India

In a blistering attack on old companion BJP, Nitish Kumar on Saturday slammed the party for destroying "Brand Bihar" through its tactics of spreading "rumour" and fomenting fear.

Bolt and Farah lead a cast of the world's leading athletes descending on Glasgow to compete in the Commonwealth Games.

"(Matmo) has entered the Philippine area of responsibility. We should get ready now before the heavy rains fall," President Benigno Aquino's spokeswoman Abigail Valte said.

Top-seeded Wozniacki advanced to the semi-finals after being taken to three sets by eighth-seeded Pliskova.

Moderate to heavy rains in north India on Friday dipped temperatures providing relief to people from sultry weather and bringing cheers to farmers, but forced suspension of the annual Char Dham pilgrimage in Uttarakhand.

Barthel of Germany beat Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 6-2, 7-6 in the Swedish Open quarter-finals.

The bench said that the Registrar General will communicate the decision to the apex court before July 25.

Earlier, Rammasun made landfall in Wenchang City in the island province of Hainan at 3:30 PM on Friday.

Talabani's return comes as Iraq is in the grips of its worst crisis in years, with jihadist-led Sunni militants controlling large swathes of the country's west and north.

Basit said the meeting between Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during Modi's May 26 swearing-in ceremony and the bilateral talks a day later here "was a good beginning".

With a view of ensuring smooth and peaceful transit of Kanwar pilgrims, traffic plying on Delhi-Haridwar national highway has been diverted till July 25 to prevent any untoward incident.

Funny man Vir Das comes up with his own list of sorts in 'Amit Sahni Ki list' where he plays Amit Sahni.

An angry mob beat a youth to death at a village in Vaishali district early on Friday suspecting him of being a thief.

World and Olympic champion Fraser-Pryce believes last weekend's Glasgow Grand Prix was a turning point in her comeback from injury.

Currently seeded Second, Roberta Vinci advanced to the quarter-finals When Dulgheru retired with a injury while trailing.

Emraan Hashmi will play a con man in Kunal Deshmukh's 'Raja Natwarlal' co-starring Pakistani actress Humaima Malick.