In a significant move ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Union minister for agriculture Sharad Pawar has moved a Cabinet note to seek a substantial hike in the minimum support price (MSP) of rabi (winter) crops for 2013-14, which is even higher than what the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP) has suggested. If approved, implementation of the Food Security Law would become much costlier.

Wayne Rooney returned to give Manchester United manager David Moyes his first win at Old Trafford as the champions beat Crystal Palace 2-0, while Mesut Ozil marked his debut by inspiring Arsenal to a 3-1 triumph at Sunderland Saturday.

Accusing Narendra Modi of being “desperate” to become prime minister, Congress today said it will remain a “pipe-dream” and the “divisive” leader’s nomination will help the UPA to return to power for a third term.

Disappointed at the BJP eventually nominating Narendra Modi as the NDA’s prime ministerial candidate, Bihar chief minister and JD(U) stalwart Nitish Kumar on Saturday described the move as potentially destructive for the saffron party and said India’s people would not tolerate a “divisive” leader.

A day after the anointment of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi by the BJP as its prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the party’s youth wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), swept three of the four top posts in the Delhi University Students’ Union (Dusu) election. The ABVP stormed back to rule the DU students’ body after two long years.

Sacked Delhi coach Vijay Dahiya has said that he was not taken into confidence by the Delhi District and Cricket Association on his availability for the upcoming domestic season.

Auto major Tata Motors on Sunday said it will go ahead with planned investment of Rs 3,000 crore during the fiscal to support growth in future despite the economic slowdown.

Following the drama over the anointment of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as the NDA’s prime ministerial candidate, the party’s national president Rajnath Singh on Saturday admitted that Mr Advani is currently unhappy, but said that it was an internal matter of the party.

In a sensational disclosure to his interrogators, India’s most wanted terrorist, Yasin Bhatkal, has revealed that Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), is working on a multi-pronged strategy to spread terror in India and for this purpose is now trying to rope in Naxals as well.

Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych led holders Czech Republic to a third Davis Cup final in five years after breezing past Argentina's Carlos Berlocq and Horacio Zeballos in Saturday’s doubles.