In the wake of escalating tension along the Line of Control (LoC) and increasing ceasefire violations by Pakistan, Army chief Gen. Bikram Singh met PM Manmohan Singh on Monday evening, in a meeting that was described as “unscheduled”. The Army Chief is understood to have briefed the PM on the situation along the LoC.

In the wake of demands for expeditious trial of terror cases involving Muslim youth, the home ministry is contemplating providing legal assistance to those jailed in connection with such cases. The move comes after the Centre set up 39 special courts across the country to take up terror cases registered by the NIA, in which majority of the accused were Muslims.

Chris Tremlett is “dying” to revive his Test career against Australia after being included in England’s squad for the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval, his Surrey home ground.

In a subtle show of strength to China, the Indian Air Force (IAF) Tuesday landed its C-130J Super Hercules transport plane at the world’s highest and recently-activated Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) airstrip in Ladakh near the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the scene of a stand-off with Chinese troops in April.

The Election Commission told the Supreme Court on Monday that a person against whom charges have been framed in a criminal case should be barred from contesting polls as he ceases to have requisite excellence and integrity for public office.

The SC on Monday agreed to hear a contempt of court petition against the UP government for suspending IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal for ordering demolishion of a wall at an under-construction mosque. The plea contended that she had followed an earlier order of the apex court which said that no unauthorised construction should be allowed in the name of religious structures.

India A pacer Ishwar Pandey took four wickets, including two in successive balls, but South Africa A fought back through J.P. Duminy’s fighting 84 and his crucial partnerships with the tail-enders in the first unofficial Test, here on Monday.

Abdul Karim Tunda, alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba bomb expert, was Tuesday assaulted by a man said to be Hindu Sena activist in Patiala House court complex while being taken to a court by the police.

VHP leader Ashok Singhal and other leaders, after their meeting with the Samajwadi leaders, had claimed that they had asked Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav to negotiate for an out-of-court settlement on the Ram temple issue since the matter was taking long in the Supreme Court.

Concerned over the sudden suspensions of civil servants, the representatives of three All-India Services associations on Monday demanded changes in rules in this regard to check any such abuse of power by state governments.