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New Delhi, Dec 6: The third cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka ended in a draw after the visitors reached 299 for 5 and the two captains agreed to call off the match on the fifth and final day here today. Brief Scores: India: 536/7d and 246/5d Sri Lanka: 373 and 299/5 in 103 overs (Dhananjaya de Silva 119, Roshen Silva 74; Ravindra Jadeja 3/81).

New Delhi, Dec 6: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Bombay High Court to conduct a trial and examination of the witnesses in the rape case against former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal. The apex court has also asked the state high court to decide on Tarun Tejpal's plea seeking discharge. Earlier on September 28, a Goa court charged Tejpal with rape, sexual harassment and outraging

New Delhi, Dec 6: The Indian Premier League's Governing Council on Wednesday cleared the decks for M S Dhoni's return to Chennai Super Kings, which will make a comeback to the league in the 2018 edition after serving a two-year suspension. The IPL Governing Council, after a meeting here, allowed CSK and Rajasthan Royals, which was also banned for alleged spot-fixing and betting, to retain the

Lucknow, Dec 6: The hearing of the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid tittle suits may have begun in the Supreme Court, raising hopes of an early settlement of the vexed issue but the progress in the mosque demolition case remains tardy. A judicial verdict seems a long way off even 25 years after the disputed structure was razed by thousands of karsevaks on December 6, 1992, in Ayodhya. Currently, the

Russia was banned on Tuesday from the 2018 Winter Games by the International Olympic Committee over its state-orchestrated doping programme, but clean Russian athletes will be allowed to compete under an Olympic flag. The sanction was the toughest ever levelled by the IOC for drug cheating and came just 65 days ahead of the Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. In announcing the decision, IOC

Chandigarh, Dec 5: Senior Haryana BJP leader Sural Amu on Tuesday dared directors to cast former porn star Sunny Leone as a Hindu deity in films. Hardline Hindutva leader Amu had recently announced a Rs 10 crore bounty for beheading Padmavati actor Deepika Padukone and director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. He drew an uncanny parallel trying to suggest the dangers attached to the offensive representation

New Delhi, Dec 5: As many as 39 people have perished and 167 fishermen were still missing after cyclone Ockhi hit Tamil Nadu and Kerala coasts while 809 others were swept away to Maharashtra, the Union Home Ministry said today. Joint Secretary in the ministry Sanjeev Kumar Jindal also said the cyclone is slowing down and would have no impact in Gujarat, where the first of the two-phased assembly

Beirut, Dec 5: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has formally rescinded his resignation following a consensus deal reached with rival political parties. The announcement came at the end of the first Cabinet meeting to be held since Lebanon was thrown into a political crisis following Hariri’s stunning Nov. 4 move. Hariri shocked the nation with his bizarre resignation in a televised broadcast

Ayodhya, Dec 5: The key litigants in the 25-year-old Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute will not be part of the final proceedings in the Supreme Court. The reached the local court in 1949 when Mahant Ramchandradas Paramhans approached it for allowing 'darshan and pujan' (worshipping and paying obeisance) to Ram Lalla. In the same city, Hashim Ansari also approached the court for removing Lord

Mumbai, Dec 5: Mumbai braced for Cyclone Ockhi, with areas near the metropolis witnessing a spell of hailstorm, while schools and colleges in the city and adjoining districts have been closed on Tuesday as a precautionary measure. Some parts of the Munbai-Pune Expressway experienced a hailstorm early on Tuesday, police said. The weather department has forecast intermittent rains in Mumbai and