With the erstwhile Left bastion of West Bengal turning into a virtual battleground between the CPI(M) and the ruling Trinamul Congress, the major Left party is focusing heavily on Kerala for any electoral gains ahead of the 2014 general elections.

After a respite of four days, the hills is again likely to witness a complete shutdown for five consecutive days from August 19 to 23. To avoid inviting the wrath of the judiciary, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has refrained from describing the new agitation as bandh or janata curfew.

Arjen Robben has said Mario Goetze’s imminent league debut for Bayern Munich can only be a good thing for the defending champions ahead of Saturday’s Bundesliga trip to Eintracht Frankfurt.

The two national parties — the Congress and the BJP — are not approaching “like-minded parties” to expand the UPA and the NDA before the general elections, for different reasons.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea filed by the Centre and other political parties seeking a review of its two significant judgments disqualifying MPs and MLAs on being convicted in criminal cases and prohibiting arrested persons from contesting elections.

The last time Manchester United began a season without Alex Ferguson in charge Ron Atkinson was shown the Old Trafford exit door before Christmas and the rest, as they say, is history.

Violation of safety regulations could be the most likely cause of the explosions on submarine Sindhurakshak because of which it sank, Russian deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has said.

The BJP in Orissa has resorted to a novel way of protest against increase in the price of onion. The party has started selling onion at `10 per kg in some major cities.

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government for arresting dalit scholar Kanwal Bharti for allegedly writing a Facebook post criticising the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal by the Uttar Pradesh government after she took action against illegal sand mining in the state.

Stung by the International Olympic Committee’s directive to bar chargesheeted persons from contesting the elections, the Indian Olympic Association has questioned the implementation of such a provision when the law in the country allows such people to contest Parliamentary elections.