While all five accused in the gangrape of a Mumbai photojournalist were in police custody by Sunday, the man believed to be the main culprit, Kasim Shaikh alias Kasim Bangali, 21, is proving to be a tough nut for investigators to crack.

The Pune police is yet to make any headway in the murder case of Dr Narendra Dabholkar. The only clue they have is the possibility that the killers could be located in the districts of Satara, Sangli or Kolhapur. No lead has come out yet from questioning gun running gangs in the city and tracing the bike used in the crime.

Australia set England a target of 227 to win the fifth Ashes Test after declaring their second innings on 111/6 at tea on Sunday’s final day at The Oval.

The bugle for next year’s Lok Sabha elections has virtually been sounded by the BJP and the Samajwadi Party as they locked horns over the VHP’s controversial yatra that was “symbolically” launched in Ayodhya on Sunday.

Trinamul Congress general secretary Mukul Roy on Sunday claimed that the people of hills have lost faith in the leadership of GJM chief Bimal Gurung even as the process began to appoint the next chief executive of Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA).

England team director Andy Flower will reportedly step down from his post after the end of the return Ashes series starting in November in Australia.

The Congress has issued a three-line whip to its members for the week starting Monday, when the Food Security Bill and some other key legislative measures are due to come up in the Lok Sabha.

In what has alarmed the security agencies, the central committee of the CPI(Maoist) has decided to extend their support the ethnic groups demanding separate states in Assam and Gorkhaland in West Bengal.

D. Netto-trained Chal Bhai Chal, who finished close second to Sheer Genius, is well poised to win the Nawab Khaja Moinuddin Khan Memorial Cup 1400 metres, the feature event of the races to be held on Monday. False rails are up.

Syria, under heavy international pressure, on Sunday agreed to a UN probe into an alleged chemical weapons attack, while Iran warned against US military intervention.