Happy over the Raghuram Rajan panel report for bracketing Bihar among backward states and thereby boosting its chances of getting the special status, ruling JD(U) on Thursday attributed the ‘success’ to chief minister Nitish Kumar who championed the cause.

Mumtaz Ali Khan, who was a minister in the previous BJP Government, joined Congress on Thursday, saying he was saddened by the outfit’s decision to project Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate.

Mumbai Police, which is probing the alleged hacking by a CA student into Anil Ambani’s e-filing of Income-Tax returns account, has stumbled upon another CA student who not only accessed the top industrialist’s account, but also of popular cricketers and film stars including Sachin Tendulkar, M S Dhoni, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.

CBI is likely to question Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal on Friday in connection with a case of alleged cheating and criminal conspiracy in bagging Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Birbhum in 2008.

Virender Sehwag struck a fluent half-century in the first outing of his comeback bid into the national side but that was not good enough to prevent a formidable Delhi side from losing by 18 runs to India Blue in the opening game of NKP Salve Challenger Series here on Thursday.

Police, assisted by bomb disposal squad, are searching Infosys’ office premises in Mangalore, following a phone call that a bomb has been planted there.

Ahead of Gujarat chief minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s scheduled address at a youth rally here on Thursday, a bomb threat call sent police into a tizzy but it proved to be hoax.

The Special Investigation Cell (SIC) constituted by Uttar Pradesh government has begun its probe into the 106 cases registered in connection with Muzaffarnagar riots that left 49 people dead.

Condemning the “dastardly” twin terror attacks, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said they are aimed at derailing talks between prime minister Mahmohan Singh and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif.

BJP on Thursday condemned the twin militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it reflects that Pakistan is continuing with its strategy to strike at will through proxy war of terror.