Pakistan's beleaguered paceman Mohammed Asif quit his Indian Premier League team Delhi Daredevils with immediate effect citing personal reasons. 'My only purpose and wish is to play for my nation Pakistan again,' he said in a statement.
The Yamuna surged to a record 208.48 metres at 8 am, the Central Water Commission said on Thursday, adding that it is likely to rise to 208.75 metres by 4 pm.
India will now lock horns with South Africa for three Tests and three ODIs, beginning December 26.
Ajinkya Rahane has been retained in India's Test squad, to be led by Virat Kohli, for the South Africa series later this month.
A late strike by Vimal Pariyar helped Mohammedan Sporting garner three points with a 1-0 win over bottom-rung Vasco SC in the seventh round encounter of the ONGC I-League at the floodlit Yuba Bharati Krirangan on Friday.
Gouranga Dutta scored in the second-half as the United SC defeated Mohammadan Sporting 1-0 in the ONGC I-League at the floodlit Yuba Bharati Krirangan at Salt Lake on Saturday.
The two Kolkata teams played out a 1-1 draw in their fourth round match in the ONGC I-League football competition.
His race engineer replied that they would explain it all privately.
Mohammad Salim cited a news magazine which quoted Singh as reportedly saying -- after Narendra Modi and BJP's victory last year -- that India had the first "Hindu ruler after 800 years."
The gunfight in the Cheyan Devsar area of the south Kashmir district broke out after security forces launched a cordon and search operation there following inputs about the presence of terrorists, a police official said.
It could be part of a deliberate strategy to heal divisions within and restore the Pakistan army's image, explains Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W.
A fit-again Jasprit Bumrah was recalled to the Indian team for the T20 World Cup along with fellow pace bowler Harshal Patel, but spin all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was ruled out of the tournament because of injury.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged the Centre to intervene to ensure that levels of the Yamuna, flowing at an all-time high of 207.55 metres, don't rise further.
The former chief minister had on Tuesday alleged that Army personnel had thrashed a family in Tral town of Pulwama and injured a female member. Mufti said she was going to meet the family on Wednesday.
Violence had rocked West Bengal's rural polls on Saturday, leaving 15 people dead while ballot boxes were vandalised, ballot papers torched, and bombs thrown at rivals in several places.
The Indian Football Association slapped a three-year suspension on Mohammedan Sporting ground secretary Iqbal Ahmed for his role in heckling of its secretary.
The teams were involved in a goalless draw in the Kolkata Senior Division football League.
A week after violence erupted in Uttar Pradesh over the remarks on Prophet Muhammad by a Bharatiya Janata Party leader, no untoward incident took place following the Friday prayers, an official said in Lucknow.
A 2-0 victory enabled the Punjab team avenge the defeat they suffered in the first leg meeting in the National Football League.
East Bengal went atop the table with the win in the 10th ONGC National Football League.
The draw enabled Mohammedan Sporting end their run of defeats in the National Football League.
Local giants Mahindra United wasted chances galore but did carve out a 2-0 victory in the National Football League.
The officer said the terrorist's name surfaced during the investigation of an arms dropping case through drone from Pakistan on February 24 in Arnia sector.
Legendary Pakistan batsman and former captain Hanif Mohammad is recovering well from liver cancer after undergoing a successful surgery in London, brother and former Test cricker Mushtaq Mohammad confirmed.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said Pakistan is 'committing atrocities' against people in its occupied Kashmir and will have to bear its consequences.
Rajkummar Rao and Patralekhaa got married on November 15 at Chandigarh's Oberoi Sukhvilas Spa Resort after 11 years of courtship.
There was no immediate reaction from the PSPL on the inclusion of Shivpal Singh Yadav's name in the SP's list of campaigners.
Srinagar-based Chinar Corps tweeted a photograph of the epitaph on grave which read, 'In memory of Major Mohd Shabir Khan."
Additional sessions judge Shailender Malik granted relief to Mohd Manan Dar in a case lodged under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the IPC.
The case pertains to hatching a conspiracy, both on physical as well as cyberspace, for undertaking violent terrorist acts in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country, by cadres of Pakistan-based proscribed terrorist organisations.
The crowd at the mosque was larger than usual, unsurprisingly because it happened to be the last "Jumma" (Friday) of the holy month of Ramzan.
The 22-year-old Anas clocked 45.32 sec under hot and humid conditions at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. He also qualified for the World Championships to be held in London in August. The entry standard for the World Championships stands at 45.50secs.
19 players refused to participate in the morning practice session in protest against non-payment of dues from the club.
A 4-0 victory gave the defending champions their fifth victory from nine matches in the National Football League.
Prison officials said he was admitted to the ICU of the hospital two-three days ago.
Some of the celebrities whose names and details were used by the fraudsters are Abhishek Bachchan, Shilpa Shetty, Madhuri Dixit, Emraan Hashmi and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Shahadra Rohit Meena said.
Kohli's deputy Ajinkya Rahane will lead India in the final three Tests.
Kohli's poor show, however, hasn't affected the team much as it is playing extremely well in the white-ball games.
East Bengal tasted their maiden defeat in a super six round match of the Kolkata Super Division football league.
The result meant the last round of the Second Division NFL will decide promotion to the premier division.\n\n
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