The VHP yatra could influence Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Delhi scheduled for later this year. They will see a straight battle between the BJP and the Congress ruling in two states each.

Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar's comment that onion prices in north India would be normalised if supply from the south resumes has drawn flak from across the country. Even lay farmers in Tamil Nadu have mocked the justification that rains in Tamil Nadu had triggered price rise (of onions and shallots) in the north.

Pesi Shroff-trained Amelia was well ridden by A. Sandesh to win the Deccan Bookmakers Fillies Championship Stakes (Grade III) 1600 metres, the main event of races held here on Sunday.

The Uttar Pradesh government has made it clear that those VHP leaders and activists who have been detained or arrested on Sunday will remain in custody until the yatra is called off.

It was the intervening period between the morning and late afternoon auction at Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Swatantra Kanda Bazaar Aawaar (SCSMSKBA), Lasalgaon in the Nashik district.

Sebastian Vettel needed little time to remind everyone why he remains the overwhelming favourite for a fourth straight Formula One title, clinching a dominant win at the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday to extend his considerable championship lead.

Union minister Beni Prasad Varma said on Sunday that the “much-hyped VHP yatra and the even more hyped ban by the Samajwadi government” would not have any impact on either Hindus or Muslims since both the communities could see through their gameplan.

A Delhi court rejected the plea of the police and Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) and said that consensual sex below 18-years of age would not amount to an offence under the newly enacted Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

For the first time in four races, Team MRF did not finish on the podium as the Malaysian Rally, the fourth leg of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship ended in a one-horse race with just one team in the reckoning for the title.

The Sangh Parivar has set the tone for the coming electoral battle, compelling its affiliate BJP’s adversaries to react on the VHP’s “84- kosi yatra” for the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. While BJP claims that development and good governance are its poll planks, reviving Hindutva, it was learnt, is also part of the Parivar’s poll strategy.