UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav faced black flags and a hostile crowd when he visited the riot-hit areas of Muzaffarnagar on Sunday.

Sulabh Foundation founder Bindeshwar Pathak on Sunday handed over a cheque of `8 lakhs to Sushma Verma, the child prodigy who has completed her graduation at the age of 13.

Life has given Shikhar Dhawan a few knocks, but having come through that phase, he in now sailing calmer waters. An eye-popping Test debut, a richly-successful return to the one-day squad, matrimony and now, captaincy of his IPL franchise, the Sunrisers Hyderabad, ahead of the Champions League T20 qualifiers, that get under way here on Tuesday.

An elite British soldier’s face-to-face interaction with Prince William in 2008 prompted him to reveal the alleged plot hatched by royal inner circle that led to Princess Diana’s death to his wife, a report said on Sunday.

The first ever study on the income-tax returns and statements filed by six major national political parties — Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Bahujan Samaj Party and Nationalist Congress Party — with the Election Commission, has brought forth startling revelations regarding the massive income of these parties from unknown sources.

The four-day Uttar Pradesh Assembly session, beginning on Monday will give a gruelling time to the Samajwadi government in general and chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, in particular.

On a news intensive Friday — what with Narendra Modi being officially named BJP’s prime ministerial candidate amidst much melodrama and death sentences being pronounced for the four guilty of raping the Delhi ‘Braveheart’ — punishments doled out to those involved in match-fixing in the IPL last season became an also-ran story.

Delhi U-16 wicketkeeper Vasu Sharma scored a sparkling 117 to guide Star Eleven into the quarter-finals of the 2nd Mayur Cup U-17 cricket tournament on Saturday against Standford Academy, who posted a competitive 242/5 riding on Karamvir’s 85-run knock.

Central minister of state for shipping, information technology and telecommunications Milind Deora shares his views on the ongoing debate regarding the inclusion of all political parties under the ambit of RTI. He talks to this newspaper about the need for bringing in greater transparency by way of election reforms.

“No reports of any injury from the side of the rebels are yet available. However, there was no casualty from our side as the assault plan was quite meticulously executed,” Orissa director-general of police Prakash Mishra said, after at least 14 Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire with security personnel in Orissa’s Malkangiri district late on Friday night, the police said on Saturday.