London, May 9: Britain on Sunday did not get any closer to ending uncertainty about its next government as Tory and Lib-Dem negotiators decided to meet again on Monday after spending the whole of Sunday trying to thrash out a power-sharing deal.

Washington, May 9: The United States said Sunday it had evidence that the Pakistani Taliban was behind last week’s failed attempt to detonate a car bomb at Times Square in New York and that terror suspect Faisal Shahzad was “working at their direction”.

Bengaluru, May 9: Former Karnataka food and civil supplies minister Haratalu Halappa was arrested in Shimoga on Sunday evening after being accused of rape by a friend’s wife. Mr Halappa was questioned by the CID for three hours and taken into custody at 6 pm, and remanded by a court to judicial custody for 24 hours, till Monday.

Lucknow, May 9: The UP police landed itself in an embarrassing situation on Sunday when a Muzaffarnagar couple, believed to have been killed, turned up at a local police station and said they were very much alive.
The girl’s brother, Anuj Tomar, was arrested on Saturday on a complaint by the boy’s father, and the police said Anuj had even confessed to killing Ajit Saini.

New Delhi, May 9: The new wholesale price-based inflation basket will have as many as 676 products, including LCD televisions, mobile phones and packaged drinking water, among others. It is likely to be rolled out in June or July.

Dancers wearing WWII Soviet Red Army uniforms perform in front of Soviet and Soviet Navy flags during celebrations to mark Victory in Europe Day in the Ukrainian city of Sevastopol, the main base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, on Friday. Ukrainian and Russian fleets will take a part in the V-E Day parade on May 9, marking the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II.     PHOTO: AFP

New Zealand bowler Kyle Mills (right) celebrates the wicket of Pakistan’s Umar Akmal for a duck in their ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup Super Eight match in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Saturday. New Zealand won by 1 run. PHOTO: AP

New Delhi/ranchi, May 8: With conflicting signals emanating from the BJP central leadership here and JMM in Ranchi, the political crisis in Jharkhand appears far from being resolved.

Washington, May 8: Pakistan faces “very severe consequences” if a terror plot like the failed Times Square bombing was traced to that country, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said in remarks made public on Saturday.

New Delhi, May 8: Suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi has prepared a “1,000-page document” to reply on Monday to the first of the two showcause notices issues by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.