Eight foreigners have been acquitted of the charge of possessing seven kgs of heroin by a Delhi court, which said there were several “discrepancies” and “contradictions” in the prosecution’s case.

Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik today ruled out any tie up between his party BJD and the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, asserting that Third Front is a “very healthy” option.

Gold futures prices today fell by 2.95 per cent to trade at over one-year low of Rs 27,100 per 10 gram as speculators engaged in offloading their positions after the precious metal dropped to two-year low in overseas markets.

A Pakistani election tribunal today rejected former President Pervez Musharraf’s appeal against the rejection of his nomination papers for a parliamentary constituency in the southern port city of Karachi.

Against the backdrop of the apex court refusing to commute death sentence of Khalistani terrorist Devenderpal Singh Bhullar, Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his deputy Sukhbir Singh Badal met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here today.

Mirza Himayat Baig, the lone arrested accused in the 2010 German Bakery blast case, was today found guilty by a Pune court, on charges of murder and criminal conspiracy in the bombing that had left 17 people dead and over 60 injured.

Dr Hilary Koprowski, the Polish-born researcher who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio, died this week at his Philade-lphia home. He was 96.

Gangnam Style star Psy’s new music video had been watched more than 10 million times on YouTube less than 24 hours after he unveiled his much-anticipated new dance in Seoul, the website showed on Sund

The French government will specially invite actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for the Cannes Film Festival scheduled later in 2013 which will also celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema, a senior diplomat

Ruling himself out from the race for prime ministership, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today said he does not nurse such “illusions” with the little strength his party has.