Новости за 26.02.2016

Whenever these two teams face each other, it's always been like Indian batsmen against Pakistan bowlers.

Mumbai crushed Saurashtra in the summit clash by an innings and 21 runs, inside three days.

Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani's remarks about goddess Durga in the Rajya Sabha generated much political heat in the upper house on Friday as well, with the opposition demanding an apology from her and she rejecting it.

Gayle gifted one of his bats to Big B and couldn't stop himself from praising the Shahenshah via social media.

JNU teachers on Friday alleged that the varsity had sent a report with "partial facts" to the HRD ministry about the controversial event held against hanging of Afzal Guru and Smriti Irani made her statement in parliament quoting from the same report.

Meanwhile, BJP MP Udit Raj was caught in the wrong foot when images of him addressing the same event in 2013 surfaced.

He also accused Union minister Sarbanda Sonowal, who hails from Assam, of failing to give proposals that could have benefited the state for inclusion in the budget.

There are many new offences which have to be properly defined and incorporated in the code, the president noted.

The ceasefire agreement brokered by Russia and the United States marks the biggest diplomatic push yet to help end Syria's violence, but has been plagued by doubts after the failure of previous peace efforts.

At one point in the course of the hearing, the court sought to make distinction in pornography, obscenity and art saying that "everything that is obscene is not pornography".

The minister also said that a plan is being worked out to include an alarm button on mobile phones which will be help women to seek assistance from police in emergency situations.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie endorsed Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Friday, saying his former rival for the White House had the best chance at beating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 election.

Participation appeared enthusiastic and relaxed in the first polls since a nuclear deal last year led to a lifting of sanctions and deeper diplomatic engagement abroad.

The 45-year-old defeated his closest rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa by 28 votes in the second round.

The detained youth is a first year polytechnic student of a private engineering college at Gopalpur under Kanksa PS in the district.

The US Air Force on Friday unveiled the first image of its next-generation bomber that will replace antique B-52s first developed during the Cold War.

With public sector bank officers threatening to go on strike on Monday, the country's largest lender SBI Friday said a section of its employees may take part in the said agitation on February 29 -- a day when Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the General Budget.

Sahay also said his department was ready with either two, three or four phase poll templates.

The letter comes days after a group of teachers of IIT-Madras wrote a similar letter to the President.

Batting first, Bangladesh managed only 133 for eight largely due to rearguard action from Man-of-the-Match Mahmudullah, who scored a quickfire 36 off 27 balls.

Kejriwal, who arrived in Punjab on Thursday, is on a five-day political visit to the state ahead of the February 2017 assembly polls.

Vijay Mallya's Rs 515-crore 'golden parachute' to exit United Spirits faces an extensive scrutiny by markets regulator SEBI, which has begun looking into possible violations of corporate governance and other norms because of this deal.

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said on Saturday that he will surrender before the court tomorrow in connection with Madhya Pradesh Assembly recruitment scam.

President Barack Obama has directed his national security team to press the US-led international campaign to destroy the Islamic State group "on all fronts."

The Islamic republic's ultimate authority, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was among the first to vote and he urged the country's 55 million-strong electorate to follow suit, as "it's both a duty and a right".