The NIA arrested a man from Delhi in connection with its probe against an ISIS-inspired group, which was allegedly planning suicide-attacks and serial-blasts, targeting politicians and government installations in Delhi and other parts of north India. Investigation revealed that he was instrumental in procurement of arms and ammunition and also explosives to carry out terrorist attacks in Delhi NCR and UP, the official said.

Ukrainians vote in the second round of an extraordinary election on Sunday with a comedian who plays a president on TV expected to win in a stunning rebuke to the political establishment. Forty-one-year-old Volodymyr Zelensky's bid to lead the country was initially dismissed as joke. But opinion polls suggest incumbent President Petro Poroshenko is heading for defeat amid widespread anger over poverty and corruption.

Union Minister Piyush Goyal said that Congress president Rahul Gandhi will have to contest the next-elections from neighbouring country because his defeat from Wayanad and Amethi, constituencies from where he is contesting this time, is certain."In Amethi, Smriti Irani will defeat him. He will be defeated in Wayanad also will have to find seat in some neighbouring country for next-elections," he said in Ahmedabad.