The DMK on Friday decided to stay put in the UPA, chickening out after its leaders made blamed the Congress for its 2G spectrum woes and dropped hints that a parting of ways was a distinct possibility. As a face-saving exercise,

Around three weeks after it withdrew the “most-wanted” list from its website, following its incorrect mention of an accused who was found in Mumbai’s Arthur Road prison, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday uploaded an updated list having 143 names.

In a significant development, a fervent appeal was made on Friday from the pulpit of Srinagar’s Grand Mosque to Kashmiri pandits, who fled the Valley following the outbreak of separatist violence more than two decades ago, to return home and “live here with their Muslim brethren without any fear”.

Tension is mounting in Srinagar ahead of the death anniversary of Tufail Ahmed Mattoo, a 17-year-old student killed in police action here on June 11, 2010. The incident had set off widespread civil unrest in Kashmir Valley in which more than 110 people died.

The BJP core group met on Friday late evening to decided its future course of action on the Ramdev issue. The core group comprising party chief Nitin Gadkari, Ms Sushma Swaraj and Mr Ananth Kumar met at the residence of senior leader L.K. Advani. Sources disclosed that the saffron camp intends to make Ramdev a major political issue to take

Indian’s best-known contemporary painter, Maqbool Fida Husain, who died of a heart attack on Thursday, was buried in a simple ceremony in London on Friday afternoon.

In a significant development, a fervent appeal was made on Friday from the pulpit of Srinagar’s Grand Mosque to Kashmiri pandits, who fled the Valley following the outbreak of separatist violence more than two decades ago, to return home and “live here with their Muslim brethren without any fear”.

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev was rushed to a hospital in Dehra Dun after his health deteriorated on Friday, the seventh day of his fast. The local administration’s move to hospitalise Ramdev was taken at the direction of Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Friday slammed the leaders of civil society groups Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev for creating an impression that they are the only ones in this country who are concerned over corruption.

The Congress party, feeling the heat on the issue of corruption, is gearing up to launch a counteroffensive against the BJP and the Sangh Parivar for “denigrating democratic institutions”. It has decided to hold public meetings on this issue across the country before the Monsoon Session of Parliament begins next month.