With the judicial inquiry commission probing the Forbesganj police firing on poor Muslims failing to submit its report within the stipulated six months, the Bihar government has extended the single-member panel’s term by a year.

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday frankly accepted the title of Lakhpati. As the long list of followers is inching closer to 1 lakh mark, Mr Abdullah wrote on the micro blogging site, “I am almost a Lakhpati”.
He is likely to touch the milestone shortly. The list of his followers have already crossed 99,900 mark.

The Indian railways can be expected to make production of proof of identity mandatory for all passengers travelling in air-conditioned classes anywhere in the country starting February 15.

The Assam police has embarked upon an ambitious plan of sending 200 former militants for spiritual, behavioural and vocational rehabilitation training at the Art of Living in Bengaluru.

In what has been seen as a rare action, a team of Japanese officials on Wednesday started exhuming a six-decade- old war cemetery to take away the remains of its 11 soldiers buried here during World War II.

Former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh on Wednesday released the manifesto of his Jan Kranti Party, promising 20 per cent reservation in government jobs to women.

Karnataka chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda faced some embarrassing moments when he arrived to distribute houses to flood victims, with his predecessor B.S.

Shiv Balak Pasi, the sitting Congress MLA from Salon in Rae Bareli, has offered to leave his seat for Ms Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

The dozen-odd Muslim legislators in the BSP, who have been dumped and denied tickets for the Assembly polls, are now working overtime in their respective constituencies to ensure the defeat of the official BSP candidate.

Talking about the lokayukta appointment issue in Gandhinagar, the Gujarat government’s spokesperson and health minister Jaynarayan Vyas said, “We accept the verdict of the high court. But our points remain and we will challenge this decision in the Supreme Court after consultations with legal experts.”