In a severe jolt to former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s plans to stage a political comeback, a court today banned him from contesting elections for the rest of his life for abrogating constitution twice and detaining judges during the emergency in 2007.

In a major relief to Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, a Delhi court today acquitted him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case while convicting five others for being a part of the mob that killed five Sikhs here.

Their “fortress” was almost breached by a spirited Kings XI Punjab and relieved to have avoided the debacle by a narrow margin, Mumbai Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said his team would now focus on making its home ground a den where Oppositions would be scared to play in the IPL.

Actress Kristen Stewart has reportedly been telling her friends that she is ready to settle down with boyfriend Robert Pattinson.

Only 442 people out of the 3,163 persons arrested for the anti-Sikh riots in 1984 in Delhi were convicted for the crimes, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

External affairs minister Salman Khurshid today said that as of now there was no plans to cancel his visit to Beijing in wake of Chinese incursion in Ladakh.

Milk will be costlier in Delhi- NCR market with leading supplier Amul deciding to increase the rates by Rs 2 per litre effective from tomorrow.

Pakistan’s former military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf will spend the election day under house arrest with an anti-terrorism court today sending him to judicial custody for a fortnight in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case in 2007.

In a big embarrassment to the government in the Coalgate case, the Supreme Court today termed as “very disturbing” the CBI affidavit on sharing its report with the law minister and others and slammed the agency for having kept the court in the dark on the issue.

Doctors treating Indian death row convict Sarbajit Singh, comatose in a hospital here in Pakistan after a brutal assault, today said his condition has deteriorated though he had not been declared brain dead.