Amidst the coalgate controversy and the ongoing CBI investigation into it, the government is likely to consider a new coal block auction policy for private steel, cement and power firms on Tuesday.

Henrik Stenson knows better than most players how it feels to go from the depths of a slump to the elite in golf.
He’s done it twice now. And the second time was sweeter — and richer — than ever.

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Tuesday alleged that the ruling BJP had got 10,000 burqas stitched for its ‘Karyakarta Mahakumbh’ to be held in Bhopal on Wednesday, for which a real estate company had paid Rs 42 lakh to the tailor, a charge denied by BJP.

In a sensational revelation, former Army chief Gen. (retd.) V.K. Singh has admitted that the Army transfers money to politicians in Jammu and Kashmir as part of “stabilising work” in the state. He added that money is transferred to some government ministers in J&K to do certain work in the national interests.

The Centre on Monday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating various developments taking place since 1992 on coal block identification and allocation to private companies.

Two of Spain’s four Champions League participants go head-to-head for the first time this season when Barcelona host Real Sociedad at the Camp Nou on Tuesday.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday questioned former Gujarat minister of State for Home Praful Patel in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, sources in the Central agency said here.

It is a case that may as well be a medical miracle. After a bear attack that was almost fatal for a woman in Rajasthan, one of her eyes was gouged out and later recovered from a forest after 14 hours in a ”preserved” condition. Doctors say the wild animal removed the victim’s eye with the precision of a skilled doctor. They add that the eye may be donated for a transplant later.

Seeking to defend the controversial Kashmir concert organised by the German embassy in Srinagar earlier this month against charges that it was not open to all, German ambassador to India Michael Steiner said on Monday that the event was not a “peace concert” and that “no Woodstock was possible.”

Real Madrid shrugged off a warm-up injury suffered by Gareth Bale to move back to within two points of leaders Barcelona on Sunday thanks to a 4-1 win over Getafe.