Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched 900-km-long Char Dham yatra road project in Dehradun, saying it will ease travelling of devotees and also attract job opportunities for Uttarakhand youth.

Black money holders will have to bear taxes and penalties amounting to as high as 137 per cent if they do not admit to or fail to explain the source of undisclosed income after being raided, the income tax department said.

The rift within the ruling Samajwadi Party in UP is clearly seen and can widen in coming days. The controversial issue of ticket distribution has create flutter between state party chief Shivpal Yadav and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

India’s most lethal nuclear-capable, inter-continental ballistic missile that has a range of over 5,000 km covering whole of China, successfully test-fired Agni-V, from Abdul Kalam island off Odisha coast.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and Rajya Sabha member Mithun Chaktaborty resigned from the Upper House citing health reasons.

A Jet Airways plane with 154 passengers and 7 crew members on-board ran off from the runway at Dabolim airport before making a take-off. All passengers were deplaned safely, said Jet Airways.

In a huge boost to the BJP ahead of the Punjab polls, Dalbir Kaur, the sister of Sarabjit Singh, who died in a Pakistan jail in 2013, on Sunday joined the saffron party.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Sunday expressed hope that demonetisation will help increase government revenue and lower fiscal deficit, leading to higher expenditure on defence and rural infrastructure.

At least 1000 sand Santa Clauses were sculptured at the Puri sea beach on the eve of Christmas by noted sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik and his students.

Delhi University is all set to conduct B.Com admissions through entrance test in the new academic session. Presently, DU holds entrance test for its Post Graduation (PG) and professional courses but admissions to undergraduate courses are made on the basis of Class XII marks.