The Kerala high court on Monday nullified the election of Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh from Mavelikkara saying that he was born as a Christian and was not entitled to contest from the constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes of the Hindu community.

Central agencies have got inputs that Maoists may have entered the orange city of Nagpur using its city hospitals for treatment of its cadres injured during anti-Naxal operations by security forces. The city and especially its hospitals has come under the scanner after agencies got inputs that Maoists were getting treated there owing to

In yet another attempt to control food inflation still hovering over 12 per cent, the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on food approved sale of additional 30 lakh tonnes of rice and wheat to around 11.5 crore APL families.

The Reddy brothers, Janardhana Reddy and Karunakaran Reddy, and the Andhra Pradesh health minister Sriramalu on Monday questioned the motives of the Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj in referring the complaint of an MLC to the Election Commission.

A day after a busy working Sunday, normal life was crippled again across the Valley following a call for general strike from the separatists and imposition of curfew-like restrictions in volatile downtown Srinagar and some other areas to thwart protests.

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, faced with a tough situation as a result of weeks of unrest and separatist-sponsored strikes and protests and being repeatedly asked by the Opposition to step down, on Monday rejected criticism as unwarranted and asserted that he is the real representative of the people of the state. “I represent the people of Jammu and Kashmir and speak their heart in New Delhi,” the chief minister said reiterating that strikes and disturbances only lead to retrogress.

The government on Monday reiterated that there was every possibility of US aid to Pakistan being misused by Pakistan against India.
Defence minister A.K. Antony on Monday said, “We feel that there is every possibility of diverting this sophisticated equipment (provided by the US to Pakistan as part of the military aid) against India.

This was one dostana that was always hidden under wraps. Two men could be ‘good friends’ and pledge their ‘brotherly’ love for each other in Bollywood.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday reserved its judgment in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title suit.
The verdict is likely to be announced in September.

Four labourers, including a 16-year-old boy, were killed when a speeding Honda City rammed into them on the Safdarjung flyover at around 2 am Monday while they were engaged on road repair work. Four others, including a woman, suffered critical injuries.