As he basks in glory after a string of arrests of several wanted terrorists during his tenure, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde Monday said underworld don and India’s most wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim will be also brought back to India to face justice.

The resurgence of polio in countries like Ethiopia, Kenya, Israel has had the Indian government worried, which is now considering to make it mandatory for the travellers from these countries visiting India to carry a polio vaccine certificate. The Union health ministry is likely to take up this matter with the ministry of external affairs (MEA) soon. The ministry is also considering to put up polio vaccination booths at the International airports to ensure that visitors are duly vaccinated for polio before they enter the country.

The cricket control board’s working committee meet in Kolkata on Sunday brought good news for Sachin Tendulkar’s fans in the country as they will get a chance to see the Master Blaster play his 200th Test at home in the proposed series against the West Indies.

Main opposition BJP on Monday once again targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Rajya Sabha on missing files pertaining to coal mines allocation saying the scam is 'monumental' and demanded that he clarify on it.

On the eve of chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to the hills at the invitation of Lepchas, Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung blamed the state government of playing “dirty politics” and said that its ‘fight’ for a separate statehood was against the central government.

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq criticised the national team’s Australian coach Dav Whatmore, saying that he has failed to deliver the results expected of him.

Amidst a storm over proposal to shut petrol pumps during night to taper fuel demand, oil minister M. Veerappa Moily Monday said the government had not made any such proposal and the idea had come from public.

In the first incident of its kind, pointing to a shocking lapse of security, a serial rapist and psychopath wanted in 26 cases of rape, dacoity and murder across Karnataka and Tamil Nadu escaped from the Parappana Agrahara central prison by jumping over a 30-foot wall fitted with an electric fence around midnight on Sunday.

England Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad said consistency of selection would be vital if his side were to regain the world title in Bangladesh next year.

Negotiations are underway to have a “more practical and effective” mechanism to prevent face-offs between Indian and Chinese troops on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and efforts are being made to have confidence building measures, defence minister A.K. Antony said Monday.