The local version of soccer is dubbed 'lapotball'. 'Lapot' in Russian refers to the traditional shoes made of vine which Mordovian residents used to wear in olden days.
Twelve people, including two girls, were injured in running battles between protesters and police lasting several hours.
Normal life remained paralysed for the 42nd day in the Valley which has been rocked by violence after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces on July 8.
Singh instructed officials to try their best to restore peace in the border state as early as possible.
Smith's career was thrown into turmoil in March for his role in the incident that took place in South Africa and earned the former Australia captain a 12-month ban from national and state teams. However, the suspension does not extend to domestic tournaments outside his home nation.
Restrictions on assembly of four or more people were in force in rest of the Valley as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order.
Canada's Parliament came under attack on Wednesday with a barrage of gunshots fired both inside and outside the building as a soldier was killed in the assault and a man with a rifle was gunned down by security forces.
"There are differences in the (PDP-BJP) coalition, no body can deny that. If you need evidence, just look at chief minister's iftaar party in Delhi yesterday where no Central BJP leader was present," said Omar Abdullah
A recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
As competition hots up, airlines are doling out freebies to wean away customers.
Beijing's sky was gloomy and the ground largely deserted.
Indian businessmen in Uganda are waking up to a new threat: China. As the new age Great Game unfolds in natural resources-rich Africa, they have started to feel the heat of the dragon.
The complex stands on a plot of land owned by Central Public Works Department and was illegally built in connivance with municipal officials, according to police.
Police said a pre-planted IED near a paramilitary barricade went off on Friday morning.
An anonymous letter threatened to blow up the buildings on May 24.
For Dawood Ibrahim, match-fixing was a sort of 'clean job' as no force or killing were required and only a few players here and there had to be 'fixed' and the money shared, says a new book on the subject.
Srinagar is under a massive security blanket for the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi's poll rally on Monday afternoon.
A record number of 11 Indian Americans are on ballot for the US House of Representatives. Of these nine are from the opposition Democratic party and two are Republicans.
According to insiders, police 'have left no stone unturned in dissuading Mamata from conducting the Wednesday meeting.
'This happened five blocks from my home. As I drive back home from work, dreary sirens remind me that this is the state of the world,' Priyanka Chopra tweets.
Toronto was the location of Guru's premiere; a first for Bollywood.
This is the third module of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit to be busted by the police in the valley within a fortnight.
Japan basked in the glow of its World Cup soccer team's historic win over Colombia, a victory that has lifted the nation's mood after an earthquake struck its second-biggest metropolis Osaka.
Dar was sent to a detention camp where people without valid papers or visas are remanded even though he had showed his student identity card to the officials.
Tamil Nadu parties are using Hindi to woo north Indian voters in the upcoming elections.
The attack comes only a day after three people, including two militants, died in an assault on a Border Security Force camp in Sopore, north Kashmir.\n
The 69-year-old Republican front-runner made the blunder while campaigning on the eve of the high-stakes presidential primary in New York by getting the date of the 2001 WTC attacks.
At least three blasts went off on Jimbaran beach, which is lined with seafood restaurants frequented by tourists, the report said.
The teenager was injured in clashes between protesters and security forces in Harwan on Friday.
Haroon Rashid Aswat, believed to be the mastermind behind the July 7 London bombings that killed 56 people, made his living by selling CDs in downtown Johannesburg and was known in his neighbourhood as a "nice family man."
A towering inferno has ripped through a residential skyscraper in the United Arab Emirates -- the third such incident in just over a year.
Clinton, 68, and Republican rival Donald Trump separately had visited the memorial site, but they did not address the event.
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