Telugu Desam Party supremo and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu on Monday walked out of the National Integration Council (NIC) meeting protesting against the decision of the UPA government in disallowing him to raise the issue of the bifurcation of his state.

Jawaharlal Nehru University has decided to increase the number of women security guards on campus following the violent attack on a girl student by her classmate.

Cases have been filed before a city court seeking prosecution of model-actor Shayan Munshi and ballistic expert Prem Kumar Manocha for allegedly resiling as prosecution witnesses in the sensational Jessica Lall murder case of 1999.

Rattled by an alleged incident of bombing by clashing student groups at a prestigious college in Patna, police and college authorities were on Monday engaged in evacuating the hostels, from where bombs were recovered, even as rising incidents of this kind worried both education and administrative authorities.

Journalist-turned-MP Kunal Ghosh from Trinamul Congress on Monday continued his tirade against his party and its leaders. On Monday, he attacked several state ministers. Without mentioning the name of a party leader, Mr Ghosh said that the person who had been repeatedly demanding his resignation was doing so in order to cover his own sins.

In a sensational revelation, former Army chief Gen. (retd.) V.K. Singh has admitted that the Army transfers money to politicians in Jammu and Kashmir as part of “stabilising work” in the state. He added that money is transferred to some government ministers in J&K to do certain work in the national interests.

It is a case that may as well be a medical miracle. After a bear attack that was almost fatal for a woman in Rajasthan, one of her eyes was gouged out and later recovered from a forest after 14 hours in a ”preserved” condition. Doctors say the wild animal removed the victim’s eye with the precision of a skilled doctor. They add that the eye may be donated for a transplant later.

The BJP’s grand plans for its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s rallies in Uttar Pradesh may have to face rough weather and the state government is likely to deny permission to hold rallies in the state till mid-November.

A war of words erupted between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday on the state of the Indian economy under the coalition governments led by their respective parties at the Centre.

If the BJP termed the bonhomie between its veteran leader L.K. Advani and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar at the National Integration Council meet on Monday as “established political protocol”, it surely raised many eyebrows in political circles.