The Supreme Court on Monday refused the Central government’s request to allow it to frame a Cauvery water sharing scheme three months later, after the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections. Instead, the court voiced suspicion about the Centre’s very resolve to play its part to end the 200-year-old conflict. It directed the Centre to prove its “bona fide” by submitting a draft scheme on May 3.

The legendary but on the wane Lee Chong Wei was one of the casualties as a rampaging Indian mixed badminton team claimed its maiden Commonwealth Games gold medal, thrashing three-time defending champions Malaysia in the final here on Monday.

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China on Monday said Hong Kong can accede to India’s request to arrest fugitive Indian diamond merchant Nirav Modi based on local laws and mutual judicial assistance agreements.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said there was a growing interest among various countries in the Indian missiles and the government wanted to sell them to friendly nations.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being “casteist” and “anti-Dalit” and that the Congress would always stand against the BJP’s ''oppressive'' ideology.

The ongoing investigation into the ICICI Bank matter raises questions over the bank's governance while creating reputational risks, according to global rating major Fitch Ratings. “An investigation into allegations that India’s ICICI Bank extended a loan with a potential conflict of interest raises questions over the bank's governance and creates reputational risks,” it said in a statement issued on Monday.

With just a year left to go for general elections in India, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid says the “unravelling” of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has begun and the popularity wave on which it came to power in 2014 is waning.

Hearing a PIL filed seeking monitoring of a multi-agency investigation into the banking scam on Monday, Chief Justice Misra, leading a three-judge Bench, said it is not that there is no law to combat such frauds but the fact is that there are culprits who commit such crimes despite these laws.

President Donald Trump plans to confer with senior military leaders on Monday, after he threatened a “big price to pay” for a suspected poison gas attack in Syria that killed women and children.

Indian Administrative Services (IAS) toppers, Tina Dabi (25) and Athar Aamir-ul-Shafi Khan (26), one described as a Dalit icon and another motivation for Kashmir, arranged a destination wedding at south Kashmir’s tourist hotspot and picturesque Pahalgam this weekend, which was attended by the family members and close friends.