Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday appointed office-bearers of the Maharashtra PCC ahead of the crucial local body elections, including Mumbai and Pune which are considered “mini-Assembly” polls.

The Congress on Wednesday said that the cash-for-vote scam was a matter between former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and the BJP and there is “not a shred of evidence against any Congress leader”.

At least five people were feared killed and many others trapped when two old buildings collapsed in Chandani Mahal area of old Delhi on Tuesday. The incident was reported at around 8 pm when house number 833 of Chandani Mahal area near Jama Masjid came crashing down on the ground. Around 20

Baba Ramdev’s follower Rajbala’s body was cremated in her native village in Haryana. Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj, BJP leader Smriti Irani and Baba Ramdev attended a condolence ceremony for Raj Bala. She received serious injuries during the crackdown on Baba Ramdev’s campaign in Ramlila

Rescue workers and police officials search for survivors after two buildings collapsed in the Chandani Mahal area of Old Delhi on Tuesday. — Pritam Bandyopadhyay

After being sent for a four days judicial custody, former BJP leader and close aide of L.K. Advani, Sudheendra Kulkarni joined the league of VIP inmates in Tihar on Tuesday. 54-year-old Kulkarni, who was known for his contribution in the speeches of former Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was taken to the Tihar jail on Tuesday evening. Mr Kulkarni was sent for medical examination before being lodged in the jail.

UP chief minister and BSP supremo Mayawati is gearing up to the prospect of the RLD and Congress coming together for the 2012 state Assembly elections and is seeking to sell the development plank in the western UP region to consolidate non-jat voters in favour of her party.

A Municipal Corporation of Delhi engineer, caught taking `20,000 as bribe from a contractor, was sentenced to four years in jail.

The Delhi high court on Tuesday issued a contempt notice to veteran Congress leader Narayan Dutt Tiwari for defying its earlier order asking him to give his blood sample in a paternity suit filed by a 32-year-old city-based lawyer claiming to be his biological son.

The Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh is now caught in a dilemma with its major ally, the Janata Dal (United), demanding its share of 50 seats for the upcoming UP Assembly elections.