India and South Africa cricket chiefs are to meet in Dubai this month to defuse a row over the scheduling of an upcoming tour between the two countries, Cricket South Africa said on Friday.

Vidarbha will see a flurry of activity in September as two national leaders will be visiting the region to take stock of the situation there. While Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will visit the region in the latter half of the month, his visit will be preceded by that of NCP chief and Union agricultural minister Sharad Pawar’s.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) came down heavily on the environment ministry for non-utilisation of Compensatory Afforest-ation (Campa) Fund, which grew from `1,200 to `23,608 crore between 2006-12.

With the time running out, as Lok Sabha was to be declared adjourned sine a die on Friday only, the House rushed through a range of legislations including Representation of the People (Amendment and Validation) Bill, Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill and Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill either after a brief or without discussion.

Gold prices slumped and hit more than two-week lows at domestic bullion market on Friday on heavy selling by stockists and investors amid sluggish demand on the back of strengthening rupee value.

Amidst the ongoing controversy over the “missing files” related to the coalgate scam, CBI sleuths suspect that the “final” minutes of the crucial 26th Screening Committee meeting, held on May 1, 2005,

India and Japan have decided to more than triple their bilateral currency swap arrangement to $ 50 billion, a development that is likely to bring stability in financial markets in the country.

The Centre on Tuesday strongly defended before the Supreme Court the rule that government’s sanction is mandatory before the questioning of its officers in corruption cases.

The G20 summit has failed to heal the rift over US plans for military action against the embattled Syrian regime, as world leaders today could not reach a consensus on the deeply divisive issue.

Apprehensions are being raised from official quarters now that India may have lost nearly 640 square km of area on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh in the past few months due to the Chinese