The government is aware of the one-month public comment period before the final rules are drafted for overhauling the H1-B visa lottery system, the Foreign Ministry has said.

Police launched a lathicharge to counter reported stone pelting by protestors after Friday prayers in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly, the latest stand-off in a row that began weeks ago over an ‘I Love Muhammad’ poster.

Cyclone Gabrielle hit Portugal’s mid-Atlantic Azores Islands on Friday with less intense winds and rains than expected, but still toppled trees and collapsed roofs, authorities said.