The government on Saturday described as “successful” the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which saw the passage of the landmark Food Security as also the Land Acquisition Bills. However, it failed to see through its plan to scrap the collegium system of appointment of judges, as Lok Sabha did not pass the Constitutional Amendment Bill before it was adjourned sine die late Friday evening.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh unofficially announced the Congress Party’s prime ministerial candidate on Saturday, suggesting that party vice-president and Nehru-Gandhi family scion Rahul would be an ideal choice as his successor at 7, Race Course Road and he would be happy to work for the party under Mr Gandhi’s stewardship.

Sebastian Vettel ended Lewis Hamilton’s run of four straight pole positions on Saturday when he secured the prime starting spot for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix.

The Congress does not want the Telangana Rashtra Samithi to be merged with it before the Lok Sabha and the Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections due in early next year after realising that a merger could help the BJP in getting space in Telangana.

India-born maestro Zubin Mehta’s “peace” concert in Srinagar’s Shalimar Bagh was blemished by a series of bloody incidents, a protest shutdown and a parallel show at which local poets, singers and political and human rights activists attempted to showcase Kashmir in its “right perspective” on Saturday.

The battle for the final spot at the 2020 Olympics has entered its business end with wrestling, squash and a joint bid from baseball-softball hoping to emerge stronger from their existence crisis when the International Olympic Committee will take a call on their future on Sunday.

Eleven children today fell ill after they were administered deworming medicine under a state government's health scheme at Sultanpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district, officials said.

A guessing game has begun on a poll budget of BJP’s election campaign committee chief Narendra Modi in the political circles.

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed Friday to end their bitter dispute over American plans for military action in Syria, as half of the G-20 called for a “strong” response to a chemical weapons attack blamed on the Assad regime.

Decathlon, Machiavellian-ism and Vijayshaurya impressed when the horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course here on Friday.