Rakhmat Akilov, the main suspect in the truck attack in Stockholm that killed four people and injured 15, has admitted to committing a terrorist crime, his lawyer told a court on Tuesday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI has initiated a preliminary inquiry against Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain in alleged money laundering case.
Five people including a Philippine police officer were killed on Tuesday in clashes with 10 suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf kidnap group on the resort island of Bohol, authorities said.
A mix of positive global indicators and pick-up in local demand because of wedding season rush gave some comfort to gold as prices recovered Rs 60 to Rs 29,350 per 10 grams on Tuesday.
The Income Tax department on Tuesday said it has issued Permanent Account Number (PAN) within a day to 19,704 newly incorporated companies till March 31, 2017.
Kerala Government on Tuesday promulgated an ordinance making Malayalam a compulsory subject in all schools in the state up to Class X.
UCWeb, an Alibaba Mobile Business Group company, today announced that its latest product, UC News, has crossed 100 Million Monthly Active Users (MAUs) in India and Indonesia.
After successfully providing uninterrupted 24-hour power supply at all the 'shaktipeeths' during Navratri recently, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday ordered 18-hour power supply in villages and 20-hour at tehsil level and in Bundelkhand region.
Employees at three units of steel major SAIL went on day-long strike on Tuesday to protest against the government proposal to divest stake in them.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday launched the digital contract, a system of digitisation of railways' supply chain across all zones, to ensure greater transparency and ease of doing business.
After a 25-year break, fractious Central Asian neighbours Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have reestablished regular connecting flights, a spokeswoman at Tajikistan's international airport told AFP on Tuesday, paving the way for improved relations.
A strong blast rocked Turkey`s largest Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir on Tuesday near the riot police headquarters, just days before a key referendum on boosting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan`s powers.
"There is not much worse that India can do," a Pakistani newspaper said on Tuesday as New Delhi warned Islamabad against hanging alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav.
The group from Aberystwyth University, Wales, will use a drill adapted from a car wash to cut into the Khumbu glacier in the foothills of the Everest
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien on Tuesday asked the government to talk to drought-hit farmers of Tamil Nadu to end their agitation for crop loan waiver.
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama on Tuesday wrapped up his week-long tour of Arunachal Pradesh, which Beijing had strongly objected to.
Researchers, including those from Vanderbilt University in the US, devised a new approach designed specifically to settle contentious phylogenetic tree-of-life issues.
Pakistan may not get the remaining USD 350 million of the USD 900 million coalition support fund from the US as it has not done enough against the dangerous Haqqani terror network to get the required certification from the Defence Secretary, officials said.
On December 15, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had tweeted: “Modiji 12 pass hain. Uske baad ki degree farzi hai.”
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) have made a superb start to the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) where under new skipper Glenn Maxwell, the team has won both the matches they have played so far.
A farmer's three children were charred to death after a fire broke out in their hut in Sunderpur village here, police said on Tuesday.
Veteran industrialist Adi B Godrej says those expressing concerns over GST and calling for postponement of its implementation are mainly tax evaders.
Myanmar has started shutting down three displacement camps in strife-torn Rakhine state, a senior official said Tuesday, although it was not immediately clear where the inhabitants would go.
Several minutes after a passenger recorded a video watched around the world that showed security officers dragging another passenger off an overbooked United Express flight at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, a smaller snippet of video showed an even more troubling scene.
Police have booked a 30-year-old man from Nalla Sopara area in the district for allegedly forcing his wife into flesh trade and torturing her by burning her with cigarette butts.
