NEW DELHI: Banning former Haryana chief minister O P Chautala from any kind of campaigning, the Delhi High Court Friday gave him 24 hours to surrender and go back to jail.

SRINAGAR: A group of men unfurled ISIS flags amid pro-freedom and anti-India sloganeering outside the Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta in downtown Srinagar after Friday prayers, according to eyewitnesses.

Ishant Sharma's inclusion in the Indian team for the ongoing ODI series against the West Indies comes as a windfall of opportunity to stake a claim for a spot for next year's ICC Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Ishant being named as a replacement for Mohit Sharma came as a surprise and, some would argue, regressive step by the selectors, especially when bowlers like Umesh Yadav and Dhawal Kulkarni have been preferred over him in the last three ODI series that Ishant was kept out of.

The script has gone completely awry for India. Before the start of the series, they were expected to steamroll the West Indies. The visitors' dispute with the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) over cuts in player fees gave India further advantage. However, the tables turned big time as India were blown away by the Caribbean team in Kochi by 124 runs on Wednesday. India's air of complacency has been shattered and they will aim to recover lost ground ahead of the second ODI at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Saturday.

BEIJING/SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in firm control of his government but has hurt his leg, a source with access to the secretive North's leadership said on Thursday, playing down speculation over the 31-year-old's health and grip on power.

IGUALA, Mexico: The case of 43 Mexican students missing since an attack by gang-linked police took another grim turn on Thursday with the discovery of new mass graves where suspects said some were buried.

HONG KONG: Crunch talks between Hong Kong's democracy protesters and the government have been called off, just hours after demonstrators vowed to ratchet up their occupation of key parts of the city if their demands were not met.

NEW DELHI: Severe cyclonic storm 'Hudhud' will not be as intense as 'Phailin' that had hit India's eastern coast exactly a year ago but the country's weather forecaster on Thursday advised states - mainly Odisha and Andhra Pradesh - to remain as alert and prepared as they were in 2013.

CHENNAI: On day 2 of the DMK's broadside against Jayalalithaa and the AIADMK, party MLA J Anbazhagan wrote to the state assembly secretary asking that Jayalalithaa's Srirangam constituency should be declared vacant since she stands disqualified after her conviction. On Wednesday, Karunanidhi, who had been keeping a low profile so that the initial outpouring of sympathy for Jayalalithaa died down, made his move through a frontal attack. He said there will be no comeback for Jayalalithaa, and he asked DMK partymen to launch a vigorous campaign to destroy their opponents.

NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of putting politics over national duty, pointing to his absence from Delhi as tensions mount on the border with Pakistan.