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.

The upcoming Champions League T20 is all set to be Sachin Tendulkar’s last appearance for the Mumbai Indians but chief mentor Anil Kumble feels the emotions related to the veteran’s swansong should be kept in check to ensure that the side’s performance is not affected.

Sporting Club beat Prabhu Dayal Coaching Centre by 50 runs in a league match of the RS Rawat Memorial U-17 cricket tournament on Saturday. Delhi U-16 player Manish Tehlan (63 not out) and Shivam Gupta (49 not out) played handy unbeaten knocks to help Sporting Club post 227/4 in 30 overs.

A team of policemen from Sukma district in Chhattisgarh’s south Bastar region on Saturday left for Malkangiri district in Orissa to identify bodies of 14 Naxals killed during a pre-dawn operation by the local police in the neighbouring state.

Ananta Vatsalya-trained Kohinoor Wish, winner of two races in a row, is in great heart and should complete a hat-trick in the AP Chief Minister’s Cup 1600 metres, the main event of the races to be held here on Sunday. False rails are up.

Keeping a tab on election expenses has always been a moot point for electoral reformers as well as the EC. Despite making several efforts, the election Commission has found itself helpless as the power of (black) money has time and again thwarted its attempts to reform the electoral system.

In view of the attacks on Telangana people during the APNGOs rally, the Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) on Saturday rejected the Centre’s move to make Hyderabad the common capital of the two states for 10 years or a UT and demanded Telangana with 10 districts with Hyderabad as the sole capital.

Imtiaz A. Sait-trained Glorious Reward holds an edge over rest of the runners to win the DNA Salver, the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday.

In another horrific incident, a four-year-old girl student of a reputed school in Badlapur was allegedly raped by the school bus cleaner in the back of the vehicle.