When Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki arrives here on Thursday, he will become the first head of government from his country to set foot on Indian soil in 38 years.

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.

President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday batted for Afghanistan being turned into a regional hub for economic growth and pointed out that Indian companies were interested in bidding for its natural resources.

In the wake of the murder of Narendra Dabholkar, the Maharashtra government is now seriously considering to provide security to another anti-superstition crusader Shyam Manav, founder of the Andhshraddha Nirmulan Samiti, an organisation working for the eradication anti-superstition from society.

Andreas Seppi was upset on Tuesday night in the second round of the Winston-Salem Open, leaving Spaniard Tommy Robredo as the only survivor among the top four seeds at the tournament.

In a bid to win support of the key opponent Samajwadi Party for the National Food Security Ordinance’s ratification in Parliament, the government is to move an amendment in the legislative proposal to compensate states for the losses of foodgrains allocation for three years.

Soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army intruded over 20 km into Indian territory in the Chaglagam area of Arunachal Pradesh on August 11 and stayed there for about four days before returning. This ironically became known on a day when the Indian Army and the Chinese PLA were discussing the modalities of conducting a joint military exercise in November in China.

The hanging of two men scheduled to take place on Thursday in Belgaum in Karnataka was stayed on Wednesday by the Supreme Court which agreed to examine their petitions seeking commutation of capital punishment to life imprisonment on the ground that there was a delay of six years in rejection of their mercy pleas by the President.

Kimi Raikkonen, the least garrulous of Formula One drivers, is the man everyone is talking about ahead of Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix at his favourite Spa-Francor-champs circuit.