A day after the two NCP MLAs in the coalition Goa Cabinet refused to resign after the high command asked them to do so, the NCP sent down party general secretary Mr Prakash Binsale to Goa to settle the issue.

Former BJP leader Uma Bharti said on Saturday that she was ready to play political guru to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. “Instead of taking notes from Digvijay Singh, Rahul Gandhi should take lessons from me. He should stop making irresponsible statements against the RSS merely with the intentions of getting Muslim support,” Ms

The Congress on Saturday took a jibe at former BJP leader Uma Bharti and hit back at Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi for their swipe at AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi for his reported remarks that Hindu radicals posed a bigger threat than terror outfits like LeT.

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is expected to give a befitting reply to the Opposition on the WikiLeaks controversy involving his remarks on “radicalised Hindu groups” on Sunday while the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to put the record straight on the issue of corruption on Monday.

A survey carried out in the capital shows that the average age of initiation into drinking has lowered to 13.5 years when the minimum permissible drinking age is 25. It also reveals that at least 70 per cent men and 40 per cent women admitted to drunken driving.

The CBI may start questioning of former telecom minister A. Raja, corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and certain politicians of Tamil Nadu in a day or two in connection with its probe into the 2G spectrum scam. The agency is also expected to make some “significant arrests” next week.

Slamming media reports claiming that the Niira Radia tapes suggest that Union textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran paid chief minister M. Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal `600 crores for a Cabinet berth, the DMK chief on Friday flatly denied the charge and dared political analyst Cho Ramasamy to prove the allegation.

Major parts of Srinagar were placed under curfew again on Friday to stop Muharram procession to pass through its traditional route as the government authorities feared the separatists could seize the occasion for display of their routine anti-India harangue and also to foment trouble.

Strongly objecting to the reported remarks by AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi to US ambassador Timothy Roemer, the Sangh Parivar on Friday alleged that Mr Gandhi was making “wild charges” against Hindus. According to Wikileaks cable, Mr Gandhi had told US ambassador in 2009 that Hindu extremists posed a bigger threat than terror outfits like LeT.

With the weather becoming a bit colder with every passing day, it’s that time of the year when we pack a hamper and head off for a picnic at every opportunity we get.