Dubbing the three-day fast of the Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi a “drama”, the All-India Ulema Board on Monday said that the minority community was not any better off in the state.

Noted danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, who was taken into preventive custody after she made a bid to protest against the Gujarat government at Naroda Patiya, said her agitation against “injustice” in the state will continue.

The RSS is seething as Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi apparently ignored the Sangh Parivar and took only a section of the BJP’s top leadership into confidence.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s new-found friendship with Narendra Modi has not gone down well with the Shiv Sena. While Raj Thackeray on Monday supported Mr Modi’s candidature for the Prime Minister’s post, the Sena, BJP’s alliance partner, has criticised the Gujarat chief minister for projecting his secular image.

The Indian rupee was down by 44 paise at a fresh two-year low of Rs 48.25 per US dollar in early trade today on persistent demand for the American currency from banks and importers on the back of dollar firmness in overseas market.

According to scientists, evaporated water helps in cooling earth as a whole, not just the local area of evaporation, a study said.

Noted danseuse Mallika Sarabhai on Sunday accused Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi of using public funds to “bribe her lawyers” in an attempt to derail proceedings of the PIL filed in the Supreme

Cracking the whip, the BCCI on Monday terminated the contract of IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala for non-payment of bank guarantee, thus abruptly ending the controversial Kerala team's association with the cash-rich league after just one year.

Gujarat Congress leaders Shankarsinh Vaghela and Arjun Modhvadia on Saturday began their fast as a counter to chief minister Narendra Modi’s three-day fast here. The Congress leaders launched their fast an hour before Mr Modi’s fast which began at around 10 am.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi kicks of his three-day fast on Friday with support also coming from his counterparts from Tamil Nadu and Punjab — Ms Jayalalithaa and Mr Prakash Singh Badal — and Shiv Sena leaders.