Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot reshuffled his three-year-old Cabinet while inducting six new ministers and dropped five “tainted” faces from his council of ministers.

Claiming that wind of change is blowing in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who kickstarted his party’s poll campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections here on Wednesday, exuded confidence that his

Manu Sharma, serving life imprisonment for the 1999 murder of model Jessica Lal, was on Wednesday granted parole for five days by the Delhi high court to attend his younger brother’s wedding.

In a move that could upset the plans of the ruling BSP, the Samajwadi Party and the Bhartiya Janata Party are planning to bring separate no-confidence motions against the Mayawati government in the brief winter session of the state Assembly that begins on November 21.

Pakistan’s former President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, won’t confirm if underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, the man said to be behind the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, is in Pakistan, where he is believed to have fled from Dubai after the 1993 blasts, but says he is “held in high esteem” in his country.

The Teesta water-sharing issue would not strain cordial relations between West Bengal and Bangladesh. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced this while addressing a joint press conference with Bangladesh foreign minister Dipu Moni

The government on Wednesday approved a bill which provides for a fine of `1 crore for institutions which demand a capitation fee.

The ongoing talks with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Issac-Muivah) has entered a crucial stage with the Union home ministry ready to grant Nagaland the status of a special category state, and offer it control over Naga-dominated areas of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh through independent Naga councils.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday granted bail to all five jailed accused in the cash-for-vote scam, including two former BJP MPs and L.K. Advani’s former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni. The court also gave anticipatory bail to BJP MP Ashok Argal, an accused in the case.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill 2011, but rejected certain key suggestions made by the parliamentary standing committee on finance.