In a reprieve for Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat high court on Wednesday rejected a petition for summoning him to the Nanavati Commission for questioning in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots, observing there was no substance in the plea.

The battle for Uttar Pradesh has begun.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi addressed her first election meeting in Gonda on Wednesday and blamed the non-Congress parties for destroying Uttar Pradesh in the past 22 years.

The ATS officers, in a joint operation with the Intelligence Bureau, on Monday, made the fourth arrest in the July 13 triple blasts case — a hawala operator from New Delhi. He is supposed to have handed over `10 lakhs used for the blasts to Yasin Bhatkal.

Maoists are planning to hold their crucial 10th congress in the rebel-controlled Abujhmad, a 6,000-sq-km densely forested region extending from south Bastar in Chhattisgarh to Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, reports received by the state police said here on Tuesday.

A 22-year-old youth from Assam, Abhijit Baruah, on Tuesday staked claim for entry into the Guinness Book of World Records by completing a historic barefoot run for about 153 km within 24 hours.

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday chose to take a dig at those who protested over Salman Rushdie, the author of Satanic Verses, having been barred from speaking at the recently held Jaipur literary festival yet forced the Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, Pune to cancel a seminar on Kashmir.

An amalgam of Kashmiri Sikhs on Tuesday demanded a re-investigation into the March 2000 massacre of 36 members of the minority community in the village of Chattisinghpora outside the southern town of Anantnag, the gory incident blamed on separatist militants by the authorities.

What is wrong with Akshaye Khanna? As it is he has barely any films on hand and the actor continues to play truant. Apparently, the low profile actor hates talking to the press or posing for those mandatory PR pictures.

The Congress election manifesto released here on Saturday for the forthcoming panchayat polls in the state portrays chief minister Naveen Patnaik as “Dashanan”, the 10-headed demon king.

Another lass who seriously needs help is Shraddha Kapoor — don’t tell me you’ve already forgotten her. Ever since her Teen Patti flopped badly, the actress is making all kinds of appearances.