The courageous tale of Irom Chanu Sharmila, the 'Iron Lady of Manipur', who has not eaten a morsel of food since the last eleven years has now been included in the collection of 'Ripley's Believe It o

Ajit Pawar has left many Congressmen baffled by leaving the Beed-Latur-Osmanabad local body legislative council seat for Congress. Though the NCP has more votes (251) than Congress (217), the NCP leader agreed to give up the seat to the Congress, but on the condition that Vilasrao Deshmukh’s brother Dilip Deshmukh would be its candidate.

The US has agreed to treat West Bengal as a partner state for investment in the changed political situation, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Monday.

Senior crime branch officers on Monday indicated that the noose around inspector Sanjay Shinde has tightened and he is likely to be dismissed from service for allegedly helping Vijay Palande escape from police custody. The incident took place while Palande was being brought to Mumbai from Karad on April 10. Officers said that they were also contemplating whether he could be made an accused in the case.

The Bombay high court on Monday allowed 21-year-old Guwahati student Bidhan Barua to undergo the sex change surgery. Observing that there is no law that prohibits a sex change operation, the high court held that Barua is an adult and can take his own decisions.

The Adarsh Commission on Monday began recording the evidence of Ratnakar Gaikwad, the ex-metropolitan commissioner of Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). While recording the evidence in the Commission, Mr Gaikwad stated that the MMRDA did not impose any penalty on Adarsh society for constructing the 28th floor, as it was legal.

The supermoon has characteristically given rise to tidal waves.
Seawater has reached the edge of Cadel Road in Bandra and the walkway
to Haji Ali, which is situated in the sea, was completely submerged
under water till Monday morning.

Actor John Abraham on Monday got relief from the Bombay high court in a 2006 rash driving case. While upholding the 15-day jail term awarded by the sessions court, the HC granted the actor relief under the Probation of Offenders Act. The actor will be on probation, and if he is involved in another rash driving case, his probation will stand suspended. He will also have to pay `10,000 compensation to the two victims in the case.

Mumbaikars will have to brace for water cuts till Wednesday, as certain glitches during the pipeline work on Monday has extended the work period till Wednesday — double the time than the schedule that was announced.

“Running a coalition government is an art,” NCP chief and Union minister Sharad Pawar said on Saturday, taking a jibe at Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan after he spoke of advantages of single-party rule.