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.

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.

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.

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.

Faced with growing incidents of communal violence in different parts of the country, the Union home ministry has asked states to remain alert even as Central agencies are trying to ascertain whether these could be viewed as isolated incidents or a deliberate design to whip up tension ahead of the general elections.

Arsenal provided the perfect riposte to their critics with a timely and ultimately impressive 3-0 win at Fenerbahce on Wednesday which left Arsene Wenger’s side on the verge of a remarkable 17th straight Champions League campaign.

Implementation of the decision to create a Telangana state continues to trouble UPA-2, with the Congress and the Telugu Desam apparently divided on regional lines.

What is intriguing many is the nomination of former Union law minister Ashwani Kumar “to visit for up to seven days as PM’s special envoy for that period (in the rank and the privileges of a Cabinet minister) to maintain the momentum of high-level exchanges with Japan....”