Lucknow: Islamic seminary Darul-Uloom Deoband has said in a fatwa that divorce given in an inebriated condition over phone is a valid "talaq".

YANGON: Myanmar has sent out a surprisingly broad guest list for elections on Sunday, hoping to showcase its democratic credentials to the world.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday sacked the government doctor who had helped CIA track down Osama bin Laden in the garrison town of Abbottabad in May last year, amid calls for trying him for treason.

Washington: In a move that is expected to hit Indian IT companies majorly, the US government has decided to hike H-1B visa fee from next fiscal even as the maximum number of applications for fiscal year 2013 has been retained at 65,000.

New Delhi: India on Thursday pitched for avoiding political disruptions that create volatilities in global energy markets affecting trade flow as the BRICS Summit began here to discuss ways to enhance intra-BRICS trade and review the situation in the region.

JAIPUR: Rahul Dravid on Thursday rubbished speculations that things were not well between him and Sachin Tendulkar. The speculations arose after the Little Master gave Dravid's felicitation ceremony in Mumbai on Tuesday a miss.

NEW DELHI: MS Dhoni's Team India has flown all the way to South Africa to play just one T20 game in Johannesburg on Friday. The reason is steeped in history: the 150th anniversary of Indians landing in South Africa.

Galle (Sri Lanka): Rangana Herath completed a maiden 10-wicket match haul to take Sri Lanka to an emphatic 75-run win in the first test against England despite Jonathan Trott's defiant century threatening to steal the game.

LONDON: Yuvraj Singh, recovering after his treatment in a US hospital for a rare germ cell cancer, got a morale-boosting visit by his idol Sachin Tendulkar.

Jamshedpur (Jharkhand): Nisha Rani Dutta, who took part in several international archery championships, has sold her costly bow for Rs 50,000 to an up-and- coming Manipuri archer, in order to repair her dilapidated house here.