Ottawa: Canadian telecommunications firm BlackBerry sued Facebook on Tuesday, accusing the American social media company of infringing on its patents for messaging apps.

BlackBerry is claiming infringement on patents it holds for message encryption and notifications, and is seeking an injunction as well as damages

Washington: Gary Cohn, who resigned Tuesday afternoon as President Donald Trump's top economic advisor, had been a standard bearer for the Wall Street ethos in an administration propelled to power by strident nationalism.

But having lost a bruising internal battle over Trump's sudden decision last week to

Paris: Cristiano Ronaldo and Casemiro got the goals for Real Madrid as the holders won 2-1 away to a Paris Saint-Germain side missing Neymar to secure their place in the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday.

Ronaldo had scored twice -- including his 100th goal for Real in the competition -- as they won 3-1 i

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Hours after Tamil Nadu BJP leader H Raja threatened on social media that statues of Dravidian icon and social reformer EVR Ramasamy (called Periyar meaning 'Elder') too would be pulled down, after a statue of Russian communist revolutionary Vadmir Lenin  was brought down in Tripura, two

Panaji/Mumbai:  Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar left for the US on Tuesday night for further treatment from Mumbai where he was admitted at Lilavati Hospital.

Parrikar left for the US for his further treatment by a special flight from Mumbai airport, a senior official of the chief minister off

Washington: US President Donald Trump hailed "possible progress" on the North Korea nuclear impasse Tuesday after Seoul announced Pyongyang was willing to discuss giving up its nuclear weapons for American security guarantees.

"For the first time in many years, a serious effort is being made by all

Colombo: Shikhar Dhawan continued his fine run in limited overs format, smashing 90 off 49 balls as India shrugged off a poor start to post a competitive 174 for four against Sri Lanka in the Nidahas T20 Trophy opener here.

Dhawan hammered six sixes and as many fours in an entertaining effort which came after the

Hyderabad: In a major catch, the Hyderabad police Tuesday apprehended a jeweller and his two employees for reportedly attempting to smuggle gold ornaments to well-known jewellery stores in Bengaluru and Mysore.

Vaishnav Manoj Kumar (24) and Pradeep Agarwal (23), both employees of Raja Ram Jewels at Charkaman area

Colombo: Sri Lanka on Tuesday declared a nationwide state of emergency after riots targeting Muslims left at least two people dead and homes ablaze in a hill station popular with tourists.

The government said it was imposing the extraordinary measures after police failed to curb violence in Kandy, a central distri

Moscow: A Russian transport plane crashed on landing at Russia's Hmeimim airbase in Syria, killing all 32 on board, the defence ministry said in a statement carried by RIA Novosti.

There were 26 passengers and 6 crew, the ministry said. 

"The reason for the crash according to preliminary in