The Board of Control for Cricket in India finally called a truce in its battle with former president Jagmohan Dalmiya by deciding to withdraw the 1996 World Cup-related fund embezzlement charge against him.

Former Punjab chief minister Capt. Amarinder Singh made a triumphant re-entry into the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday two years after the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance used their majority numbers to “illegally” expel him from the House.

In a bold move, the Indian Union Muslim League has fielded a brahmin woman, Ms Radha, as its candidate from the Karamana ward here for the local bodies’ polls to be held on October 23 and 25.

Union law and justice minister Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said everyone should respect the Ayodhya verdict, slated to be delivered by Allhabad high court on Thursday.

AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh has no complaint against the Mayawati government in handling the situation in UP ahead of a judgment on the Ayodhya issue but he is apprehensive about the real motive of BJP, VHP and RSS and thereby refuses to believe in their appeal of peace and harmony.

Charging senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh for making “reckless” statement against it on the Ayodhya issue, the BJP on Wednesday claimed that it is a “responsible party” and has always respected courts’ verdict. The party made an appeal to the people to maintain peace and harmony after the Ayodhya title suit verdict is pronounced on

Invoking Mahatma Gandhi and resting hope on the young generation, home minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday made an appeal for peace on the eve of the Ayodhya verdict stating that India has “moved on since

The Delhi police arrested two former students of Jamia Millia Islamia who are allegedly involved in the death of a 20-year-old fine-arts student of the university on Tuesday afternoon.

A 45-year-old pedestrian was injured when a Commonwealth Games car hit him on Sardar Patel Marg on Wednesday morning even as the Delhi traffic police admitted that cases of rash driving were being reported in the dedicated Games lane.

In an incident that could be taken up by India through diplomatic channels with the US, minister of state for civil aviation Praful Patel was reportedly stopped for questioning by authorities at the Chicago airport in the United States after a case of mistaken identity but later allowed to go.