Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said there were “visible and invisible links” among the militants in the state, the Maoists, Left-leaning academicians and supporters.

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The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has said that the Chinese government was more concerned about his successor than him.
“That is not a serious question for me. It looks like the Chinese government are seriously looking. I made it very clear in 1961 that whether the institution of Dalai Lama should continue or not should be debated,” the 76-year-old spiritual head, who described himself as a “son of India”, said.

Contrary to the claims made by MCD officials on Wednesday about no more bodies remaining in the debris at the Lalita Park building collapse site, three more bodies were recovered, pushing the toll to 70, including 29 women and 17 children.

The Centre has issued a specific intelligence alert to Mumbai warning of possible attempts by Pakistan-based LeT to strike terror during the next ten days. A red alert has also been sounded in New Delhi after there were intelligence inputs to suggest that busy market places such as Palika Bazar may be targeted by terror outfits like the

The CBI is set to send a Letter of Request to authorities concerned in London to get the details of the functioning of Ashish Patel, owner of A.M. Films and Cars, who has been booked by the agency on the charges of forgery and cheating in connection with alleged irregularities during the Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR) held in London in 2010.

The government on Thursday approved the recommendations of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas leak tragedy to provide additional ex-gratia compensation of `71.28 crores for the victims.

The Supreme Court administrative on Thursday struck to its known stand before the apex court on judicial side that it was not in favour of revealing any information about the appointment and transfer of judges under the RTI Act as it would have “adverse” impact on the independence of judiciary.

The Maharashtra Cabinet expansion was postponed on Thursday by another day. Now, the new ministers will be sworn-in on Friday at around 11 am in a function at Raj Bhavan.

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday continued with his verbal offensives on Bihar’s NDA government for the mismatch between its claims of the state’s ongoing progress and what he described as the unchanging ground realities. A miffed NDA responded by ridiculing the high-profile Congress MP.