Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid his tribute to Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder and former parliamentarian Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has reiterated that if Iran's interests within the 2015 nuclear deal are not secured, it may leave the accord, Press TV reported on Thursday.

One more exciting phase of football world cup matches held in Russia has come to an end. Of the 32 teams that have participated and played, 24 have been defeated at various phases now. Eight teams will fight to stay afloat in the quarter finals and the winners among them will go to semi finals. July 15, when the peak of weekend dawns in on Sunday, two teams will fight to clinch the world championship title.   

Two explosions on Thursday at a small fireworks factory in central Mexico left at least 19 people dead, including firefighters and police officers, and another 40 people injured, authorities said.

The annual Amarnath Yatra remained suspended for a third consecutive day on Friday due to bad weather conditions. Pilgrims were not permitted to move from Jammu towards the shrine's Baltal and Pahalgam base camps in the Kashmir Valley Friday.

A former Thai Navy diver who joined an ongoing operation to rescue 12 boys and their coach from a cave in northern Thailand died on Friday.

The CID sleuths arrested prime accused in Gangadhar Chadchan murder, Mahadev Sahukar Bhyragonda on Thursday.

Against putting conditions on handing over the presiding deity of the Shiroor Mutt back, by the remaining seers of the Ashta Mutts, Lakshmivara Theertha Swamiji of Shiroor mutt moved the court.