Days ahead of the implementation of a stringent excise law in Bihar, the Patna High Court on Friday scrapped the total liquor ban in the state, a government lawyer said on Friday....

There has been no gunfire, no alert sirens and no fighter jets dropping bombs. It is not war time yet but tens of thousands of villagers in Punjab's border belt with Pakistan are already experiencing a war-like situation....

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday reviewed the security situation in the country, particularly along the border with Pakistan in states like Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, and directed central security organisations to be on high alert. ...

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte likened himself to Hitler on Friday and said he will be happy to kill the three million drug users and dealers in the country. ...

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin back to jail as it set aside the Patna High Court order granting him bail in the Rajiv Roshan murder case....

Reiterating the importance of recycle and reuse of waste to create wealth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for 'Swachhagraha' or insistence on cleanliness, like Mahatma Gandhis 'Satyagraha'....
Afghanistan on Friday backed India's cross-border surgical strikes on terror launch pads in Pakistani territory, saying "it is time to take bold action". ...

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the surgical strikes by the Indian Army on terrorist launch pads across Line of Control (LoC), saying it is first time in two-and-a-half years that he took action befitting the stature of a Prime Minister....

The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Anwar Zaheer Jamali, will not attend a global conference scheduled in India in October, it was reported on Friday....

India said on Friday it was trying to secure the release of an Indian soldier taken into custody in Pakistan after he inadvertently crossed the border. ...