Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik seems happy to be away from the limelight. He has addressed only one formal press conference in his three terms since 2000, a Right To Information (RTI) reply has revealed.

President Pratibha Patil on Saturday said threats to the country’s security are “constantly changing” and asked the armed forces to be well acquainted to deal with such challenges.

A local court has extended the judicial custody of Swami Aseemanand, an accused in the Ajmer Dargah bomb blast case, till June 24.

Hitting out at “the most corrupt and repressive” Manmohan Singh government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday termed the Prime Minister as a CEO working on behalf of owners of a company — Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi — who were “not answerable”.

The production at the country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India’s Manesar facility continues to be completely stopped as the worker’s strike at the plant entered its eighth day on Saturday.

The special envoy of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday said he was preparing to visit Tripoli to find a solution to the Libya conflict after meeting the opposition in their Benghazi stronghold.

Doctors have suggested immediate hospitalisation of yoga guru Ramdev whose indefinite fast against corruption and black money entered seventh day today as his health parameters continued to remain “worrisome”.

Dumped Test opener Simon Katich said on Friday he plans to continue playing cricket for New South Wales after losing his Cricket Australia contract.

Ten security personnel were on Friday killed when Naxals blew up an anti-land mine vehicle they were travelling, in Katikalyan area of Dantewada district.

Key powers have vowed to unlock a billion dollars for hard-pressed Libyan rebels in talks to map out a “post-Gaddafi Libya” as a fresh volley of Nato air strikes rocked the capital on Friday.