An Indian Army major being probed for allegedly being seen with a sex-worker recently in Congo has attempted suicide by slashing his wrists, defence sources have confirmed. Sources said the officer is out of danger and is being treated in a hospital in the African nation.

Taking serious note of the outburst of PCC general secretary Ambat Rambabu against the Andhra chief minister K. Rosaiah, the party has suspended him for alleged anti-party activities. Mr Rambabu is a close aide of Jaganmohan Reddy who is now in the middle of his controversial “Odarpu Yatra.”

Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, referring to Mr Santosh Hegde, the Lokayukta in his state, said, “He is investigating the mining issue. As early as possible, we are going to refer all cases, starting from 2002. Soon the truth will come out. Whoever is the culprit, we will punish them,” Mr Yeddyurappa added. He alleged that the

The AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh, who had raised a storm by calling the home minister P. Chidambram “intellectually arrogant”, has said that he doesn’t regret the remark and still stands by it. He also added that he simply articulated the views of the party. His criticism of Mr Chidambaram’s handling of the Maoist menace, however, was rejected by the party.

The Karnataka unit of the Congress demanded the imposition of President’s Rule in the state invoking the use of Article 356, if the chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa did not tender his resignation over the “illegal mining” issue.

An MCD employee, who lost his vision in a mishap, has been awarded a compensation of Rs 30.57 lakhs by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT). The victim had met with the accident last year. In a recent order, presiding officer Gurvinder Pal Singh directed the insurance company to pay the victim, Bali Ram Singh, the amount within a month after holding the autorickshaw driver responsible for the accident.

The Centre on Saturday reviewed the security set-up for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in the capital.
Home secretary Gopal K. Pillai reviewed the arrangements being put in place at the various Games venues. Mr Pillai visited the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the venue of both opening and closing ceremonies, and conducted an on the spot assessment of the security measures being put in place.

The underpasses in the capital at various important intersections were supposed to be an integral part of the solution from traffic jams. However, whenever it rains, they get submerged further worsening the problem, rather than solving it. Officials with various civic agencies, however, seemed to be resigned to the problem saying not

A city court has sought the response of Tihar jail authorities on the plea of the prime accused in the Soumya Vishwanathan murder case, Ravi Kapoor, in which he had alleged that the prison officials were pressurising him to withdraw a complaint against certain officers.

Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah on Saturday held parleys with the top Central leadership, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and home minister P. Chidambaram, and apprised them of the prevailing situation in the state. The PM on his part assured full support to his government.