The foreign ministers of Russia and France on Tuesday admitted they still had differences over their approaches on how to end the Syrian conflict, despite a landmark agreement for Damascus to hand over its chemical weapons.

Ravindra Jadeja continues to jointly top the bowlers’ list, while Virat Kohli is the highest-ranked Indian batsman at fourth in the latest International Cricket Council’s One Day International rankings issued Tuesday.

Drugs which have already been on the market in well-regulated countries with good post-marketing surveillance (PMS) for more than four years with a satisfactory report may be granted marketing licence

Ahead of the crucial meeting of the National Integration Council scheduled for September 23 to discuss the contentious issue of communal riots, the Intelligence Bureau, in a classified report submitted to the Union home ministry and the Cabinet Secretariat on Monday, pointed out that at least 50 districts across 13 states are “highly prone and sensitive to communal riots in the runup to the Lok Sabha elections”.

The prestigious Hero Indian Open — country’s premier Asian Tour golf event — will celebrate its golden jubilee edition at the scenic Delhi Golf Club from November 7 to 10.

The Allahabad High Court Tuesday granted two weeks time to the Uttar Pradesh government to submit its response on a Public Interest Litigation seeking direction for a CBI inquiry into all the major riots, which took place in the state after Samajwadi Party, came to power.

The Lucknow bench of justice Imtiyaz Murtaza and justice Anil Kumar Tripathi II passed the order after additional advocate general Bulbul Godiyal, appearing on behalf of the UP government, sought two weeks time to seek instructions and file response.

External affairs minister Salman Khurshid has said that the boundary dispute between India and China is “not an insurmountable problem” and that both sides are committed to getting rid of such irritan

BJP patriarch L.K. Advani on Monday appeared to have finally shed his reservation to the party leadership’s decision to anoint Narendra Modi as the prime ministerial candidate by being effusive in his praise for the Gujarat chief minister for ushering in development in his state.

Under their new Brazilian coach Marcos Falopa, East Bengal will face their first real test when they take on a spirited Semen Padang of Indonesia in the first leg of the AFC Cup quarter-finals here on Tuesday.

Former Board of Control for Cricket in India vice-president Rajiv Shukla Tuesday said that the board has not yet decided which city will host Sachin Tendulkar’s much-anticipated 200th test match during the two-match series against West Indies in November.