NEW DELHI - The chiefs of National Sports Federations (NSFs) received a jolt Tuesday with the Delhi High Court upholding the sports ministry's guidelines restricting their tenure of office and fixing the upper age limit.

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the central government to implement its national sports policy under which the upper age limit for the heads of sports federations has been fixed at 70 years.

IMPHAL - Manipur rights activist Irom Sharmila Tuesday completed 10 years of her hunger strike to protest alleged rights violations by security forces, but still refused to break the fast.

LONDON - Breaking a 140-year-old convention, Britain has decided to change its law and allow prisoners to vote in the country's general election, as ruled by a European court six years ago.

BANGALORE - Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notices to Speaker K.G. Bopaiah and other respondents on petitions filed by five independent MLAs challenging their disqualification from the Assembly and posted the matter for further hearing on November 8.