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Italy's Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing Silvio Berlusconi's last appeal against a jail sentence and ban from public office in a case which could endanger the country's shaky coalition government if the conviction is confirmed.

Facing difficulty in finding suitable match for their daughters, Indian-origin Sikhs in Afghanistan are getting them married at an age when they are hardly educated or fully grown up, an MP of the country said in Patiala on Tuesday. "Girls there are worst...

Seventy six students of a government school in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district on Tuesday fell ill after consuming their mid-day meal in which a dead lizard was found. The children of the higher primary school in Baneda complained of nausea after having the...

The Nalanda University (NU) will be getting six million dollars for the proposed mega library project. Singapore’s minister for foreign affairs, who visited Rajgir on Monday, said that three acclaimed academicians had agreed to donate the funds which woul...

Oosthuizen had to withdraw from the US Open and the British Open because of injuries to his neck, back and hip.

DCBA vice-president Deepak Tanwar asked Mohammad Azharuddin -- the newly-appointed DBA president -- to stay away from the sport.

Two persons were injured, one due to stabbing and another in firing, when a gang of cattle smugglers allegedly opened firing and attacked the villagers who woke up to stop them at Kama town of Bharatpur district in the wee hours of Tuesday, police said.

Amartya Sen vs Jagdish Bhagwati: whose economic model is better suited to tackle India's poverty?

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton held two hours of talks with Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi, in custody since shortly after the July 3 coup, her spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

Relief operations in disaster-hit Uttarakhand picked up on Tuesday as the weather remained clear for the second consecutive day with choppers, loaded with foodgrains and other essentials flying to affected villages in the worst hit Rudraprayag, Chamoli an...

A man allegedly strangulated his wife to death in Jansath town after she failed to bear a child in their 12-year-long wedded life, police said on Tuesday.

Eight incidents of theft were reported from different areas of the district, police said on Tuesday.

In the April-June quarter, Leyland reported a loss of Rs 142 crore compared to a profit of Rs 67 crore in the same period last year.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has released sketches of five suspects in the July 7 serial bomb explosions at Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple in Bihar.

Rohit Shetty, SRK and Deepika Padukone along with Yo Yo Honey Singh pay an unique tribute to Rajinikanth.

Two trains collided head-on in western Switzerland, killing one of the drivers and injuring 35 passengers, at least five of them seriously, police have said. The accident happened on Monday in Granges-pres-Marnand shortly before 7:00 pm (2230 IST), accord...