At least 48 people were killed in a blast which rocked a local market in Damboa district of Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, a security source said....
A total of 22 abducted Syrian Assyrians were released by the Islamic State (IS) militants, who kidnapped them along with tens of Assyrians last February, Assyrian activists said....
National carrier Air India on Tuesday started a new promotional scheme offering an enhanced baggage check-in allowance of 25 kg for passengers travelling in economy class on its domestic network....
Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday alleged that BJP members "tried to assault" two Congress MPs - Ravneet Singh Bittu and Gaurav Gogoi - while they were protesting on the Lalit Modi issue in the house, following which they lodged a complaint with Speaker Sumitra Mahajan....
Ruling out any threats to national security or public interest, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand in a case pertaining to violations of the Foreign Contribution Regulations Act....
President Pranab Mukherjee's wife, who was admitted to the Army Hospital (Research and Referral) here, was in a "very critical" condition, hospital sources said on Saturday....
Terrorism would be high on the talks agenda during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United Arab Emirates on August 16-17, in the first visit by an Indian head of government to the Gulf nation in 34 years....
Amid ruckus by opposition members in the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday introduced a constitutional amendment bill to enable implementation of goods and services tax (GST) in the country....
Chennai born, IIT Kharagpur-educated Sundar Pichai has become the head of a "slightly slimmed down Google", with the search giant in a major corporate restructuring forming an umbrella company called Alphabet....
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday saw continued protests and sloganeering by Congress members demanding resignation of three BJP leaders and that a discussion on the Lalit Modi issue should be as an adjournment motion. An exasperated Speaker Sumitra Mahajan termed the unruly scenes as "murder of democracy"...
