The Congress in Manipur on Wednesday expelled newly-elected party legislator T Shyamkumar for six years after he was sworn in as a cabinet minister during the day.
While highlighting steps to address coal burning, exhaust of vehicles and dust to control smog specially in the winter, he said the causes for its recurrence is not fully understood.
At least 14 children were among 20 people killed in an air strike in Syria`s northwestern Idlib province at dawn on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.
At least 27 persons were injured on Wednesday during an inter-caste clash over the result of the assembly election in village Middha in Fefna area here, police said.
It may seem difficult to believe but it's true. The social movement which fought for lifting the ban on traditional bull-taming sport of Jallikkattu will soon be contesting elections.
Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) suffered a chastising defeat in Punjab and even worst in Goa, where the party failed to win a single seat.
The government today said out of 255 deregistered political parties, as many as 206 are either non-existent or non-traceable.
The UN's intellectual property agency says China is showing "quite extraordinary" growth in international patent applications.
Pope Francis said today that employers who fire workers for unclear economic reasons are committing a "very grave sin" and should ensure dignified work for all their employees.
Out of the over 1.4 lakh complaints of human rights violations received by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) during the past five years, only 96 complaints were from Nagaland.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared a proposal to increase dearness allowance (DA) by 2 percent, which will potentially benefit over one crore central government employees and pensioners.
Kenyan officials say 13 people have been killed and four wounded since Sunday in the volatile Rift Valley county of Baringo, where a drought has increased cattle rustling.
A Delhi court on Wednesday deferred it`s order for tomorrow on Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Ajay Singh Chautala`s plea seeking transfer of a disproportionate assets case against him to another court.
India's exports exhibited a double digit growth of 17.48 percent, valued at USD 24.5 billion in February compared to USD 20.84 billion during the same month last year on increase in shipments of non-petroleum, non gems and jewellery products.
A London court today reduced the conviction of a British soldier found guilty of killing an injured Taliban fighter to manslaughter from murder, in a high-profile case that has divided the country.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on Japanese telecom major NTT Docomo's plea to enforce the USD 1.17 billion damages awarded to it for breach of contract by Tata Sons with regard to their joint venture TTSL.
Britain should stop threatening the European Union ahead of the Brexit negotiations, a top EU official warned on Wednesday.
Nearly 100,000 people have poured out of west Mosul in less than three weeks.
The rupee continued its stellar run against the dollar to finish at a fresh 16-month high of 65.69 Wednesday as exporters aggressively offloaded the US currency ahead of the Fed meet outcome.
Market expectations of an interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve later on Wednesday have heightened sharply following strong employment data released last week.
Bach said he had been assured of cross-party support for the event after the impeachment of president Park Geun-Hye in a corruption scandal.
Pogba has been under an understandably intense spotlight since his world record £89.3 million ($108.9 million, 102.4 million euros) pre-season return to United from Italian side Juventus.
The panel, which had at its last meeting approved the final draft of central GST (C-GST) and integrated GST (I-GST) laws, will on Thursday take up for approval the state GST and Union Territory GST (UT-GST) laws, official sources said.
Gold prices edged up on Wednesday as the market waited for more clues on how many times the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year and on uncertainty over the outcome of Dutch elections.
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, his right-hand man Jerome Valcke and former European soccer boss Michel Platini are among dozens who have been banned by the ethics committee in the last four years.
