HYDERABAD: Pushed to the wall, Saina Nehwal roared back to enter the semifinals of the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier in Jakarta on Friday.

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has authorized direct US military support to Syrian rebels after concluding that the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad has crossed a red line - using chemical weapons against its own people.

NEW DELHI: Punctuality, an important defining character of Judges, is the latest casualty in the Supreme Court, the role model for high courts and the subordinate courts.

PATNA: With the ruling coalition in Bihar appearing headed for a split, BJP leaders in the state on Saturday refused to meet chief minister Nitish Kumar.

CARDIFF: With the semifinal slot up for grabs, South Africa and the West Indies would be locked in what is a virtual quarterfinal when they take on each other in their Group B match of the ICC Champions Trophy on Friday.

BIRMINGHAM: A "remorseful" David Warner apologised publicly for the bar-room brawl that led to his suspension from the Champions Trophy even as Australian skipper Michael Clarke told the opener to remember that it was not an IPL, state or county team that he was playing for.

HYDERABAD: Several leaders of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) were arrested by the police on Friday as they were trying to march to the Andhra Pradesh assembly to press the demand for a separate Telangana state.

THRISSUR: A left democratic alternative of regional parties for "electoral adjustments" and not a third front is what the CPM has in mind. The front will only be a temporary arrangement based on seat adjustments and tactics as part of the party's election strategy, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat told reporters here on Thursday.

BIRMINGHAM: From the galleries across the grounds in England and Wales where the Champions Trophy matches are being played, to media briefings, team hotels, tube stations and even the streets of London, Cardiff and Birmingham -- the decibel is on the rise in the United Kingdom majorly because of the Indian team.

NEW DELHI: The Indian board (BCCI) may be forced to give in to ICC's persistent demand to accept the Decision Review System (DRS) system. The issue will be debated yet again at ICC's meeting which starts from June 23, and indications are that the world body may make DRS a compulsory rule as majority of the Test playing nations are in favour of it.