Rattled by the banner of revolt raised by the three party MPs ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha election, the Trinamul Congress is determined to deal it with an iron hand. This was made clear by all-India party general secretary and MP Mukul Roy on Saturday.

A day after the Trinamul Congress leadership was left red-faced by their Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh’s rebellious outburst, he was grilled by Bidhannagar police commissionerate in the Saradha chit fund scam.

A recent tender floated by the Jharkhand government regarding procurement of Ready to Use Theraputic Food (RUTF) has invited trouble from the ministry of women and child development (WCD).

In a shocking move, the managing trustee of a temple in Thrithala, Palakkad, has put up a board restricting entry to upper caste Hindus. Only Namboothiris and Embranthiris can enter Padinjatti (temple premises) while other upper castes can pray from outside the temple. Backward caste Hindus are also barred entry.

A special Delhi court on Saturday allowed NIA Hyderabad to arrest Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal in connection with Dilsukhnagar blast case and granted him to two-day transit remand of the unit.

The ruling BJD, headed by chief minister Naveen Patnaik, has registered a thumping victory in the municipal polls held in Orissa on Thursday. Of the 66 urban local bodies, the BJD got majority at 44 places whereas the Congress is set to from councils in 15 urban local bodies (ULBs).

The Congress on Friday dismissed as “very, very immature” Ms Sushma Swaraj’s remarks on Mrs Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origin, saying the Congress chief can become Prime Minister “tomorrow if the party decides” and she doesn’t need anybody else’s approval.

A report by the Army into the functioning of the controversial Technical Support Division (TSD) — the military intelligence unit raised during the tenure of former Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh (Retd) — created a political storm on Friday after the report referred to alleged attempts to topple the Omar Abdullah Government in Jammu and Kashmir.

In a case of honour killing, a couple on Friday set their 23-year-old daughter on fire as she married to a boy against their wish.

With just four days left for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s departure for the US, there is no clear word yet from the government on whether he will be meeting his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, in New York.