Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday met President Pranab Mukherjee and leaders of political parties in an attempt to find an amicable solution to the problem of division in Andhra Pradesh and creation of Telangana state.

Normal life was disrupted in Kashmir Valley Saturday due to a strike called by hardline Hurriyat Conference to protest the killing of five persons in CRPF firing in Shopian, where curfew continued for the ninth consecutive day.

Lashing out at the Uttar Pradesh government for its “inaction” in controlling the violence in Muzaffarnagar, union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh Saturday termed it as “poll preparations” of BJP and Samajwadi Party.

CBI Saturday carried out searches at the residence and office of the deputy chief security officer of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on charges of forgery and embezzlement in provident fund of guards.

Under-fire BCCI president N. Srinivasan Saturday continued to remain defiant by stating that no one could stop him from seeking an year’s extension in the upcoming AGM despite the chargesheet against his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan for betting during IPL.

Over 50 per cent of voters on Saturday participated in the first polls in 25 years in Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern Province to elect a council for the former war zone, 4 years after the rout of the rebel LTTE.

Despite last day selling due to RBI’s repo rate hike, the S&P BSE benchmark Sensex continued to rule firm for the 4th consecutive week by surging 531 points to finish the week at 20,263.71 on good buying support after the US Federal Reserve decided to maintain its stimulus.

Tainted umpire Asad Rauf was Saturday chargesheeted by police in the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing case but the Pakistani official claimed innocence and said he has no link with bookies.

Gold prices slumped further at the domestic bullion market on Saturday due to consistent selling by stockists as well as subdued investment off take amid bearish overseas sentiment.

Small destinations in the country will have air connectivity with a network of more than 100 airports planned to meet the expected passenger load capacity of 30 crore by 2020, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said.