Ghoncheh Ghavami, a woman holding British-Iranian citizenship, was arrested for trying to attend a volleyball game in Tehran. She has been sent to Iran's notorious Evin political prison, where she has been kept in solitary confinement, with no access to a lawyer or to the outside world. "It's absolutely ridiculous,' her brother, Iman Ghavami said. "In my eyes, it's just a misunderstanding. It's such a small thing to try and get into a stadium to watch a match, and then to get arrested and ending up in solitary confinement, it's just absolutely ridiculous and horrible really."

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has won a third term with a strong showing in Saturday's general election that has been described as "phenomenal" for a third term government. Senior Labour MP Grant Robertson said his party had no chance of winning.

Students and others from all walks of life began their march to the Governor's Bungalow today to protest the police action against students at Jadavpur University on Tuesday.   Thousands carrying placards and chanting slogans began their march from Nandan and will march to the Governor's home.   Students will be meeting with the governor today at 5 pm to demand the removal of the university's vice-chancellor and a fresh probe into the molestation of the woman student last month.

Nicolas Sarkozy dramatically lifted the curtain on his bid to regain the French presidency by posting a Facebook message saying he will be a candidate for the leadership of the centre-right Union for a Popular Movement party.  In his 600-word odd message, he wrote, "It is after careful consideration I have decided to offer a new French political choice."

In comments that are sure to stir emotions, Pakistan Peoples Party's patron-in-chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari vowed to take back all of Kashmir from India and not leave behind a single inch of it because it "belongs only to Pakistan".     Bilawal was speaking to party workers at the residence of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in Multan. "I will take back Kashmir, all of it, and I will not leave behind a single inch of it because, like the other provinces, it belongs to Pakistan."

Sources report that the stalemate between the Shiv Sena and its ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party, continues as the BJP is yet to receive a proposal from the Sena. Hoping to end the deadlock over seat-sharing, the BJP had proposed to settle for 125-130 of the state's 288 seats, less than its original demand of 135. 

Mukhtar Ahmad from Srinagar reports that four militants were killed during a search operation in the Tangdhar sector of the Line of Control in the frontier Kupwara district on Saturday. "The Indian Army had launched an operation in the area based on information they had received about the presence of a group of militants in the area,' said Defence spokesman SD Goswami. He said during the searches, the militants opened fire triggering an encounter. So far four militants have been killed and four AK-47 rifles recovered. 

Just in: According to local media reports, the message put up the Jadavpur University vice-chancellor, which read, 'I am sorry' was not genuine as the website was hacked earlier this morning. 

Days after violence broke out at the Jadavpur University after students were beaten up by cops, Abhijit Chakraborty, the vice-chancellor of the institution put up a message on college's website, which read, "I am sorry." 

A major blast in a cracker factory in Lucknow killed six people and injured 14 others on Saturday morning. The incident is reported from Mohanlalganj area in Lucknow. The cracker factory is reported to be an illegal establishment.

Hoping to break the deadlock over seat-sharing with its ally Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party has offered to settle for 125-130 of the state's 288 seats, less than its original demand of 135, but it remains keen to avoid announcing a chief ministerial candidate. The Sena will get 163 seats under the fresh proposal and each will cede nine seats to smaller allies. 

An intruder who jumped a security fence at the White House, sparking an evacuation, made it inside the Presidential residence before being tackled by the Secret Service. Parts of the White House were evacuated after an intruder was spotted charging towards the northern entrance over a lawn, minutes after US President Barack Obama and his family left by helicopter.Reports on social media told how a man clambered over the protective perimeter, prompting officers to run towards the building and call for people to be evacuated.It was not previously clear how far the frantic dash had taken him - but the Secret Service revealed he made it through a set of doors into the building itself.

Jitu Rai has won the gold in the Men's Individual 50 metre Pistol event. Jitu Rai has entered six finals since June 2014 and won either gold or silver in each of them. He kept his calm and defeated Vietnam's Nguyen to win the gold. 

The seat-sharing debate between the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party escalated after Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said a single party government was better. "Overall experience shows that a single party government would function in a much better manner. We can deliver better development to Maharashtra if there was a single party rule." The NCP man said it was time that all regional parties contested the polls on their own. 

Rotting carcasses pose major epidemic scare in J&K

BJP, Shiv Sena hold talks to salvage alliance 

China at it again: 35 PLA men return to Chumar 

Bill Gates offers $700,000 for flood victims in Kashmir 

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