Extending a winning hand to cardlovers, the Madras high court has held that rummy is a game of skill, and playing it with or without stakes is just fine.
Justice S. Rajeswaran on Friday disposed of a petition by the Mahalakshmi Cultural Association to restrain the police from interfering with its activities, including playing 13-card games like rummy.

The Delhi police on Friday told a court here that it has sought legal opinion on a complaint against Anna Hazare and his team, seeking their prosecution for allegedly dishonouring the national flag during their anti-corruption protest here in August.

Former communications minister A. Raja on Friday said that once he is acquitted he would come out with a book that would lead to someone’s prosecution.

A youth was brutally stabbed to death while another was seriously injured when two groups clashed in Mahindra Park area on Thursday night.

The joint forces on Friday conducted a huge manhunt in and around the Burishole jungles in Jamboni police station area of West Midnapore, searching relentlessly for slain Maoist leader Kishenji’s close associates Suchitra Mahato and others. “We believe she was injured and that is why she had to flee leaving her rifle and bag behind,” a CRPF member said.

The 28-year-old son of a senior advocate, who worked as an assistant in the legal cell of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and was kidnapped on Monday evening, was found shot dead in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh.

In a bizarre move, the Mumbai crime branch on Friday arrested senior journalist Jigna Vora, working with The Asian Age, in connection with the Jyotirmoy Dey murder case. Though its claim was that Ms Vora passed on information about Dey to underworld don Chhota Rajan, the police told the court while seeking her custody that it wanted to investigate how the information was sent.

Members of the Kisan Mahasangh take part in a rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Friday. — BIPLAB BANERJEE

The government’s decision to allow 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail affected Parliament’s functioning on Friday, with angry Opposition protests leading to both Houses being adjourned for the fourth consecutive day. The Trinamul Congress, a UPA member, also sharply criticised the move and joined the

The setting up of a joint border management mechanism between India and China has been delayed with no dates having been finalised as yet for the talks between the special representatives (SRs) of the two neighbours.