The Mumbai police chargesheet in the Indian Premier League betting case includes a statement from Chennai-based hotelier Vikram Aggarwal claiming that he had arranged a darshan at Tirupati Balaji for his friend and former Chennai Super Kings Team Principal Gurunath Meiyappan and actor-cum-bookie Vindoo Dara Singh during the tournament.

Narendra Modi’s rally in Bahraich on November 8 coincides with Chhat, which is now celebrated in Uttar Pradesh in a big way, particularly in eastern UP.

Over the six seasons of the Indian Premier League, Chennai Super Kings’ batsmen have developed a knack of rising to the occasion while chasing big totals and Sunday was another day when that quality was displayed in abundance by Suresh Raina and Michael Hussey in their CLT20 game here against Titans.

Delhi food and civil supplies minister Haroon Yusuf on Monday said that more than nine lakh households have submitted their forms for enrolment in the food security scheme in the capital. Refuting allegations by the BJP of applicants being fleeced, Mr Yusuf said that the government has already distributed 40 lakh forms and is receiving about 50,000 applications daily.

In the wake of the recent Muzaffarnagar riots, “rise” in the communal clashes across the country dominated the National Integration Council meet on Monday with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking political outfits not to try gain political mileage out of communal strife.

The Congress has virtually ruled out a change of guard in Uttarakhand at least for the time being contrary to the speculation that the chief minister Vijay Bahuguna could be replaced before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Responding to questions about the fate of Mr Bahuguna, the Congress spokesperson P.C. Chacko suggested how can the party shift the chief minister after handling the worst calamity of this century.

In an alarming rise in the number of dengue cases in the city, 443 new cases were reported since last Friday. The dengue season seems to be peaking in the capital with the number of cases rising to 1,355 from 912 on September 19, registering a 50 per cent rise in cases in last four days as per a report released by the MCD on Monday.

Facing brickbats over administrative lapses over the Muzaffarnagar riots, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday claimed that “some main political parties are trying to dangerously disturb the communal harmony in the state ahead of Lok Sabha elections”.

Even as the BJP sees its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has a pan-India appeal, the Congress on Monday suggested that the Gujarat chief minister should test his popularity by fighting a Lok Sabha seat from Kerala.
“Narendra Modi will lose the Lok Sabha elections if he fights from Kerala,” said a senior AICC and the sitting Lok Sabha member.

With four of their players alleged to have ‘fixed’ an Indian Premier League game early this year, the Sunrisers Hyderabad went about their business in a calm manner at the PCA Stadium here on Monday afternoon. “We are only talking about tomorrow’s match,” said coach Tom Moody as his players ground out a two-hour training session.