Elite Iraqi forces said they were battling house by house in the Old City of Mosul on Saturday, inching towards the mosque where the Islamic State group proclaimed its "caliphate" in 2014.
The four sixes were vintage Dhoni and the 2000-odd spectators who had come to watch him in action were not disappointed. They were ecstatic when Ashoke Dinda dropped a sitter at long-off that trickled down to the boundary.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today issued an advisory for students of classes X and XII appearing for examinations on Monday in view of Jat groups threatening to intensify their agitation.
Germany's foreign minister on Saturday openly accused Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan of ramping up anti-European rhetoric in a bid to score political points back home ahead of a key referendum.
Flights will resume gradually from 1400 GMT at the south terminal of Orly airport in Paris, operator ADP said, following an incident earlier on Saturday in which a man was shot dead after attacking a patrolling soldier.
Sajid Ali, the son of missing cleric Asif Ali Nizami, on Saturday requested the agencies in Pakistan to free his father, adding the former is innocent and not involved in any unwanted activities.
A fighter jet of forces loyal to a Libyan military strongman was shot down today as it attacked jihadist positions in Benghazi, a military source said.
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday taunted Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, saying the latter is the biggest problem for the grand old party at this point of time.
His sturdy, patient knock reminded everyone of Dravid. Comparing him to the legend, gratified fans took to Twitter with their heart-felt compliments.
The suspense on who will lead the India's biggest state got over today as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders chose five-term Lok Sabha MP and party leader Yogi Adityanath as the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.
Metro trains will not travel beyond the city's borders from 11.30 PM tomorrow, while 12 stations in Central Delhi will be shut from 8 PM till further orders.
The section 144 of CrPC has been imposed in many sensitive districts, including Rohtak, Jhajjar, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri and Hisar.
Laws like AFSPA are "not imposed out of any fun" and states should create conditions where they are not needed, BJP leader Ram Madhav said today disagreeing with chief minister Mehbooba Mufti's pitch for the revocation of the Act from some areas of J&K.
Gorakhpur MP Yogi Adityanath was chosen to be the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
Taijul Islam removed Herath, who was equally stubborn but Bangladesh were yet to find an answer for Perera`s ultra-defensive batting, much-needed effort for Sri Lanka tough.
Troops at Paris' Orly airport today shot dead a man who tried to grab a soldier's weapon, triggering a major security scare that shut down the airport and left thousands of travellers stranded.
Aussie skipper Steve Smith grabbed his shoulder after taking the catch to dismiss Kohli.
Hundreds of rebels and civilians left the last opposition-held district of Homs on Saturday under a controversial Russian-supervised deal to bring Syria's third city under full government control.
Six naxals were killed after an encounter broke out in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday.
The Islamic State group claimed on Saturday a suicide bomb attack a day earlier on a camp for Bangladesh's elite security forces.
Russia on Saturday marked a low-key third anniversary of the seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, as Kiev blasted the annexation of the strategic Black Sea peninsula as a "crime".
A semi-official news agency in Iran is reporting that the daughter of the late President Akbar Hashemi Rasfanjani has been sentenced to six months in prison for "spreading lies against the judiciary."
The new Punjab Cabinet in its maiden meeting here on Saturday announced reservation for women in jobs and urban and rural local bodies and an end to use of red beacons on official vehicles by the Chief Minister, ministers, legislators and officers.
The issues, which the national federation had highlighted, were maintenance of the pitch and condition of floodlights among others
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday promised that the BJP government in Uttarakhand led by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat will return the public affection with a record development in the state.
