Vijender Gupta, virtually a dark horse in the race for state unit presidentship, was on Friday appointed as the Delhi BJP chief. The appointment to the post was long awaited as the national leadership of the party was not able to form a consensus on any particular leader. He will replace O.P. Kohli as the state unit chief.

Six Maoists were arrested from various parts of the state on Friday. Three of them were rounded up from Khejuri in East Midnapore, two from Bankura and one from Arsa in Purulia.

While the stalemate between the BJP and the JMM continued on Friday over the formation of government in Jharkhand, the Congress has dropped ample hints that the party is now thinking of demanding President’s Rule in the state.

Refuting what Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has predicted that the Assembly polls in Bengal might be advanced, CPI(M) state secretary Biman Bose said that election will in no way be held before the time-frame as stipulated by the Constitution.

The Maoists killed five CPI(M) party supporters in the Jangalmahal on Friday in protest of the reported illegal detentions by the security forces. “The Maoists would continue this bloodbath in the Jangalmahal if the Maoists,

The board seemingly pushed itself into a corner on Tuesday with its admission that some of the charges slapped on suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi were based on “oral submissions”. And it’s feeling the heat of that revelation ahead of the all-important meet on May 15.

Churchill Brothers failed to emulate fellow Goans Dempo as the only Indian club to ever reach the quarterfinals as they lost 1-2 to Kuwaiti outfit Al Qadsia in their single leg pre-quarterfinal in Kuwait City late on Wednesday night.

Olympic bronze medallist Sushil Kumar lived up to his reputation as he bagged gold in the men’s 66kg freestyle on the second day of the senior Asian Wrestling Championships here on Thursday.

Asher Noria shot gold for the second time in a row in the double trap event at the International Junior World Shooting Cup at Suhl, Germany on Wednesday.

India’s exit from the World Twenty20 championships is being taken with utmost seriousness, and according to media reports, coach Gary Kirsten is expected to a file a incriminating report for the cricket control board, listing the reasons behind it.