New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the prevalent practices of polygamy and 'nikah halala' among the Muslims and sought responses from the Centre and the Law Commission.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission that an earlier

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday sought a five-day-custody of former media baron Peter Mukerjea in connection with the INX Media case.

Mukerjea was produced before a Delhi court earlier today.

Mukerjea-owned INX Media Ltd had allegedly paid bribes to get a Foreign Investment

New Delhi: The Congress and the BJP today again locked horns on the prickly issue of data sharing with Rahul Gandhi dubbing Prime Minister Narendra Modi the "Big Boss who likes to spy on Indians" and the ruling party accusing the opposition party of "theft".

Taking to Twitter after allegations

Jerusalem: Israeli police were questioning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today as part of an investigation into a corruption case involving the country's telecom giant, one of a slew of scandals that have engulfed the long-ruling Israeli leader.

Two Netanyahu confidants were arrested on suspicion of promot

Mexico City: Social media network Twitter has signed an agreement with Mexico's National Electoral Institute (INE) to distribute official information during the lead-up to July's general elections.

Mexico's electoral authority has already agreed a similar accord with Facebook and is preparing another w

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Following an Intelligence Bureau alert, the Ministry of Home Affairs has warned all state governments that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) may attempt to procure a chemical called thallium sulfate from a Gujarat-based company in order to carry out a chemical attack.

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Jakarta: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia in the early hours of Monday, triggering a brief tsunami alert that was swiftly lifted, according to seismic monitoring organisations.

The quake struck deep at some 171 kilometres (106 miles) below the surface of the earth in the Banda Sea, the US Ge

Riyadh: Saudi forces intercepted a missile over the capital Riyadh late Sunday, in an apparent Huthi rebel attack which coincides with the third anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen.

Witnesses reported loud explosions and bright flashes in the sky, but there were no immediate reports

Moscow: A devastating fire at a shopping centre in a Siberian city killed 37 people and left 69 others missing Sunday, many of them children, a Russian state news agency reported.

The Tass agency quoted firefighters as saying that 40 of the missing at the four-story Winter Cherry mall in Kemerovo were children. An

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will begin his second phase of treatment at a hospital in US from tomorrow, Assembly Speaker Pramod Sawant today said.

Parrikar, 62, is presently admitted in the hospital in US for treatment of the pancreatic ailment.

"(The) Chief minister had a telephonic