Sending another clear signal that he was the BJP’s face for 2014, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi pitted himself against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday, declaring that his Independence Day speech would be compared to that of the PM.

Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the National Waterway (Lakhipur-Bhanga Stretch of the Barak River) Bill, 2013, declaring the 121 km stretch of Barak river in Assam as National Waterway.

A PIL was filed in the SC on Wednesday challenging the Centre’s decision to raise the price of natural gas and seeking an inquiry into the Centre’s failure to take action against Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) for its “failure in adhering to their commitments, deliberate underproduction, gold plating and mala fide conduct”.

On the eve of Independence Day, terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar lost the last legal resort to save his life with the Supreme Court dismissing his plea seeking review of its verdict declining to commute the death sentence awarded to him to life imprisonment.

In an impromptu discussion arising out of Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari’s Tuesday’s “federation of anarchists” remarks, the Upper House on Wednesday saw members giving multiple definitions to the term “anarchism.”

The government assured the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that it will consider bringing in a constitutional amendment to annul a Supreme Court order against reservations for the faculty in the super-speciality section of the prestigious AIIMS (All-India Institute of Medical Sciences).

The team of experts from Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) that visited the Kedarnath Temple to assess the damage found the structure in a fair state of conservation.

The Andhra issue has virtually blocked the food security bill which is going to be the Congress’ main plank in the coming Lok Sabha elections.

The city has been turned into a fortress ahead of the Independence Day to pre-empt any terror strike. A three-tier security cover is in place with at least 80 companies of security forces (around 6,000 personnel), specialised units like NSG, bomb disposal squads, dog squads, anti sabotage squads and special teams of Delhi police and paramilitary forces pressed into service.

A man allegedly raped a deaf-mute girl, 12, at Mukundpur. “The minor, a resident of Samta Vihar, was playing outside her home in when Chattulal, 42, a shopkeeper, took her inside his shop and sexually assaulted her,” said the police.