Coming to the match, skipper Tom Latham's marvelous fifty gave New Zealand a massive lead of 301 runs against India in the second Test of the three-match series at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Friday.
Afghanistan A skipper Darwish Rasooli won the toss and elected to bat first in the second semifinal of the ACC Emerging Asia Cup being played at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1) on Friday.
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea challenging the ban on diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR).
Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday slammed Congress leader Nana Patole for endorsing Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's statement on reservations made in the US and said that the Congress wants to end reservation for SCs/STs.
Samajwadi Party chief and MP Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said that the party will emerge victorious in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, adding that Bharatiya Janata Party will face a "historic" defeat.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) released its fifth list of candidates on Friday ahead of the Jharkhand election, scheduled in two phases, on November 13 and 20, JMM said in a press release.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday paid homage to the soldiers and porters killed in a terrorist attack in the Butapathri area of Gulmarg in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.
The Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting of Congress for the selection of candidates for the Maharashtra Assembly polls is underway at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in Delhi on Friday.
Union Minister for Power and Housing and Urban Affairs, Manohar Lal, reviewed the power sector scenario for Andaman and Nicobar Islands (AN&Is) at Sri Vijaya Puram on Friday.
In the week that ended on October 18, the forex reserves kitty dipped USD 2.163 billion to USD 688.267 billion, as per the data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday. In the two weeks prior to that, the kitty declined USD 3.7 billion and USD 10.7 billion, respectively.
The surge in bomb threats to Indian airlines shows no signs of slowing, on Friday more than 20 aircraft of various airlines received bomb threats this afternoon as per the Civil Aviation sources.