
The Bombay High Court on Thursday lifted the ban on Nestle's flagship instant noodle brand Maggi and called for fresh tests within six weeks to again check if it complies with the country's food safety norms. ...
Almost 300 children were forced to have sex in front of mobile phone cameras, said a Pakistani daily which added that these children and their families need urgent psychological treatment as well as a rehabilitation programme....

At least 11 people were injured in a grenade explosion in a mosque compound in Kashmir's Shopian district on Thursday, an official said....
Starting Wednesday, the micro-blogging site Twitter lifted the 140-character limit for its 300 million-plus users to send direct messages, an Indian-origin Twitter official has announced....
At least 17 people have been killed and 400 injured in a blast at a warehouse in China's Tianjin city late Wednesday, media reported on Thursday. ...
The Kerala government is working on a master plan to create a billion dollar startups campus, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Wednesday....

A meeting of leaders of the Trinamool Congress, JD-U, SP and National Conference was held on Wednesday at NCP chief Sharad Pawar's residence here with an initial aim to join hands to contain the BJP in the forthcoming Bihar elections, informed sources said....
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday ruled out the resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj over the Lalit Modi issue and hit out at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, saying he was an expert without knowledge....

The ruling BJP on Wednesday attacked the Congress in the Lok Sabha for the "wrong steps" taken to bring back former IPL chief Lalit Modi and rejected the opposition party's allegations against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. ...
Former IPL chief Lalit Modi said he has not got any Enforcement Directorate summons, and also denied meeting Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi or his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. ...