At least four people were killed and several feared trapped when a four-storied building collapsed at Uttam Nagar in west Delhi on Saturday.

The Maran brothers who were at loggerheads with the DMK’s first family for a brief while before being accepted into the fold have all the reasons to be worried now that Kanimozhi is out on bail in the 2-G scam case. Having contributed to the DMK’s defeat in the last Assembly polls in the state by highlighting the 2-G

The CBI probe into the Bhanwari Devi case has revealed that the conspiracy to kidnap and eliminate the 36-year-old folk singer was hatched on August 8 in Jodhpur. Meanwhile, a key witness in the case, Indira Bishnoi, reportedly went missing on Saturday.

The former military secretary, Lt. Gen. Avadesh Prakash (Retd), has been awarded the punishment of “dismissal from service” — leading to the loss of pension and rank — by an Army court martial as part of the disciplinary action

Refusing to react to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the Centre has put on hold its decision on FDI in retail, the BJP and the Left said it would better if the government comes out with a formal announcement in this regard.

The Centre has decided to take a final call on FDI in retail after talking to its allies. Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday spoke to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who is also the Trinamul Congress

On September 1, the day folk singer Bhanwari Devi went missing, two accused in the case, Shahabuddin and Sohan Lal, allegedly took Devi to Bilara, near Jodhpur, in a jeep, sources in the CBI said.

Overwhelmed by the prospect of having to face byelections, more legislators left the camp of YSR Congress leader Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, refusing to vote against the government during Monday’s vote on the Telugu Desam-sponsored no-confidence motion.

The UPCC is gearing up for a hard task this week. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Lucknow on December 7 and 8 on a special mission. He will neither undertake a road show and nor will he address any rally. Mr Gandhi will simply interact with the Assembly candidates on a one-to-one basis and take stock of poll preparations.

The Punjab government is going all out and doing everything to woo voters before reaching the finishing line of its term. The state is raining sops for government employees, religious monuments are being dedicated to public and mega-industrial project are being approved like never before.