The family members of Ishrat Jahan, who was allegedly killed in a fake encounter in Gujarat in 2004, have alleged a “threat” to their lives and demanded adequate security cover. The family who was accompanied by actor Mahesh Bhatt, Ishrat’s uncle Rauf Lala and human rights activist Shabnam Hashmi accused the Gujarat police and the Intelligence Bureau of intimidating them.

The Mamata Banerjee government may have congratulated itself for peaceful elections in the Jangalmahal, but Opposition Congress and CPI(M) cried foul. The CPI(M) chairman Biman Bose said this was not a free and fair election.

Launching a scathing attack against the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that it was trying to sell the country.

The state Congress unit seems to be upset with the attitude of the state NCP state leadership. Senior ministers of the party decided to express their discontent to the high command in a meeting held at Sahyadri Guesthouse on Wednesday. AICC general secretary in-charge of Maharashtra Mohan Prakash has been told to convey their displeasure to the party high command about NCP leaders.

Mumbai police is exploring a possible broken love affair angle in the suicide case of Tejas (21), son of crime branch senior PI Arvind Sawant.

NCP took to task senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde for alleging that NCP chief Sharad Pawar is conspiring to put him in trouble. He said Mr Munde is suffering from some superstition about NCP and demanded that the Anti-Superstition Bill be implemented as soon as possible for the betterment of the BJP leader.

After the family of Ishrat Jahan, who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Gujarat nine years ago, claimed to be facing a grave threat to their lives, the Union home ministry has decided to provide them security if they request it.

A medical lecturer from Tilak Ayurvedic College, who has been arrested for allegedly demanding dowry from his second wife and is currently in judicial custody, continues to draw his salary from the college.

In a significant move, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday banned caste-based rallies in Uttar Pradesh.

Legal experts say that the juvenile accused in the brutal December 16 gangrape case turning 18 will not have an impact on the judgment of the Juvenile Justice Board as he was a juvenile at the time of committing the offence. Also, as per law, any such detail, which will reveal the identity of the accused, should not be published so as to protect them from any kind of disqualification or stigma in the future.