Pakistan have recalled all-rounder Muhammad Hafeez for their upcoming five match one day series against South Africa in the United Arab Emirates.
With his third draw in five games, the reigning world rapid champion remained in joint lead on 3.5 points and now shares the lead with Anish Giri of Holland and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan.
On what turned out to be an easy day, Anand had to stretch himself only a little as Karjakin did not attempt any complicated warfare. The result was exchanging of pieces at regular intervals and the players signed peace in an opposite coloured Bishops endgame.
The woman broke down while relating how she had been forced to strip in custody.
There is a section in the Muslim community in West Bengal that believes that the ruling TMC has not quite delivered on the promises it made.
Mominul Haque struck an unbeaten century as Bangladesh battled back bravely against New Zealand to leave the second Test and series up for grabs after an entertaining fourth day in Mirpur on Thursday.
Rajasthan Cricket Association president Lalit Modi got a shot in the arm as the Rajasthan High Court dismissed the BCCI petition challenging the civil suit filed by the state cricket body on ground of jurisdiction. The BCCI wanted the civil suit to be shifted to either Chennai or Mumbai and had argued that Rajasthan had no jurisdiction. Suspended IPL commissioner Modi, who is facing a life ban from BCCI, was elected president of Rajasthan Cricket Association in the elections held in December 2013 despite threats from the apex body. After a legal battle the Supreme Court had allowed Modi to contest elections in the light of the Sports Act prevailing in Rajasthan but also gave a green signal to BCCI to take action against RCA as per its own bylaws.
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Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi was on Monday removed as the Rajasthan Cricket Association president.
Fire brigade, Mumbai Police and civic officials rushed to the site to carry out the rescue operation.
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi claims Pak government detained him on "illegal grounds".
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday condoled the death of Jaywant Lele, the diminutive former BCCI secretary during whose tenure the match-fixing scandal broke out in 2000, and who passed away at his residence in Vadodara following a massive heart attack.
Self-styled divisional commander Bilal Habshi, was wanted in over 100 cases of killings, including those of policemen.
Following is the series of events leading to conviction of suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist Shahzad in the September 19, 2008 Batla House encounter case by a Delhi court:
The Lalit Modi faction has moved the Jaipur High Court against BJP leader Amin Pathan and few others, who allegedly removed the former Indian Premier League commissioner from the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) in a coup following a no-confidence motion.
Demoralised Bangladesh will look to end their campaign on a high when they face a rampaging New Zealand.
Suspended Indian Police Service officer D G Vanzara, an accused in a string of fake encounter killing cases, was admitted to a hospital in Ahemdabad on Saturday after he complained of chest pain.
Splendid bowling by Stuart Binny and Mohit Sharma helped India beat Bangladesh by 47 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method, in a rain-curtailed second One-day International, and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, in Mirpur, on Tuesday.
Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by five wickets to qualify for the final of the Asia Cup.
Thirty-four-year debutant Zulfiqar Babar took three key wickets then struck a six off the final ball of the match to give Pakistan a two wicket victory over West Indies in the first Twenty20 international on Saturday.
For the eighth time in a row, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court trying the seven accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks case adjourned the hearing after a government witness and prosecution lawyers did not show up on Wednesday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday announced a 15-member women's squad for a series in New Zealand and the Asia T20 Cup in Thailand but with uncertainty still prevailing over whether India would play Pakistan in the regional event.
Security agencies have been able to establish the identity of the remaining three of the five Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists who carried out a suicide attack on the Ayodhya complex on July five.
The attack occurred just minutes before leaders of interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's party were due to hold a news conference to name candidates for the January 30 election.
Zeenat, 18, died on the spot, police said.
The curator of the Sardar Patel stadium said spinners will get assistance from the second day of the Test.
Twelve top Pakistan business tycoons along with their spouses arrived in Wagah after crossing the international border through the land route on Saturday.
China has blocked India's move in the UN demanding action against Pakistan over the release of Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi in violation of a resolution of the world body as it contended that India provided insufficient information.
A Hindu religious congregation at a International Society for Krishna Consciousness temple in Bangladesh was attacked by unidentified gunmen who hurled bombs and fired gunshots at the worshippers, injuring two people in the second such incident in the same area in less than a week.
The first glimpse of Saddam Hussein's life in prison was provided in London's The Guardian newspaper on Monday.
The judge of the anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of seven Pakistani suspects charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was changed for the seventh time on Wednesday, with the current incumbent transferred to another court.
Islamic clerics on Friday barred women who are not accompanied by a close male relative from entering markets of Karak area in Pakistan's restive northwest.
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