Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Thursday told the Nanavati Commission that he was willing to depose with regard to the alleged role of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in undermining a petition filed by social activist Mallika Sarabhai after the 2002 riots.

Elusive Maoist top gun Kishenji was on Thursday killed in an encounter with the joint forces at Burisole forest in West Midnapore district, a day after he narrowly escaped from there.

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A major tour is coming up and neither Yuvraj Singh nor Harbhajan Singh is first choice for the Tests. This just goes to show how the wheel of life and cricket has moved on.
This is no adverse comment on the class of these cricketers who have been match-winners for India in the past. Right now, Bhajji is struggling to be a force on the Test match scene while Yuvraj never quite made the longer version of the game his métier although he had sufficient opportunities to do so, particularly in a stint of 11 Tests on the trot after the retirement of Sourav Ganguly left a slot vacant in a celebrated batting line-up.

Continuing his tirade against Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday charged them with cheating the people by doing precious little for development during their regimes.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the transition of power in Yemen, saying all sides should now honour their commitments to immediately bring to an end all violence and refrain from further provocations.

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday briefed his Cabinet on the talks he held with the Central leadership in New Delhi on the revocation of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (Afspa) from some parts of the state.

Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez’s toy boy lover, Casper Smart, could be sent to jail for 90 days in relation to a number of speeding and traffic-related charges.

Under pressure to retire following his prolonged lean patch, veteran batsman Ricky Ponting has vowed to fight for his place in the Australian Test team ahead of the upcoming series against New Zealand.

CBI on Thursday filed its second status report in the nurse Bhanwari Devi disappearance case, claiming it had made some significant developments in the case in which sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna is a key suspect.

In a two-way contest with China, India has been elected to the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit, an independent external oversight body mandated to conduct evaluations, inspections and investigations of UN system worldwide.