It is not yet clear who was behind the blast but Afghanistan's Shia have faced a series of sectarian attacks in recent months claimed by the Islamic State Sunni Muslim militant group.
Banned Students Islamic Movement of India chief Safdar Hussein Nagori on Monday admitted before police officials that a meeting of important leaders of the outfit took place at Ujjain just before the Mumbai train blasts, which claimed a large number of lives. However, Indore range Inspector General Anil Kumar told reporters that it is too early for the investigating team to establish whether the particular meeting took place to plot the Mumbai train blasts.
Twenty-six year-old George Hussein Onyango Obama, the youngest of the presidential candidate's half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of the Democratic contender for the most powerful post in the world.
'That would be ridiculous and uncharacteristic of the PM.' 'It is also not how things happen in illiberal States.' 'In such places, lower-level functionaries of every rank and hue seek to ingratiate themselves with the highest authority by going pell-mell after dissenters and outsiders,' points out Mihir S Sharma.
The 18 new members were elected by absolute majority through a secret ballot.
Another wildcard has entered the pack of candidates challenging Sepp Blatter for the presidency of FIFA in May's election -- Mino Raiola, a soccer agent whose clients include Mario Balotelli and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
All kinds of people have tremendous expectations of Obama in the years ahead. If he manages to live up to anywhere close to the hype and hope, he could one day be declared a great president --and find himself on a piece of US currency.
India can positively engage Obama by seeking his cooperation in an initiative for a reform of the global governance system.This means moving away from parochial, short-term preoccupations and thinking big. Can our policymakers muster the will to do this?
Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein pretended to possess weapons of mass destruction to prevent a possible Iranian attack but never thought that America would invade Iraq and overthrow him. The deposed Iraqi dictator, who was executed in 2006, revealed this information to Federal Bureau of Investigation's special agent George Piro, who interrogated him after his capture in 2003.
What the Indian economy looks like next January will influence her view on India, not her genetics, notes Shekhar Gupta.
Addressing a 'Hindu Panchayat' in Sitapur, Togadia said Hindus hesitate from openly speaking on the issues concerning their society.
Most countries are opposed to the death penalty.
A top officer of the Indian Administrative Service in Uttar Pradesh is in trouble for holding a fashion show at his official bungalow in Lucknow.While Agriculture Production Commissioner Anis Ansari was given marching orders on Wednesday, his fashion designer wife Asma Hussein claimed that her husband had been targeted by an influential lobby.
The election to replace outgoing Sepp Blatter will take place at an extraordinary congress on February 26 in Zurich.
Asian silver-medallist Sumit Sangwan (91kg) and World silver-medallist Sarjubala Devi (51kg) are among four Indian boxers assured of medals after scoring facile victories in the inaugural India Open, for men and women, in Delhi on Monday.
What Pakistani voters and Barack Obama have demonstrated is the power of hope, of hope that the democratic process offers the chance of enacting genuine change.
Meet the men who shall face off against FIFA president Sepp Blatter
Barzan Ibrahim, Saddam's half brother and former intelligence chief, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court, were involved in the killing of 148 Shiite Muslims in 1982.
The father of Indian worker Sheikh Sarang Mohammad Naeem, who was kidnapped in western Afghanistan two days ago, on Wednesday appealed to the captors to release his son and asked the Centre to make special efforts for his safe return. Mohammad Hussein Sarang said he had sent an e-mail to the Afghanistan Embassy, asking Kabul to take steps to secure the release of his 30-year-old son. Naeem and his taxi driver were kidnapped by gunmen in Herat province of Afghanistan.
All India Football Federation (AIFF) chief Praful Patel is hopeful of establishing fruitful relations with new FIFA president Gianni Infantino and work towards the development of the game in the country.
Twelve people, including two girls, were injured in running battles between protesters and police lasting several hours.
Reports said the former Iraqi dictator had been handed over to Iraqi authorities for execution and his lawyers had been asked to collect his personal belongings.
King Abdullah said India must play a role in the Palestinian issue.
Some 40,000 Rohingyas have settled in India, and 16,000 of them have received refugee documentation, the UN estimates.
Malaysia on Wednesday said 122 potential objects have been spotted in new satellite imagery in the "most credible lead" so far in tracing the Malaysian airliner that crashed in southern Indian Ocean.
Pakistan said that Jadhav is not an ordinary person as he had entered the country with the intent of spying and carrying out sabotage activities.
Jahnavi is the most visible face of anti-AIDS campaign in eastern India.
Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday, four days after being re-elected to a fifth term.
The two men had been found guilty of crimes against the civilian population of the town of Dujail in 1982.
Talking to newsmen in Bangalore on Monday, Sharief said Saddam's hanging was nothing, but a "brutal act committed by United States and its ally Britain."
Ban has not taken any stand on the fairness or otherwise of the trial, the UN said.
Does the new UN secretary-general support the death penalty? He won't say clearly.
FIFA presidential candidate Luis Figo says he has no plans to quit his campaign.
The world body's headquarters was closed on Saturday and the statement of Qazi was posted on its website.
"The execution of the death sentence will be a form of judicial assassination," the CPI(M) said, urging all sections of the people to protest the death sentence.
The three, hailing from Mumbai, were part of a 12-member group on a pilgrimage to the Shia holy place.
The report has named Natwar Singh as a beneficiary.
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