Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday refuted Salman Rushdie's accusation that the police concocted a supposed death threat to keep him away from the Jaipur Literature Festival.

Breast cancer has now become the most common type of cancer, which is increasingly affecting women in the urban areas. According to a recent study conducted by the World Health Organisation, factors like late marriage, late childbirth, alcohol, late and low amount breastfeeding have led to an increase in the incidence of cancer. Globally, six lakh people die of cancer every month and 6.3 lakh deaths in India annually occur due to cancer.

Two Mohali-based college students’ attempts to sneakily get extra cellphone talk-time backfired terribly when the two were arrested as terror suspects due to possession of an unnaturally high number of SIM cards. The Maharashtra ATS picked them up from Mohali suspecting their role in July 13 bomb triple bomb blasts in Mumbai. Ironically, however, the boys’ families are claiming that the ATS, which has now let off the four suspects on bail, is now offering to speak to their college so that they are not suspended.

For the last few days, several local NCP leaders in Thane have joined the Shiv Sena. However, on Friday it was the NCP’s turn, which snapped up a bigger fish — Shiv Sena’s member of Parliament from Thane — Anand Paranjape.
Though Mr Paranjape has not joined the NCP formally, he lashed out at Uddhav Thackeray in the presence of Sharad Pawar at the NCP office. The Sena MP also praised Mr Pawar for his leadership.

Member of Parliament and president of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) Asaduddin Owaisi has demanded the immediate arrest of the writers who on Friday read Salman Rushdie's banned book 'Satanic Verses' at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

The Pakistan judicial commission that will be coming to Mumbai on February 3 in connection with the November 26 terror attack will not be given any access to Ajmal Aamir Kasab — a fact that was confirmed by officials of the Mumbai police.

Putting a question mark on the Delhi police’s claim that the two Indian Mujahideen operatives who stayed in Byculla and were responsible for the 13/7 triple blasts were Pakistani nationals, local investigations are now pointing to them actually being Indians from Bihar.

Denying the existence of Totally Drug Resistant (TDR) Tuberculosis, the Central team, which held its final meeting at St. George’s Hospital Complex on Wednesday claimed that the fatal form of TB, which had created panic in the country was in fact Extra Extensively Drug Resistat (XXDR) TB.

The Anti-Terrorism Squad has launched a manhunt for a Bihar man, who they claim could lead them to Yasin Bhatkal, IM co-founder and mastermind in the July 13 triple blasts.

The two Pakistani nationals, believed to be Indian Mujahideen cadre, who had stayed in Byculla prior to the 13/7 triple blasts had done a recce of the Lalbaugcha Raja between September 1 and 4, investigations have revealed. Sources said the duo could not gather the explosives on time and left for Delhi, where they are believed to have been involved in the September 7 blasts outside the Delhi high court.