Bangalore, Sep 1: Virat Kohli performed a brilliant recovery act and was just seven runs short of his second Test century as India bounced back from a precarious position to leave the second cricket Test against New Zealand evenly poised here today.

Bangalore, Sep 1: India responded well to New Zealand’s respectable total with some good batting today but Suresh Raina said either skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni or young turk Virat Kohli will have to play a big knock, if the hosts are to achieve a favourable result in the Test match.

New York, Aug 31: At least three people were killed today after a gunman in body armour entered a New Jersey shopping plaza and opened fire on workers before turning the weapon on himself.

Pasadena, California, Aug 31:  A Jupiter-bound spacecraft successfully fired its engine Thursday in the first of two crucial maneuvers intended to bring it toward Earth for a momentum-gathering fly-by.
NASA officials said the Juno spacecraft, which is about 482 million km from earth, fired its main engine for just short of 30 minutes.

Islamabad, Aug 31: At least five people were killed and 15 others injured in a bomb blast on Friday evening in Pakistan's northwestern Peshawar city, reported Xinhua, citing local media.

Manila, Aug 31: A 7.6-magnitude quake struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines late Friday, killing at least one person in a house collapse and triggering tsunami warnings in the region that sent coastal residents fleeing to high ground.

Bangalore, Aug 31: Captain Ross Taylor launched a stunning counter-attack with a blistering 113 as New Zealand showed great fighting spirit to recover from early jolts in the second cricket Test here today.

Bangalore, Aug 30: Team India captain M S Dhoni has expressed sadness over Delhi's St Stephen's College refusing to promote U-19 World Cup winning team's captain Unmukt Chand because of poor attendance.

New Delhi, Aug 31: External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar in Islamabad Sep 8, but it's not yet clear whether a visa pact will be signed during the visit.

United Nations, Aug 31: India has asked the international community to send a united message to the Syrian parties to give up their military approach, emphasising that further militarisation of the conflict will make a political solution more difficult and worsen the humanitarian crisis.