Designer, Sidney S. Sladen, who is known for designing clothes for beauty pageants and movies like Chandramukhi, has sent his most recent collection of clothes to New York.

Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS), which acquired Maytas Infra from the Ramalinga Raju family, has set the stage for transferring ownership of the Hyderabad-based company to the Saudi Binladin Group (SBG), a construction conglomerate run by Bakr Bin Laden, the half-brother of the world’s most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden.

After receiving replies to all three showcause notices, the BCCI is to convene a special general meeting on July 3 to decide suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi’s fate.

In a major setback to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), the Centre has issued an ordinance upholding the jurisdiction of the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) on unit-linked insurance policies (Ulips).

The LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday stated that his party would stick with the RJD for this year's Bihar Assembly elections. While hinting that the CPI could join the alliance, Mr Paswan stated that it was upto the Congress to decide if the party wanted to join their alliance for the Bihar poll or not. The LJP chief also stated that the onus for the escape of Anderson after the Bhopal gas leak lay with the then MP state government.

Congress workers on Saturday assembled at the party headquarters on Akbar Road to celebrate the 40th birthday of party general secretary Rahul Gandhi. Though the scion of the Gandhi family is abroad, enthusiastic party workers offered cakes to his posters while dancing to drums and bursting fire-crackers.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s move of returning the flood relief money led to sharp criticism from some BJP leaders, including Patna Sahib MP Shatrughan Sinha, who charged Bihar chief minister of showing “arrogance”. The RJD and the LJP also criticised Bihar chief minister.

The Delhi government’s urban development department on Friday came out with revised instructions for rational and scientific utilisation of MLALAD funds. “The new instructions will facilitate early execution of works by the agencies,” stated urban development and finance minister Dr A.K. Walia.

The Delhi high court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL), which sought to ban marriages within the same “gotra” (clan), and asked the petitioner which Hindu scriptures forbade the practice.

Travelling in autorickshaws will soon become an expensive affair in Delhi. According to the Delhi government transport department’s proposal, which is likely to be tabled in the Cabinet meeting on Monday, passengers will end up paying for at least two kilometres of journey even if they take an auto for a kilometre or so.