The cash-for-vote scam on Tuesday took a new turn following the arrest of senior BJP leader L.K. Advani’s former aide, Mr Sudheendra Kulkarni.

Every time her 6-year-old son asks her when she would buy him a pair of shoes instead of the borrowed ones he always gets to wear, Indu makes yet another false promise and consoles him again. For 38-year-old Indu’s son, getting his own shoes is like a dream, whose realisation doesn’t seem to be anytime soon.

“Yes, I spend more than `31 on some days but there are days when I don’t even earn a penny. Doesn’t a kilo of flour cost `18, doesn’t an onion kg cost `20? Look at me. Do I look happy? All I pray to God is let me be born a stone but not poor in my next life.”

The CBI on Monday sought framing of a charge of criminal breach of trust against former communications minister A. Raja and 16 others allegedly involved in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, which might see the accused, if convicted, facing a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.

“Come stay with us, live our lives just for one day and then decide how a person who spends more than `31 is no longer poor”.

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, one of India’s most charismatic cricketers and a legendary batsman, passed away here on Thursday after battling a severe lung infection for the last few months, creating a void in the field of sports.

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, one of India’s most charismatic cricketers and a legendary batsman, passed away here on Thursday after battling a severe lung infection for the last few months, creating a void in the field of sports.

“Justu-ju jiski thi usko toa na paaya hamne, is bahane se magar dekh li duniya hamne...” (What I longed for, was never mine, but on this pretext, I beheld the world...)”

After jailed Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh was suddenly shifted to AIIMS hospital Monday evening, a local court hearing his bail plea on Tuesday sought a “complete” medical report from the hospital and also directed the Tihar jail authorities to explain what necessitated his shifting.

His gestural brushstrokes along with vibrant colours gave a unique energy to his early landscape paintings. But years later, his art became more subtle yet dynamic. Syed Haider Raza left aside painting landscapes for a geometric abstraction and the “Bindu”.