The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of Santosh Kumar Singh, son of an IPS officer, in the sensational rape-murder of Delhi University law student Priyadarshini Mattoo 14 years ago, but commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment.

With 19 MLAs including four Independent ministers withdrawing support from the B.S. Yeddyurappa government, the first-ever BJP government in South India is facing its first crisis of confidence.

Leon Panetta, the chief of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States, has concluded a series of meetings with Union home minister P. Chidambaram and Indian officials during a stopover here to discuss security threats in the South Asian region.

One important name is missing from railway minister Mamata Banerjee’s guest list for the foundation stone laying ceremony of a Metro line between Joka and BBD Bag: that of chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. “I have not received any invitation,” he himself informed the media on Tuesday evening.

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit to the state seems to have galvanised the beleaguered Congress with his “self-respect” mantra but it has also triggered some excitement in the demoralised CPI(M) camp.

With the 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony exactly a fortnight away, an already security-conscious Delhi received a sudden scare on Sunday morning with two unidentified men on a motorcycle firi

Sunday’s attack on the tourists from Taiwan would not have gone unnoticed in some countries that are sending their athletes for the 19th Commonwealth Games here in October.

Amidst sharp differences over the demand for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from parts of Jammu and Kashmir and/or its dilution, the government on Wednesday decided to send an all-party delegation to “form an important input into the government’s evolving response on various issues related to Jammu and Kashmir”.

Pressure mounted on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take a firm decision on communications and information technology minister A. Raja with the Supreme Court on Monday issuing notice to Mr Raja in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.

With the Union Cabinet recommending revocation of President’s Rule in Jharkhand, governor M.O.H. Farook on Thursday invited BJP leader Arjun Munda to form a government in the state. Mr Munda will be sworn in as the eighth chief minister at 11 am on Saturday. He will head of a four-party coalition government, which will include JMM, AJSU and JD(U).