Washington: A US destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of a Beijing-claimed island in the South China Sea, according to a defence official.

On Friday, the USS Mustin sailed close to Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands, an island chain also claimed by the Philippines, the official told CNN.

The US Na

London: Teenager Ahmed Hassan was sentenced on Friday to life in prison with a minimum term of 34 years for planting a bomb on a packed rush hour train at Parsons Green in London in September last year.

Hassan, 18, was described as "dangerous and devious" by a judge. His home-made device partially explod

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government on Friday declared minority status to the Lingayats community.

This comes days after the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led government accepted the suggestions of Nagamohan Das committee to grant a separate religion status to the Lingayats community.

The decision, taken a

Manchester: Ever Banega ensured Argentina weren't derailed by Lionel Messi's absence as the World Cup contenders clinched a 2-0 win over Italy in Friday's friendly at the Etihad Stadium.

Messi reportedly suffered a groin strain in training on Thursday, so the Barcelona forward was an unused substi

Zurich: Cristiano Ronaldo hit two goals in stoppage time as European champions Portugal defeated Egypt 2-1 in a friendly international on Friday, winning his personal duel with Mohamed Salah who had put the seven-time African champions ahead.

Ronaldo, appearing in his 900th career match, made his mark to devastati

Miami: Six-time champion Novak Djokovic "ran out of gas" in a 6-3, 6-4 loss to Benoit Paire on Friday in his ATP Miami Masters opener.

It was another setback for the Serbian star as he bids to return from the elbow injury that sidelined him for six months and finally saw him have "minor" surgic

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In a major setback to the budding SP-BSP coalition, the ruling BJP clinched the most crucial 10th Rajya Sabha seat by drubbing BSP candidate thus ensuring safe passage to its all nine candidates to the upper house here on Friday.

Saffron party registered the emphatic win on eight seats with 39 v

Miami: India's Yuki Bhambri continued with his commendable performance in the ATP Circuit reaching the second round of the Miami Open with a straight-set 7-5 6-3 victory over Bosnia's Mirza Basic, here today.

Yuki will now meet world No 11 and eighth seeded American Jack Sock in the second round of th

New Delhi: The Congress has decided to move a no-confidence motion against the Modi government in the Lok Sabha and is likely to do so on Tuesday, sources in the party said today.

The party has issued a three-line whip to all its MPs in the Lok Sabha to ensure their presence, the sources added.

The motio

New Delhi: In a major relief to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Delhi High Court today set aside the disqualification of its 20 MLAs in the office-of-profit case.

A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar said that the Centre's notification disqualifying the AAP MLAs was bad in law and remanded