After extending their support to 12-hour blockade on all the national highways crossing through Bodoland Territorial Council on Friday, the All-Bodo Students’ Union has decided to give a relief of another 10 days to the government which assured them in a letter on Thursday to hold a tripartite meeting to discuss their statehood demand.

The Hamlet like dilemma of Wayne Rooney — to stay with Manchester United or not — overshadows the start of the 22nd English Premier league this week-end. In London, the other big news is the possible transfer of dashing winger Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid.

Over 14 years after the guns fell silent in Drass and Kargil, the facing armies reportedly exchanged fire, though briefly and without any casualties, in that region. There was, however, no official word from the Army or from Islamabad.

The CBI on Friday opposed before the Supreme Court the petitions filed by accused persons in the 2G spectrum allocation case against its earlier verdict ordering a day-to-day trial in the case and barring the high court from entertaining pleas pertaining to the matter, saying that all such pleas would be filed directly before the top court.

Will the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2013, introduced by environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan in the Rajya Sabha in the current session of Parliament act as a deterrent to wildlife crime?

Dalal Street witnessed its worst carnage in two years on Friday as equities crumpled, while the rupee hit a record new low — slipping below the psychological 62-level to the US dollar — after strong rumours that the Reserve Bank might impose restrictions on FII outflows after the recent capital control measures it announced to stem the rupee’s fall.

This year’s Amarnath yatra entered its final phase on Friday when Chhari Mubarak or the holy mace of Lord Shiva left Srinagar for the cave shrine up in Kashmir Himalayas. The 55-day pilgrimage will conclude on August 21, coinciding with Raksha Bandhan.

Five severely burnt and highly disfigured bodies of naval personnel were recovered Friday morning from the gutted submarine INS Sindhurakshak, and the Navy virtually conceded the other 13 sailors on board when the disaster struck were dead.

India allowed the US to use one of its airbases for refuelling the CIA’s U-2 spy planes to target Chinese territories after its defeat in the 1962 war, a declassified official document said on Friday.

Mohit Sharma is now a familiar name in Indian cricket after his commendable show in his debut series against Zimbabwe recently. The 24-year-old Haryana medium pacer’s impressive bowling with the new ball for Chennai Super Kings during the last IPL paved the way for his inclusion in the Indian ODI team.