With relief and rescue operations in full swing, the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP have engaged in a war of words in Rajasthan over the pilgrims stranded in Uttarakhand. The BJP blamed the Congress government for poor management while chief minister Ashok Gehlot questioned former chief minister Vasundhara Raje for not visiting Uttarakhand. “Ms Raje used to visit Dehradun often, why did she not go there when people needs her help,” asks Mr Gehlot.

Uttarakhand’s leading environmentalist have written to environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan demanding that the next Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) on River Valley Projects must have members with a proven track record in hydrology, climatology and disaster management.

Devendra Baburao Jagtap alias JD, who shot at gangster Abu Salem on Thursday, is making random and contradictory claims about how he sourced the firearm. JD gave the police at least seven different versions in a span of a few hours when he was initially interrogated inside Taloja jail after the incident.

One of the accused in the 2006 Malegoan blasts case, Dhan Singh, has challenged the chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the case on grounds that the investigation carried out by the NIA was “illegal”.

An Intelligence Bureau report in the Kamduni gangrape and murder case toed chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s line and claimed that the public protest she faced on June 17 during her visit to the Barasat village was planned in advance by a group of women — all CPI(M) supporters.

The Delhi Police on Saturday said that it has written a letter to the Rajasthan police against Rajasthan Royals owner Raj Kundra and his actress wife Shilpa Shetty. The Delhi cops said they have asked their Rajasthan counterpart to file an FIR against both for their involvement in betting. The Delhi police is also mulling to lodge a zero FIR.

A day after reports that the surrogate baby of film star Shah Rukh Khan and wife Gauri was born in the first week of June at Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital, Dr Indira Hinduja and Khan’s publicist have vehemently denied it. The doctor said that since Breach Candy Hospital does not have an in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) centre, so the question of surrogacy at Breach Candy doesn’t arise.

Former captain Rahul Dravid has praised the selection committee headed by Sandeep Patil for including youngsters in the Indian team for the recent Champions Trophy.

With an aim to ease traffic congestion, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to build 12 new bridges in the city.

Dhule deputy tehsildar Eshwar Rane, who was thrashed by local Shiv Sena leaders and later arrested by the police on Thursday for sexually exploiting women on the pretext of providing financial assista