New Delhi ,March 25: BJP president Nitin Gadkari is likely to reinduct expelled saffron sanyasin Uma Bharti into the party and appoint her one of its general secretaries.

Kolkata ,March 25: In an encounter lasting over 12 hours — one of the longest shootouts between security forces and Maoists in West Bengal — joint security force personnel cordoned off the camps of at least three Maoist squads believed to be in and around Lalgarh in West Midnapore.

Mumbai ,March 25: In a major reshuffle in Maharashtra’s top police brass on Thursday, the state home department replaced  anti-terrorism squad chief K.P. Raghuvanshi with Mr Rakesh Maria, currently Mumbai’s joint commissioner of police (crime). Mr Maria has also been promoted to additional director-general of police from his existing IGP rank.

New Delhi ,March 25: In a major victory for the Andhra Pradesh government in its pursuit of providing four per cent reservations to backward Muslims, the Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the state to continue with the quota for the 14 identified groups in the community as an interim measure despite the Andhra Pradesh high court striking down a law to this effect passed by the state Assembly.

New Delhi ,March 25: In a bid to ensure that financial misappropriations and frauds do not take place in corporate entities owned by the government, the Union Cabinet on Thursday made it mandatory for all Central PSUs to adhere to disclosure and accounting norms.

Kashmiri pandits worship inside a Ram temple on the occasion of Ram Navami in Srinagar on Wednesday.     PHOTO: PTI

New Delhi, March 24: Removing certain inconsistencies in some verdicts of the Supreme Court on the powers of the President and governors to remit the life sentences of murder convicts, the Supreme Court has held that the remission plea has to be allowed by them strictly under the terms of the 1993 policy laid down by the Union government.

New Delhi, March 24: Gopal Subramanium, solicitor-general of India, is understood to have asked the Indian government to act tough and press hard for nothing less than the extradition of LeT operative David Coleman Headley, a conspirator in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.

Washington, March 24: Apparently hinting at a nuclear deal, Pakistan on Wednesday sought access to vital energy resources in a “non-discriminatory” manner from the United States, which promised to help Islamabad in meeting its “urgent energy needs”.

Washington, March 24: Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has submitted a new weapons wishlist to the US, which has a lot of “big ticket” systems. The 56-page wishlist includes equipment that can bring Pakistan at par with India militarily.