The 28-year-old son of a senior advocate, who worked as an assistant in the legal cell of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and was kidnapped on Monday evening, was found shot dead in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh.

In a bizarre move, the Mumbai crime branch on Friday arrested senior journalist Jigna Vora, working with The Asian Age, in connection with the Jyotirmoy Dey murder case. Though its claim was that Ms Vora passed on information about Dey to underworld don Chhota Rajan, the police told the court while seeking her custody that it wanted to investigate how the information was sent.

Members of the Kisan Mahasangh take part in a rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Friday. — BIPLAB BANERJEE

The government’s decision to allow 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail affected Parliament’s functioning on Friday, with angry Opposition protests leading to both Houses being adjourned for the fourth consecutive day. The Trinamul Congress, a UPA member, also sharply criticised the move and joined the

The setting up of a joint border management mechanism between India and China has been delayed with no dates having been finalised as yet for the talks between the special representatives (SRs) of the two neighbours.

Pressing for their views on the proposed Lokpal Bill, Team Anna members met CPI(M) MPs in Parliament House on Friday. The members have been trying to get their views incorporated in the draft legislation. CPI(M) leader Sitaram

With BJP rebel B. Sreeramulu seemingly unassailable in Bellary, and with only days to go before campaigning comes to an end for the November 30 bypoll, the BJP moved against three party MLAs and a member of the legislative council by

The role of media, especially the electronic media, was questioned in the Lok Sabha during an impromptu discussion on the assault on Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar after Speaker Meira Kumar strongly condemned the incident.

After mounting a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday trained his guns on the BJP.
Mr Gandhi referred to the BJP slogan “India Shining” in the 2004 Lok Sabha

A day after social activist Anna Hazare allegedly ridiculed the attack on Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, infuriated supporters of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) descended upon Ralegan Siddhi to protest, which then sparked a tiff between them and the villagers.