After a hectic Saturday, it was a quiet Sunday at the Goa Crime Branch with former tourism minister Francisco (Mickky) Pacheco still untraced. Mr Pacheco disappeared after faxing his resignation to chief minister Digambar Kamat on Saturday morning though he was supposed to be present at the Crime Branch for questioning over his alleged involvement in the mysterious suicide of his girlfriend Nadia Torrado.

Indications from various sources are mixed about the possible outcome of the much awaited meeting of the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) led by finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee on Monday.

The way to an Opposition legislator’s heart is through his stomach — this was BJP leader Sushma Swaraj’s advice to chief ministers and senior ministers from the BJP-ruled states.

The Anil Ambani- led Reliance Communications (RCom) board has approved the stake sale of 26 per cent.
India’s second largest mobile company Reliance is looking for a deal as its debt burden has increased due to the huge payment it made for the 3G spectrum at a time of intense competition in the market.

Coming down heavily on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the UPA government for bad governance and flawed economic policies, BJP national president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday demanded an immediate ban on forward and futures trading in essential commodities to check price rise.

City Corporation managing director Aniruddh Deshpande has denied keeping the Indian Premier League in the dark about bidding in “individual capacity” for the Pun franchise but conceded that the company’s name was used in the bid documents he submitted.

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday warned that the country faces years of “pain” as the spending cuts are implemented. However, in sharp contrast, his deputy and coalition partner Nick Clegg promised to protect poor and distanced himself and his party from the Tory economic policies of the 1980s “under Margaret Thatcher.”

Akshay Kumar loves living on the edge, even if it means getting mobbed by fans. Every now and then, the actor uses a two-wheeler to beat traffic and fulfil personal commitments on time. The only difference was that this time he was in London and instead of a two-wheeler he commuted by train.

Shah Rukh Khan is known to give expensive gifts to his crew after the end of his shoots. But this time Shah Rukh was in for a pleasant surprise when his Italian cinematographer Ueli Steiger gifted him an Italian T-shirt for completing the shoot of Ra-One on time.

The cyclone on Sunday entered Pakistan’s sea as rain continued to play havoc with the life and property. “So far, we have no reports of any death but several people have been hurt. The rain is expected to continue for the next 36 hours or so,” director general meteorological department Qamar Zaman Chaudhry said.