The woman was walking alone in Chingford, east London, when she was accosted by her attackers.
India Test captain Virat Kohli termed the ball-tampering allegations against him as a ploy to 'shift focus from the series' and he pointed out that the International Cricket Council would have spoken to him had there been any iota of truth in the matter.
The head of world athletics Sebastian Coe faced fresh allegations about his involvement in the controversial award of the 2021 world championships to the American city of Eugene on Tuesday, but insisted he had acted fairly throughout.
LeT commander Abdul Rehman al-Dakhil was named as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) by the Department of State.
AMU has once again been pulled into a crossfire of crass political opportunism. In these post-truth times, that the university also had political stirrings not subscribing to the Muslim League is chosen to be forgotten, says Mohammad Sajjad.
An Indian-origin minister has been dropped from British Premier Gordon Brown's cabinet and replaced as under-secretary of state in the department for communities and local government by another parliamentarian of Asian descent. In a reshuffle, Gloucester MP Parmjit Dhanda, was dropped from the Council of Ministers while the prime minister's confidante Ugandan-born Baroness Shriti Vadera was promoted to the post of parliamentary secretary and Cabinet office minister.
'A lack of strategic trust and the 'persistent security dilemma' prevails between India and China,' points out Dr Rup Narayan Das.
'Modi is the first BJP leader to try to include Dalits in its fold.' 'But the rank and file of his party is backward and want to bash up Muslims and Dalits whenever they have a chance.'
The Reserve Bank of India is not a free agent. It never has been, nor should it ever be.
Gold is seen as a preferred asset for all types of investors, even central banks.
The International Cricket Council Cricket Committee, chaired by Anil Kumble, has suggested that Marylebone Cricket Club should 'strongly consider' limiting the dimensions of bats to restore balance in the game.
Formula One's governing body approved a proposal to switch the date of next year's Monaco Grand Prix to May 16 on Wednesday but left a question mark over the Canadian and British races.
In the wake of the tragic death of late Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes, a British-based firm has come forth with its reformed prototype helmet aimed at giving better protection for the players.
British authorities have barred a middle-aged Indian doctor from practicing for a year and threatened to revoke his license permanently after he was accused by a woman patient of behaving indecently during a breast examination. At the general Medical Council hearing in Manchester, it was ruled that Pattar's fitness to practice had been 'impaired' and that a 12-month suspension was imposed on his registration with the GMC.
India-born Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as president elect of Britain's prestigious Royal Society.
US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameroon have jointly warned Syria that it would face a "serious response" if it is found that Syrian forces used chemical weapons on civilians.
Dina Wadia, Jinnah's only daughter and Nusli Wadia's late mother, moved the high court in 2007 to regain control of the estate.
Britain has revoked visas issued to two prominent members of organisations with right-wing leanings from Kerala after the Indian community in the UK complained against their visit.
When Correa was hailed as India's greatest architect in 2013, he said, 'Greatest is so...so definite. Most innovative might have been better'
Cricket, a sport dominated by Britain and former British colonies such as Australia and India, has only once featured in a Games - in Paris in 1900.
Spot-fixing-tainted pacer Mohammad Amir is eligible for national team selection though it's up to the selectors to pick him or not, the Pakistan Cricket Board said.
'If the Ram Mandir is made, it is because of the collective strength of our country.'
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Unaware of the historical marker outside Bandra railway station, hawkers used it to display their wares, reports Anil Singh.
Zimbabwe have agreed to skip next year's Twenty20 World Cup in England to end a stalemate with the International Cricket Council (ICC), Zimbabwe Cricket chairman Peter said.Zimbabwe is expected to remain as one of the ICC's 10 full members, a status given to Test-playing nations.
A Pakistan cricket board official has said they will send their A team to Zimbabwe from August 20 as planned.
India maintains that the Kashmir issue is a bilateral one and no third party has any role in it.
Tennis must consider shortening matches in a bid to engage with a younger fanbase and avoid losing television viewers, according to former ATP Player Council president and doubles specialist Eric Butorac.
For many years now, India has given the Commonwealth short shrift so its support for the Commonwealth trade initiative signals a renewed interest in the body.
Symbolising the growing influence of Hindus in the United Kingdom, a prestigious British college has appointed an Indian for the first time to impart religious teaching. Head of the Hindu Academy and Education Director for the Hindu Council in UK, Jay Lakhani will provide pastoral support and religious teaching to Hindu boys at Eton college and contribute to its inter-faith activities.
Committee of secretaries is working on the formula and it is understood that EAC is also being asked to go through the formula.
Embroiled in a race row with Australia's Andrew Symonds, Harbhajan Singh will appear before a disciplinary hearing in Sydney on Sunday amid indications that the controversial Indian off-spinner will escape a ban due to lack of evidence.
England one-day international captain Eoin Morgan has played down the need for a new world league in the shorter format of the game, adding that the World Cup and Champions Trophy remain appealing enough to attract audiences. The International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to discuss a new league of 13 teams at their annual meeting in Edinburgh this month, with the top two finishers playing off in a final in a revamp of the ODI format, according to media reports. However, Morgan said that the current 50-overs format was exciting for viewers, despite being threatened by the emergence of the Twenty20 cricket.
India will face hosts England at Derby on the opening day of the ICC Women's World Cup which gets underway on June 24.
'Some Indians take the extreme view that everything was known to our ancients, but others go to the opposite extreme and consider everything Indian was superstition and rubbish.' 'Indian science was perhaps more rational than the European science of the time.'
A leaked investigation report into an alleged plot to takeover school syllabus in some of Britain's schools has found attempts by extremists to introduce an "intolerant and aggressive Islamist ethos."
'We are known political activists, so the police put our names in.'
As per the latest law of the Labour Government, men with multiple wives will be given extra financial benefits in UK.
The focus will be on K L Rahul and Vijay Shankar, contenders for the number four slot, in the World Cup warm up match against New Zealand, in London, on Saturday.
Britain favours closer engagement with Gujarat and its Chief Minister Narendra Modi to realize the country's wide-ranging objectives in the state, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
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