Despite many ministers, MPs and leaders opposed to it, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar ruled Friday that the House will sit on Saturday. But the Food Security Bill will be taken up for discussion and passage only on Monday.

The medical condition of the 22-year-old gangrape victim, who is being treated at the Jaslok Hospital on Peddar Road in south Bombay, is said to be “stable”.

Just a week into the new season, the Premier League will witness its first major head-to-head of the campaign when Chelsea face off against champions Manchester United on Monday.

As angry protests erupted across the country over the gangrape of a 22-year-old photojournalist in Mumbai, the police arrested one of the five accused in the case. The hunt for the remaining four rapists was continuing at the time of going to press.

In the backdrop of the horrific gangrape in the heart of the island city, MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Friday condemned the incident and asked all the women to present their bangles to home minister R.R. Patil. He also demanded the home minister’s resignation over the incident.

Lee Chong Wei’s title hopes at the World Badminton Championship earlier this month evaporated in the heat at the stadium in Guangzhou. The world no.1 pulled out midway through the final due to cramps. A faulty air conditioner was blamed for his condition.

Despite the controversy generated over frequent Chinese transgressions into Indian territory in Ladakh and Arunachal, India and China have resolved to conduct the third edition of their joint military exercises in Chengdu in China from November 4 to 14.

Actress Madhuri Dixit and actress-turned politician Jaya Bachchan will be the recipients of the prestigious Lachchhu Maharaj award. Shakun-tala Neeruj Sansthan director Kumkum Adarsh said that while Ms Bachchan would be given the award for 2012, Madhuri Dixit will be given the honour for 2013.

The ignominy of missing out on a World Cup berth looming large, under-pressure India will look to open their campaign in the 9th Asia Cup men’s hockey tournament with a morale-boosting win over minnows Oman in Pool B here on Saturday.

The rupee registered its biggest single-day gain in a year, surging 2.1 per cent against the dollar, as some positive comments from Union finance minister P. Chidambaram and an assurance from the Reserve Bank about sufficient foreign exchange reserves calmed invest-ors’ nerves on Friday.