The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued suo motu clarification in Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons’ murder case judgment pronounced four days back without citing any reason for ordering the amendments in two crucial paragraphs on the conclusions drawn by the top court.

Home minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday held a meeting with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha on the demand for statehood to Gorkhaland and is understood to have deliberated on setting up of a regional authority for Gorkhas in Darjeeling. Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Darjeeling MP Jaswant Singh was part of the delegation led by GJM general secretary Roshan Giri.

Thousands of goats in northern Bihar have been drinking rum this winter to battle the bitter cold. Too afraid to lose their goats to the foggy chill in December and early January, many poor families gave the herbivores alcoholic drinks to keep them warm and alive.

There is finally some good news for UP chief minister Mayawati.
A poll survey conducted this month puts her ahead of her political rivals and shows that she is all set to become chief minister of UP for the second consecutive term. A voters’ attitude survey conducted by politicsparty.com in all the 403 Assembly segments between January 21 and 23, show that Ms Mayawati remains a frontrunner in state politics and could win 240 seats of the total of 403 seats in the next Assembly elections.

Slammed by the Opposition and the Supreme Court over the issue of black money stashed abroad, the government defended itself on Wednesday by saying that it has put in place a five-pronged strategy to tackle it. At the same time, it said that it cannot disclose the names of Indians with black money in Liechtenstein’s LGT Bank and information given by other countries owing to the absence of a legal framework.

On the eve of Republic Day, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil virtually asked the government and the Opposition to sort out issues between them so that the Parliament can function normally, calling it a joint responsibility of both.

He may be helming a political character in Prakash Jha’s next but Saif Ali Khan claims that he is not the least bit interested in politics in real life.

Completed all levels — check, unlocked all goodies — check, won all races — check; then bring on the next one!

Obesity is an epidemic that plagues people across the globe.

Besides being the end of the millennium’s first decade, 2010 was, as called by many, the Year of Kalmadi.