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The Supreme Court today upheld the government decision on Army chief Gen VK Singh's age issue and said he can't resile on his commitment accepting the date of birth as May 10, 1950, forcing him to withdraw his plea.
PM refuses to comment | Defence ministry welcomes SC order | BJP blames PM, Sonia for age row

The Bombay high court today upheld death sentence to three people, including a woman, convicted in the 2003 Mumbai twin bomb blasts case.

Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh today rejected law minister Salman Khurshid's claim that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi cried after seeing pictures of Batla House encounter, reports said. Sonia cried after seeing Batla pictures: Khurshid

As the crisis in Maldives deepened, India today sent its special envoy to Male to assess the situation in the island where former President Mohamed Nasheed has been insisting that he was ousted in a coup. Nasheed walking free despite warrant | UN envoy calls for peace | Nasheed calls for peace 

Criminal proceedings will continue against Yahoo India which had moved the Delhi high court against a lower court order summoning it for allegedly hosting objectionable content.

The European Union has asked India to use its leverage to bring Iran to the negotiating table over its nuclear programme, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said today, as Asia's third-largest economy prepares to increase trade with Tehran.

Abandoned at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for over three weeks, two-year-old battered baby Falak has been taken off the ventilator as her breathing problem is under control and showing signs of improvement, doctors attending on her said on Friday.

Describing the situation in Tibet as "grave", China has ordered authorities there to prepare themselves for "a war against secessionist sabotage" by the Dalai Lama amid reports that security forces shot dead two Tibetans protesters.

Pakistani judges on Friday agreed to allow star witness in a major scandal threatening President Asif Ali Zardari to testify abroad, resurrecting an investigation that appeared to come unstuck.

Pakistan's top court today threw out an appeal from embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani against contempt charges, paving the way for him to be indicted next week. Video

Four Border Security Force (BSF) officials were killed and two other injured on Friday in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoists in Malkangiri district, the main stronghold of Maoists in Odisha.

Two powerful car bombs rocked Syria's second largest city of Aleppo on Friday, killing 25 people and wounding 175, state TV reported as it aired gory footage of the carnage caused by the blasts.

Indian industrial production growth slowed sharply in December, its slowest pace in two months, adding to pressure on the central bank to start cutting interest rates to help stimulate an economy that is headed for its slowest growth in three years.

The anti-nuclear forum spearheading the stir against Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project on Friday demanded removal of former Atomic Energy Commission chief MR Srinivasan from the state expert panel to allay people's safety concerns, calling him "pro-nuclear".

India on Friday successfully test-fired indigenously developed interceptor missile, meant to destroy enemy ballistic missiles, at the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO)'s Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Odisha, joining a very few advanced countries who have these ballistic missile defence capabilities.