At least four persons were killed and 13 others wounded in three separate incidents of violence across the Kashmir Valley on a day when maestro Zubin Mehta performed with his Bavarian state orchestra at Srinagar’s Mughal Shalimar Bagh on Saturday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh unofficially announced the Congress Party’s prime ministerial candidate on Saturday, suggesting that party vice-president and Nehru-Gandhi family scion Rahul would be an ideal choice as his successor at 7, Race Course Road and he would be happy to work for the party under Mr Gandhi’s stewardship.

India-born maestro Zubin Mehta’s “peace” concert in Srinagar’s Shalimar Bagh was blemished by a series of bloody incidents, a protest shutdown and a parallel show at which local poets, singers and political and human rights activists attempted to showcase Kashmir in its “right perspective” on Saturday.

CBI investigations into the coalgate scam have revealed that the change in ownership of private companies affected the decisions of the coal ministry and the concerned state governments in favouring the allocation of captive coal blocks to particular companies.

There is no relief for convicted lawmakers as the Rajya Sabha failed to pass the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Bill of 2013 on Saturday.

Vidarbha will see a flurry of activity in September as two national leaders will be visiting the region to take stock of the situation there. While Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will visit the region in the latter half of the month, his visit will be preceded by that of NCP chief and Union agricultural minister Sharad Pawar’s.

Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said that the state government was considering the restarting of examinations up to Class 8.

The Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) system that replaced examinations in the schools has became a bane for school teachers.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials seem to have developed a keen interest in learning about the civic infrastructure in the state of Gujarat.

Three days after the suicide of a teen trainee, allegedly due to ragging, citizens staged a mammoth morcha at the Collectorate, demanding implementation of the Supreme Court order on the Vishaka Commi