Dara Singh, serving a life sentence for the murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons, and 12 others were acquitted on Monday in a case relating to the burning of a truck and murder of its helper.
A despondent Serena Williams grudgingly faced reporters after her 7-6 6-1 defeat to top seed Justine Henin in Tuesday's quarter-finals of the U.S. Open, tears staining her cheeks after the bitter result.
The first devastating images emerged on Wednesday of the blood-soaked classrooms where 132 innocent children and nine teachers were massacred by the Taliban. Horrifying pictures revealed the carnage wrought by seven extremist gunmen who sprayed children with bullets as they sat receiving first aid tuition and exploded suicide bombs in a room of 60 pupils.
A Muslim woman's hijab was allegedly ripped off in the United States by a man who she claimed beat her "like an animal" and repeatedly stepped on her head, prompting calls for a hate crime probe.
Locals drove Das to a hospital in nearby Mirpur Mathelo where he was treated for his wounds.
Kalashnikov-wielding terrorists in police uniforms on Wednesday gunned down 47 Shia Ismaili Muslims, including 16 women, shooting them in the head as they attacked their bus in Pakistan's volatile Karachi city in the latest sectarian violence claimed by the dreaded Islamic State terror group.
A lager-soaked film aiming shamelessly for male laughs.
Australian Open organisers are on high alert amid fears ethnic clashes between Serbs and Croats that marred the opening day of the Grand Slam could erupt again.
The First Citizen is set to visit one of the sites of last Tuesday's bomb blasts
Citizen protests will be held in Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru simultaneously on June 28, to reflect the "anger and grief" of the people.
Sources said while the test report of Rahul showed presence of the two psychotropic substances, the gastric lavage of Maitra showed traces of ethanol also besides metabolites of heroin and cocaine.
India's Acting High Commissioner T C A Raghavan, who was summoned by the Pakistan Foreign Office for lodging a strong protest over the premeditated and cowardly act, said the alleged incident would be investigated.
"As the weapon has not been recovered yet by the investigating agency, the question of reliability on such report does not arise," she added.
Showcasing the creativity of a new generation of talent. Seven Gen Next designers presented their creations at the Lakm Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2015.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the 21st century is India's century and attributed the sudden change in India's fortune to the commitment, strength and pledge of the 125 crore people of the country.
Why does any talk about reproduction, or condoms, or sanitary napkins make us so uncomfortable, wonders Divya Nair.
Doctor who conducted the post-mortem says the child died of excessive bleeding.
Kumaraswamy made the stunning claim that the BJP offered the MLAs of his party Rs 100 crore and ministerial berths.
Army troops have foiled an infiltration bid by a group of militants along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Former Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso withdrew from the Tour de France on Monday after revealing he has testicular cancer.
Shahrukh Khan, J N Dixit, R K Laxman, Azim Premji are among the 96 people who have been conferred with this year's Padma awards.
She played a high-profile role in the battle to end white-minority rule. However, her place in history was also stained by controversy.
'Worse disasters -- both natural and man-made -- have come and gone in our country. We are here because our ancestors and we survived.'
Her death under the custody of Assam Rifles sparked off statewide agitation for the withdrawal of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
Three burqa-clad Taliban terrorists stormed the training institute and opened indiscriminate fire, killing at least 12 people, half of them students, before being shot dead by security forces on Friday.
The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.
Whirlpool of India on Tuesday said it was eyeing 400,000 appliances sale this festival season, backed by an innovative promotion scheme but would not offer any price discounts for purchases made during this period.
The fatwa says the minister has no place in the Muslim community.
'Another change of coach will effect our growth and we will have to start from the scratch. And whatever may be the reason for Ramesh Sir's and Mithali Raj's conflicts, they should solve it across the table like a family and call it truce. This will provide more sense and security to them and the entire team'
District and Sessions Judge M N Patnaik, while sentencing Dara Singh, the main accused in the murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons, said: "This is one of the rarest of rare cases."
He and 14 others had been accused of looting the Kendumundi weekly market on November 15, 1998.\n\n\n\n
Take a cue from these celebrity weddings and glam up your wedding look.
A powerful car bomb exploded outside a Shiite imambargah at a busy market.
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