Death row convict Devinder Singh Bhullar got a breather as the government agreed to constitute another medical board to ascertain his medical condition.

After the deadly May 25 attack on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, the CPI(Maoist) is all set to step up violence in the Naxal-infested state once again in the next 2-3 months, the Union home ministry will warn states at a high-level Naxal review meeting of LWE-affected states to be chaired by home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Wednesday.

The government departed from set practice on Monday by making public the religions of those killed in communal clashes across the country.

The Centre is all set to ask states to pull up their socks to prevent rising communal clashes in the country. After delayed action by the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh in making arrests in the recent cases of communal violence, the Union home ministry will ask states to maintain a “database” of all cases of communal clashes registered and the progress in prosecution, draw up a “crisis management plan” at state and district levels, besides asking the chief ministers to personally assess the communal situation at least every quarter.

The CBI is turning on the heat on the BJP’s PM candidate, Mr Narendra Modi, and his close associate Amit Shah, with the agency sleuths on Friday questioning suspended Gujarat IPS officer D.G. Vanzara in Sabarmati Jail on his resignation letter and alleged fake encounter cases.

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was on the backfoot following communal violence at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, could be somewhat relieved with reports indicating that the CBI is set

After Bhatkal and Mangalore in Karnataka, Bihar’s Darbhanga, Pune, Kerala has become the target of the Indian Mujahideen for setting up sleeper cells and recruiting terrorists.

After Bhatkal and Mangalore in Karnataka, Bihar’s Darbhanga, Pune, Kerala has become the target of the Indian Mujahideen for setting up sleeper cells and recruiting terrorists.

The frontal organisations of the banned CPI (Maoist) have run into huge debt and are demanding at least `13 lakh from the Naxal top brass to continue the Maoist propaganda and their overground activities, latest intelligence reports have said.

Death row convict M.N.