Former inspector general of police S.M.

In yet another example of poor planning, the longest skywalk in the country built at Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, has failed to deliver, as there are hardly any takers for it.

Following Dr Kirit Somaiya’s allegations against chief minister Prithviraj Chavan regarding providing additional 0.5 Floor Space Index (FSI) to the company of K.S.

Over 25 slumdwellers in Sanjay Gandhi Nagar in Sion allegedly beat a 32-year-old man to death after he was caught while committing a burglary in their area early on Saturday morning.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Saturday criticised the Akhilesh Yadav government in the state for distributing laptops to students and termed the exercise as a “political gimmick” to divert the attention from the deteriorating law and order condition.

Bowing to the intense pressure from students, the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has scrapped its controversial reservation policy, whereby caste-based quotas were introduced in competitive examinations at the preliminary stage itself.

After BJP’s senior-most leader L.K. Advani, party’s youth leader Varun Gandhi visits the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur. The MP and national general secretary of the party met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat during his visit.

With a huge controversy raging around poverty reduction estimates by the Planning Commission, outspoken AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday joined Union minister Kapil Sibal in questioning the criteria for fixing poverty line.

BSP president Mayawati said on Saturday that she supports the food security bill “in principle” but she did not favour the centre’s decision to bringing the scheme into effect through an ordinance.

The ruling Congress party’s hope to ride on several pro-people schemes and proposed refinery in the upcoming Assembly polls in Rajathan suffered a setback following factionalism and dissident activities.