Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday appeared to rule out early Lok Sabha polls, saying “our aim is to go till the very end.”

One of India’s most potent middle-order batsman in the limited-overs format, Yuvraj Singh, has won his battle against cancer but his fight to regain his position in the national team is still on after being left out of the team for more than six months.

The People Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has launched a website named “Pheku” to expose what it says are the truths and myths of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. “The website will help people know the truth about Modi’s so-called Gujarat model,” said Radha Kishan, a senior PUCL functionary.

Sanjoy Kolse-trained Fortune Favours looks set to win the Nana Raghunath Trophy, the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday.

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung on Thursday threatened to further intensify the Gorkhaland agitation to protest the police crackdown in the Hills. The renewed agitation includes total shutdown on Saturday and Sunday, sustained street protests and hunger strike by the arrested GJM leaders and workers in jails.

Faced with opposition by Tamil parties to Prime Minister’s participation in Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka, external affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday said no decision has yet been taken on level of India’s participation in the summit scheduled in November.

Sam Querrey stepped up his rivalry with countryman John Isner on Wednesday, the 29th-ranked American blasting 19 aces in reaching the quarte-rfinals of the ATP Winston-Salem Open.

The RJD, feeling marginalised after the ruling JD(U) seemingly improved its pro-Muslim image and the BJP emerged as Bihar’s main Opposition party, on Thursday deliberated on strategies to increase its Muslim votebank and taunted chief minister Nitish Kumar as a “new Muslim” bent on deceiving the minorities.

Industrialist Anil Ambani was described as a “hostile” witness by the CBI during his deposition before a special court here conducting trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case as he “resiled” from his statement given earlier to the probe agency.

Plenipotent and Kohinoor Wish caught the eye when the horses were exercised at Malakpet Racecourse here on Thursday.