US President Donald Trump on Tuesday played down the importance of Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman's possible implication in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said the episode will not affect the steadfast alliance of Washington and Riyadh.


US will stand with Saudi Arabia: Trump


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A suicide bombing on Tuesday at a hall in Kabul where hundreds of religious scholars had gathered to commemorate the Prophet Muhammad's birthday left at least 50 people dead and more than 70 others wounded, officials said.


Suicide bomb attack in Kabul kills at least 50


The Ahmedabad Sessions Court here on Tuesday framed sedition charges against firebrand Patidar agitation spearhead Hardik Patel and two of his former associates in connection with alleged rioting after a massive Patel rally in Ahmedabad on August 25, 2015.


Ahmedabad court frames sedition charges against Hardik


The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on Tuesday said that it had detained a suspected participant in the 1995 terrorist attack in the southern Russian city of Budyonnovsk, in which 129 people were killed and 415 were injured.


Russia detains suspected 1995 terrorist attack participant


Hours after a middle-aged man with chilli powder attacked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the Delhi Secretariat, Delhi police booked the accused person, who was found to be unstable.


Police booked unstable man for attacking Kejriwal


In the second such conviction leading to capital punishment in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a trial court awarded the death penalty to a man after holding him guilty of murder while another person was given life imprisonment in the case.


Court awards death penalty in 1984 riots case


The NIA on Tuesday named Pakistan-based UN-designated terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad's (JeM) deputy chief Maulana Abdul Rouf Asgar, the brother of outlawed organisation's founder Maulana Masood Azhar, and 13 others in its chargesheet in 2016 Nagrota terror attack case.


Nagrota terror attack: NIA chargesheet names JeM chief's brother, 13 others


The Haryana government on Tuesday announced it has abolished the necessity of carrying original documents such as driving license, vehicle registration and pollution certificate.


Haryana abolishes need for original documents of vehicles


Taking exception to a leak of CBI Director Alok Verma's response to the CVC's report submitted in a sealed cover before it a day ago, the Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing of the case till November 29.


SC adjourns CBI hearing post 'leak' of Verma's response


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to the in-laws of an air hostess who fell to her death from the terrace of her home here in July.


Air hostess suicide: HC grants bail to in-laws


Former Bihar Minister Manju Verma, who had been absconding for nearly three months in an arms case related to the Muzaffarpur shelter home horror, surrendered at a court on Tuesday. She has been sent to 14 days' judicial custody.


Muzaffarpur horror: Absconding Bihar ex-Minister surrenders


The Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and major poultry industry players over illegal killing of unwanted chickens.


Andhra, Telangana get notice over killing chickens


A court on Tuesday awarded death penalty to a man and life imprisonment to another after holding them guilty of murder in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.


Court awards death penalty for 1984 riots


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved order on a plea accusing Ankiv Baisoya of submitting fake educational certificates to get admission in the university and seeking re-election for the post of President of the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU).


HC reserves order on plea for re-election of DUSU chief


A Vietnamese activist will be tried on Thursday for insulting the national flag, which is punishable in the country with up to three years in prison, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.


Vietnamese activist to stand trial for insulting national flag


US President Donald Trump is expected to grant a new authority to American troops on the Southwest border with Mexico to protect border personnel from migrants if they engage in violence, according to defence officials.


Trump might authorise troops to protect border personnel


Facebook-owned photo sharing platform Instagram has announced the latest step to purge inauthentic likes, follows and comments from accounts that used third-party apps to boost their popularity.


Instagram removes fake likes, comments to fight automated bots


Cameroon and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have agreed to lay the groundwork for security ties between both countries, the president of Cameroon said in a statement on Monday.


Cameroon, Saudi to begin security cooperation


CNN on Monday ended its lawsuit against US President Donald Trump after the White House returned reporter Jim Acosta's press pass, media reported.


White House restores CNN reporter Acosta's press pass


The UN on Monday urged all parties to work to maintain the "precarious" restoration of calm reached between Israel and Palestinian authorities in the Gaza Strip after the escalation of violence last week, warning of the potential eruption of a new armed conflict in the region.


UN urges all parties work to ensure calm between Israel, Gaza


US Treasury on Monday announced that it has imposed sanctions on a South African national for his alleged action of helping Pyongyang "evade US sanctions."

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