Birmingham: World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen advanced to the men's singles semifinals of the All England Championships after his opponent Lu Guang Zu of China gave a walkover here on Friday.

Srinagar: The National Conference on Friday broke its silence on 'The Kashmir Files' saying while the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits was a "stain on Kashmiriyat", the movie was far from the truth as the film makers have ignored the sacrifices of the Muslims and Sikhs who had also suffered from militancy.

New Delhi: G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday, a day after members of the dissenting group held a flurry of meetings over measures to revamp the party.

Srinagar: The migration of Kashmiri Pandits is a tragic chapter of Kashmir's history, but showcasing bloodshed for "political gains" is dangerous for the country and the people, CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami said on Friday.

Etawah (UP): Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (PSP) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav on Friday claimed that the Samajwadi Party-led alliance lost the recent Uttar Pradesh assembly elections because of dishonesty and cunningness of the BJP.

Five teen boys drowned in Triveni river near Bhanvad town of Gujarat's Devbhumi Dwarka district on Friday, police said.

The Goa Crime Branch on Friday said it has arrested a Hyderabad-based man and rescued three women, including a television actress, after busting a prostitution racket at Sangolda village near Panaji.

 Two people were killed and around six injured in a clash following a dispute over celebrating Holi in a village here on Friday, police said.