India

The CBI on Wednesday issued summons to senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram in connection with the INX Media bribery case in which his son Karti had been arrested earlier.

A big wave lashes the seawall during sunset in Kochi, Kerala, on Wednesday.

Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Arvind Kejriwal government seeking its response on why the bank accounts of 575 unaided private schools in the national capital should not be attached for failing to refund excess fees to the tune of Rs 750 crore.

The CBI raided the premises of an AAP minister and four public works department officials on Wednesday in a two-year-old complaint by Delhi's vigilance department on hiring of a "creative team" for the PWD from a security agency - allegedly bypassing norms.

The army officer who was at the centre of a human-shield controversy in Kashmir had befriended a girl on Facebook under a fake identity, police have said.

Reliance Industries, owner of the world's biggest refining complex, plans to halt oil imports from Iran, two sources familiar with the matter have said, in a sign that new US sanctions were forcing buyers to shun oil purchases from Tehran.

A 23-year-old man from an OBC community in Gujarat's Banaskantha district has alleged that Rajputs had forced him to "shave off" his moustache for adding a "Sinh" to his name in the invitation cards for a programme.

Banking activities in public sector banks across the country have been interrupted as employees went on a two-day nation-wide strike against the meagre 2 per cent salary hike offered by the management. 

Former Union minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday moved a Delhi court seeking protection from arrest in the Aircel Maxis money laundering case.

The reduction in petrol and diesel prices was on Wednesday revised to 1 paisa a litre respectively, with state-owned oil companies blaming clerical error for previously announcing a cut of up to 60 paise.