The southwest monsoon will hit the Kerala coast on May 30, two days before its normal onset, heralding its arrival in India this year. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a normal monsoon in 2010, after a year of severe drought.

While the stalemate between the BJP and the JMM continued on Friday over the formation of government in Jharkhand, the Congress has dropped ample hints that the party is now thinking of demanding President’s Rule in the state.

Vijender Gupta, virtually a dark horse in the race for state unit presidentship, was on Friday appointed as the Delhi BJP chief. The appointment to the post was long awaited as the national leadership of the party was not able to form a consensus on any particular leader. He will replace O.P. Kohli as the state unit chief.

The month-long public spat between the cricket control board’s top brass and suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi is expected to reach its conclusion on Saturday, when the latter finally replies to the charges slapped on him in BCCI’s show cause notice.

The board seemingly pushed itself into a corner on Tuesday with its admission that some of the charges slapped on suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi were based on “oral submissions”. And it’s feeling the heat of that revelation ahead of the all-important meet on May 15.

Churchill Brothers failed to emulate fellow Goans Dempo as the only Indian club to ever reach the quarterfinals as they lost 1-2 to Kuwaiti outfit Al Qadsia in their single leg pre-quarterfinal in Kuwait City late on Wednesday night.

Olympic bronze medallist Sushil Kumar lived up to his reputation as he bagged gold in the men’s 66kg freestyle on the second day of the senior Asian Wrestling Championships here on Thursday.

India’s exit from the World Twenty20 championships is being taken with utmost seriousness, and according to media reports, coach Gary Kirsten is expected to a file a incriminating report for the cricket control board, listing the reasons behind it.

Seeking to assuage fears of the big four mobile service providers, including Bharti, of huge payout for excess spectrum, telecom regulator Trai on Thursday said their outgo would be only about Rs 12,000 crore.

The Planning Commission has proposed to set up a mega fund with seed money of Rs 50,000 crore to facilitate investment of over Rs 45 lakh crore in the infrastructure sector during the 12th Plan (2012-17).