Moradabad SSP allegedly beat three police followers posted at his residence, following which Uttar Pradesh government suspended him Sunday.

The UP police on Saturday arrested two more BJP MLAs and one BSP MLA for allegedly inciting violence and provoking communal tension in the recent Muzaffarnagar riots. The police has been put on alert in the western UP district to deal with possible protests by BJP supporters.

Former champions Chennai Super Kings begin their CLT20 2013 campaign against the Titans, last season’s semi-finalists, in a Group B game at the JSCA International Stadium Complex here on Sunday.

In the wake of recent communal clashes, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh exhorted people to respect all religions, ideologies and maintain communal harmony. The Prime Minister visited Jaipur to lay foundation stone of the Kishangarh airport in Ajmer scheduled to get operational by 2016.

The Congress on Saturday wondered why BJP chief Rajnath Singh and former UP chief minister did not visit Muzaffarnagar during the last three weeks since the outbreak of the communal violence and hinted that he was only trying to fish in troubled waters.

L.V.R. Deshmukh-trained Ashwa Shakti, who showed lot of promise during the practice session, should claim the Major General Nawab Khusru Jung Bahadur Memorial Cup, the main event of the races to be held on Sunday. False rails are up.

In an embarrassment to Congress, UPA ally NCP has broken ranks with it by supporting the Opposition's demand to call former communications minister A. Raja as a witness before the Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2G spectrum scam. The sole NCP representative in the JPC, Y.P. Trivedi, has written to panel chief P.C. Chacko demanding that Mr Raja be given a chance to present his case.

The Centre is all set to ask states to pull up their socks to prevent rising communal clashes in the country. After delayed action by the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh in making arrests in the recent cases of communal violence, the Union home ministry will ask states to maintain a “database” of all cases of communal clashes registered and the progress in prosecution, draw up a “crisis management plan” at state and district levels, besides asking the chief ministers to personally assess the communal situation at least every quarter.

Imtiaz A. Sait-trained Trance has the best credentials to win the S.A. Poonawalla Multi-Million, the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday took a jibe at Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi by saying that “some people” have started dreaming of becoming the Prime Minister. He accused him of creating conflict in the name of caste and religion to get sufficient seats and fulfil his dreams. Mr Pawar was referring to the communal riots that occurred at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.