defeat the very objective of the RTI Act.

Odisha Vigilance has registered 202 criminal cases against 365 people, including 38 Class-I officers, till October 27 this year, an official statement said Monday.

Governor-designate Raghubar Das arrived in Odisha Monday, and visited Srimandir here ahead of his swearing-in ceremony Tuesday.

At least 670 urns of soil brought from around 1400 villages of Odisha as a part of Meri Maati Mera Desh campaign to remember the sacrifices of the martyrs was poured in Amrit Kalash Monday ahead of the mega ceremony wherein Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Amrit Vatika and Amrit Mahotsav Memorial.

The Allahabad High Court Monday adjourned the hearing till November 8 on a petition filed by Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (AIMC) which has challenged the maintainability of a suit seeking restoration of a temple at the site where the Gyanvapi mosque exists in Varanasi.

Kochi has won the country’s top award with the city’s Water Metro project being rated as the Best Green Transport Initiative in India while Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh has won the award for the most innovative financing mechanism for its city transport services.

PM Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina will jointly inaugurate a key cross-border railway project Wednesday, officials said. The Prime Ministers of the two countries will launch the AgartalaAkhaura Cross Border Rail Link Project at 11 am in a virtual ceremony, they said

Observing that the sanctity of the 10th Schedule of the Constitution should be maintained, the Supreme Court Monday directed Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar to decide the cross-petitions filed by the rival factions of the Shiv Sena seeking disqualification of each other's MLAs by December 31

Tata Motors Monday said an arbitral tribunal has asked the West Bengal Industrial Development Corp to pay the company Rs 766 crore compensation in connection with losses incurred on its manufacturing site in Singur.

The government has asked private companies to dematerialise their securities by September 2024, a move that will help enhance transparency and will have a broad impact.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anish Bhanwala bagged India’s 12th Paris Olympic quota in shooting as he clinched a bronze medal in the men’s 25m rapid pistol fire event at the Asian Championships in Changwon, Korea Monday.