U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday defended his decision to seek a business deal in Russia in 2016 even as he pursued the Republican presidential nomination, calling it “very legal” and “very cool” to keep running his business while campaigning.In a series of tweets from Buenos Aires, where he is …

The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to examine before December 18 whether the movie Zero has content that hurts the religious sentiments of the Sikh community and submit its findings.A Division Bench of B.P. Dharmadhikari and S.V. Kotwal was hearing a plea …

The sixth phase of panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir will be held on Saturday.Polling will be held at 3,174 polling stations — 410 in Kashmir division and 2,764 in Jammu division — from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., officials said. According to the State Chief Electoral Officer Shaleen Kabra, …

The Army will definitely witness an increase in the number of women officers in the coming years, but it is not yet ready to cast women in combat roles, the Chief of the Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat, said on Friday.“You will see an increase in the role of women …

A Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said: “One of the projects to check pollution of the Ganga is installation of STPs at Haridwar with enhanced capacity… According to the compliance affidavit, the work is likely to be completed by February 2020. Having regard to significance and …

Pakistan will have to develop as a secular state in order to stay together with India, said the Chief of the Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat, on Friday.“Pakistan will have to introspect on its internal condition… It has transformed itself into an Islamic state. If they have to stay together …

“ Mandir yahi banega ” — this phrase in Hindi meaning “the temple will be built here” is evocative of a slogan raised by right-wing groups pitching for a Ram temple in Ayodhya. However, it also seems to have crept into Google Maps, one of the most widely used map …

It is the duty of a judge to study the case file, but he or she should not come to court with a ‘closed mind’, retired judge of the Supreme Court Kurian Joseph said here on Friday.Speaking at a farewell function organised by Kerala lawyers practising at the Supreme Court, …

The Supreme Court on Friday deferred its hearing on a plea by Rohingya immigrants against the government’s proposed move to deport their 40,000-strong refugee community back to their native land of Myanmar, where discrimination and possibly summary execution await them.The Rohingya community, which fled to India after violence in the …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Theresa May ahead of the G-20 summit .The brief exchange of views took place before the first trilateral meeting between Mr. Modi, Mr. Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe …