The United States and Russia on Saturday agreed on an ambitious plan to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons by the middle of next year.

Jim Furyk fired the sixth 59 in US PGA Tour history, reaching golf’s magic number in the second round of the BMW Championship.

Congress leader Digvijay Singh has said he committed a “mistake” by allotting land to Asaram Bapu, who is facing rape charges, during his tenure as chief minister and demanded that BJP government cancel the lease.

In a bid to take on the spot assessment of the communal riots, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. The area witnessed deadly communal riots about a week ago in which a number of people have lost their lives.

At least 14 Maoists, including a woman, were killed in an exchange of fire with security personnel in Saliakota forest near Padia in Orissa’s Malkangiri district, nearly 750 km from here, late on Friday night, the police said on Saturday.

Reigning I-League champions Churchill Brothers on Saturday lashed out at the All India Football Federation for failing to pay them the full winners’ prize money besides other dues, a day after the AIFF directed the club to pay salaries to two of its players.

A coal mine collapse has killed at least 27 miners in the north of Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday, with rescue efforts under way to save about 12 workers trapped underground.

UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is expected to visit the riot-hit areas in Muzaffarnagar district on Sunday.
This will be the first time that the chief minister is visiting the riot-affected areas in western UP.

The series between India A and West Indies beginning at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Sunday may be purely of statistical relevance. But for many former India players in the squad it offers an opportunity to prove they still have the wares to display on the international circuit.

Ace Indian golfer Shiv Kapur has said that the inclusion of the sport at the 2016 Olympics was a great opportunity for him to realise the dream of winning a gold at the quadrennial event.