The hectic bargain between the ruling DMK and the Congress continued on Thursday and the two could not reach a consensus on identifying constituencies even after two rounds of negotiations.

The Nitish Kumar government’s insistence on amending two laws governing the functioning of Bihar’s universities has brought the government and governor Devanand Konwar on to a confrontation simmering for a fortnight. Mr Konwar’s disagreement to the proposed changes has drawn criticism from the ruling NDA legislators.

The CPI(M) on Thursday asked the Election Commission to seek clarifications from railway minister Mamata Banerjee for announcing sops like free travel for girls doing vocational training when the poll code is in force as it has done in the case of Kerala’s LDF government. CPI(M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury said that there appears to be a bias. “This is not conducive to holding free and fair elections,” he said here.

Four days before he celebrated his 21st birthday, Roji G. John, a crew member of a UAE cargo ship M.V.

This year’s Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) was a trifle off colour. In the sense that the plays one saw at the festival were not of the best quality.

This August, Arjun Rampal will be completing a decade in the industry.

Junior B seems to have a newfound fetish for action. The actor, who is juggling as many as four action flicks these days, can’t get enough of the kicks and punches.

Visiting my alma mater last week, I caught up with a junior running down the long college corridor, clutching a stack of papers requiring signatures. It brought back a sense of déjà vu.

The last two weeks have been spent discussing books I’ve travelled with, and this is the last of the three.

The author Abhay Narayan Sapru is definitely in a good position to write about what is happening in the valley of Kashmir having served in the Special Forces, Indian Army.