Actress-turned-politician Jaya Prada could be, again, giving sleepless nights to senior SP minister Mohammed Azam Khan. If sources are to be believed, Ms Jaya Prada is all set to join the Congress and seek re-election from her Rampur seat. An announcement of her joining the Congress is likely to be made in Delhi soon.

In an apparent bid to put pressure on the GJM, the Mamata Banerjee government on Monday night arrested Anit Thapa, a GTA member and a close associate of Bimal Gurung, who was supposed to fly to Delhi on Wednesday for talks with Central leaders.

The attack on the Indian border outpost in Poonch sector along the Line of Control was a “well planned and executed operation’’ carried out jointly by regulars of the Pakistan Army and militants from Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and Jaish-e-Mohammed.

An angry Mani Shankar Aiyar charged towards SP MP Naresh Agarwal saying, “How dare you call me that.” He was, however, stopped by other members from reaching Mr Agarwal. Former Union law minister Ashwani Kumar too said Agarwal should not have made such objectionable remarks. Unable to restore order, Mr Ansari then had to adjourn the House till noon.

On-going efforts to get the peace dialogue between India and Pakistan back on track could be jeopardised in the aftermath of the killing of five Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops in a pre-dawn ambush on the LoC on Tuesday.

Reaching out to Afghanistan in the aftermath of the attack on the Indian consulate in Jalalabad on Saturday, India has announced generous financial assistance for the next of kin of those who died as well as for the injured.

The CBI on Tuesday filed its chargesheet against former principal secretary (health) of Uttar Pradesh (UP) Pradeep Shukla, and five others in connection with its probe related to alleged irregularities committed in the operation of mobile medical units in various districts in the state under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) programme.

The BMC has decided to relax rules for the Lalbaugcha Raja Sar-Vajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal that had refused to pay a fine for the potholes created while constructing their pandal in 2012.

Eminent economist and chief economic adviser Raghuram Rajan said that no one can have any doubt about the country’s promise.

The estimated cost of demolishing the illegal floors of seven buildings in Worli’s Campa Cola Compound will be `1.90 crore and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will recover it from the residents.