Rajinikanth said equality for women in every sphere must be respected, but temple traditions must be honoured.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], Oct 20 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a 12-man shortlist team for the first One Day International (ODI) against West Indies beginning here at the Assam Cricket Association (ACA) Stadium on Sunday.

Panaji, Oct 20 (IANS) The Goa Congress on Saturday demanded to know why two of its now former MLAs met BJP national president Amit Shah before submitting their resignation from the party earlier this week before joining the BJP. The two former Congress MLAs -- Dayanand Sopte and Subhash Shirodkar -- on Tuesday quit the Congress and joined the BJP, which sparked political controversy in Goa.

Indonesia officially doesn't allow virginity testing after pressure from international human rights groups over the years.

Eyewitnesses say that before the train going to Amritsar from Jalandhar mowed down the revellers, two trains passed through the tracks, but slowed down their speed.

CJI Gogoi was visiting the Kamakhya temple during the Navratri festival when the lapses caused him inconvenience.

Srinagar, Oct 20: The National Investigation Agency has arrested one person in connection with the Nagrota attack. The person has been identified as Mohammad Ashraf Khandey, a resident of Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir. He was arrested from the Indira Gandhi

After the three months to the Burari Mass Suicide, the court has granted the custody of the house to the kin of the deceased.

Mumbai, Oct 21 (IANS) Filmmaker Shashank Khaitan has said that he would love to make a film which will be based on tennis. Khaitan was interacting with media here at the launch of Tennis Premiere League 2018 along with Leander Paes and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Saturday. When asked whether he would like to make a tennis-based film, he said: "There have been less tennis players in our country on whom a biopic can be made but they are really good.

Brussels, Oct 21 (IANS) India's Vice President Venkaiah Naidu visited the Jain Temple in the Belgian port city of Antwerp on Saturday where he addressed the Indian community. The event, organised by the members of Indian Association in Belgium and the Jain Culture Centre, was also attended by Antwerp Governor Ms. Cathy Berx. The function began with a Kathakali performance by Margi Kathakali Group from Trivandrum which presented "Geetopadesham", a performance based on the Bhagavad Gita.

Muscat, Oct 21 (IANS) Skipper Manpreet Singh put on a stellar show as India registered a facile 3-1 victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in the second match of the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy here on Saturday. India got off to the worst possible start as Pakistan forced a goal in the opening minute of the match through a penalty corner. In the first quarter of the game, Pakistan dominated as India struggled to penetrate the Pakistan defence.

Guwahati, Oct 20 (IANS) Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday backed Ambati Rayudu for the number four slot ahead of their first ODI against the West Indies here. "The team felt -- and I also watched him -- he is designed to play that middle order batsman role.

Security has been tightened in Assam's Guwahati ahead of the first One Day International between India and West Indies. The match would be played on October 21. Assam Director General of Police (DGP) Kuladhar Saikia, said, "All arrangements have been done. From security point of view all planning has been done. Senior officials are looking into the security. Even the players have been provided security. We are ensuring 100 percent security." In the recently held test series between India and West Indies, India won the series by 10 wickets.

Mumbai, Oct 20 (IANS) The Internal Complaints Committee of Star India on Sexual Harassment (Star ICC) has written to the anonymous accuser -- who had alleged "sexual exploitation" of women employees -- asking her to reach out to the committee or its external member on allegations made by her in tweets. In a Twitter post on Friday, Star ICC, formed under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 said it had reached out to the accuser through two emails on the ID provided by her through her tweets.

Guwahati, Oct 20 (IANS) Ahead of the first One-Day International against India, West Indies skipper Jason Holder on Saturday said his team is expecting a tough challenge as India are the best one-day side. "It won't be easy with India playing some very good cricket at the moment. Commenting on the current state of West Indies cricket, the skipper said: "Obviously there have been few issues off the field, many of which is beyond my control.

Mumbai, Oct 20 (IANS) The rupee and the US dollar equation along with an uncertain domestic and global economic growth outlook has triggered a massive foreign fund outflow from the country's capital market segment. This is not a good sign for the Indian capital market," said Astha Jain, Senior Analyst at Hem Securities. As per the provisional data from the stock exchanges, in just 13 trading sessions from October 1 onwards, foreign investors have sold stocks worth around Rs 19,500 crore.