Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday told civil and military leadership that his government wants to resolve all the issued with India through talks, adding that Pakistan will abide by the Line of Control (LoC) ceasefire.

Loyalists in Chhattisgarh Congress are keenly watching the moves by the party high command after they apprised the Central leadership of the alleged rebellion by former chief minister Ajit Jogi, threatening to upset party’s applecart in the November Assembly polls in the state.

The blame game continuing between the railways and the Bihar government over the train disaster in Khagaria turned unseemly on Wednesday with chief minister Nitish Kumar criticising minister of state for railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for putting a part of the responsibility on the state government.

Defending champion Petra Kvitova recovered from a set and a break down to beat Annika Beck 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the New Haven Open on Tuesday.

Indian and Pakistani troops have again exchanged small and medium arms fire at a couple of places along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, including Kargil, killing a Pakistani Army official and injuring another.

Four police officials, including a deputy superintendent of police, were injured in an attack by illegal liquor smugglers in Hapur district late on Tuesday night.

Neil Darashah trained Spaniard looks set to win the H.H. Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Memorial Trophy, the feature event of the inaugural day’s races of the Mysore season scheduled to be held on Thursday.

Amid unabated violation of ceasefire by Pakistan on the LoC, the Indian deputy high commissioner in Pakistan, Gopal Baglay, was summoned to the Pakistan foreign office on Wednesday who registered its strong protest over what is claims is Indian aggression on the LoC.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against an IPS officer of Arunachal Pradesh for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Vijay Singh-trained Aerator was ably ridden by Christopher Alford to claim the Manohar Lal Memorial Cup, the feature event of the races held here on Wednesday.