West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday once again urged the industrialists to invest in micro, small and medium enterprises in the state. She coined a new slogan to launch her industrial drive: “shilpo korun Bangla gorun” (Set up industry, build Bengal).

Form is temporary but class is permanent. In sport, more often than not it’s consistency that makes legends while heralding new stars on the horizon. Its an inescapable fact and every sportsman understands this. Yusuf Pathan is no different.

The Congress on Monday asked Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to tell how many ex-servicemen in his state have been rehabilitated. Mr Modi had addressed a massive rally in Rewari on Sunday.

A Delhi court has refused to take cognisance of the chargesheet filed against Zee Group, including editors Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia, for their alleged extortion bid from Congress MP Naveen Jindal’s firm.

Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarevic led Serbia into a Davis Cup final clash with defending champions the Czech Republic after over-turning a 1-2 deficit to beat Canada 3-2 in the semi-finals.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh came under sharp attack from Opposition parties and allies over his visit to the riot-hit areas of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.

The Centre has reiterated before the Supreme Court its resolve to go ahead with the controversial Sethusamudram project despite opposition from various quarters.

Czech third seed Lucie Safarova defeated New Zealand’s sixth-seeded Marina Erakovic 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday in the final of the $235,000 WTA Bell Challenge.

The Congress on Monday stepped up attack on the BJP and the Samajwadi Party accusing them of “collusion” in replicating Gujarat pattern of riots in Uttar Pradesh saying while one is “engineering” riot

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Monday said that influx from Bangladesh is no longer restricted to Assam alone but it was a global phenomenon.