The JD(U)’s subaltern strongman and three-term MP, Prabhunath Singh, on Saturday joined the RJD along with two MLAs from Bihar’s leading ruling party in presence of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav at a massive public meeting, hinting at a major shift in the state’s political landscape ahead of the Assembly polls.

The “Review Report of the Political-Tactical Line of the 19th Party Congress” of the CPI(M) being debated at the ongoing four-day extended Central Committee of the CPI(M) targeted the party general-secretary Mr Prakash Karat’s electoral line.

West Delhi MP Mahabal Mishra on Saturday alleged that his car was stolen and the driver was assaulted by four unidentified men in the Dabri area. While the driver Hari Mohan was rushed to a nearby hospital after the incident, an FIR in the case was registered at the Dwarka (north) police station.

Vice-president Hamid Ansari on Saturday said that though the prestigeous IITs may take pride for being the finest technical institutions in the country but they are yet to be recognised among the top 100 best institutes worldwide.

A decision to finish co-education in a New Ashok Nagar-based government school allegedly led the students to stone pelting. While students were left after being given warnings by the police officers, at least two low-floor buses, one RTV mini bus and a car were badly damaged in the incident. The incident happened in the Dallupura area of New Ashok Nagar.

A 62-year-old woman was killed by unidentified armed assaila-nts who managed to barge into her house at Shahpur Jat in Hauz Khas police station area of south Delhi in the early hours of Saturday. The police suspect personal enmity to be the reason behind the incident.

Two persons were killed and five others were injured in an accident involving a trailer, a mini truck, a motorcycle and a Tata Sumo.
The accident occurred in the early hours of Friday at Rajouri Garden in west Delhi. No arrests have been made in the case.

When finance minister Pranab Mukherjee received an unsolicited telemarketing call on his mobile in the middle of a Parliament session, it made news. But this is very familiar to millions of customers who are harassed by these calls every day.

The curious case of Chhota Rajan gangster Vicky Malhotra — who is believed to be close to the Intelligence Bureau — took another twist when he surfaced at the Mumbai police’s crime branch headquarters at Crawford Market.

Kashmir Valley has been relatively calm since Friday morning even as a youth wounded in the security forces’ firing on protesters in the north-western town of Sopore during that day succumbed in a Srinagar hospital on Saturday leading to the rising of tensions in the area.