
‘Perfect democrat’ Advani humiliated, marginalised, says Kulkarni.
Vikas Pathak reports.
Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the parent body of banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba that carried out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has been allocated over Rs. 61 million by Pakistan's Punjab province government headed by PM Nawaz Sharif's PML-N party.
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today thanked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh “from the core of his heart” for calling him a secular leader and appreciating him for quitting the BJP and the NDA. Mammen Matthew reports.

On his first visit to Delhi after being made head of BJP's election campaign committee, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi today met LK Advani and is understood to have discussed the party's split with the JD-U.
In a bizarre political fight, arival of senior Karnataka Congress leader and MLA D K Shivakumar has alleged that his henchmen had dug deep trench around his house in Kanakapura constituency, making it difficult for them to move out.
US President Barack Obama said that China has understood his "very blunt" message that cyber-hacking against the United States will lead to a deterioration of relations between the two powers.
A self-styled Maoist commander believed to have planted an IED in the belly of a dead soldier in January this year was arrested today from a Patna hospital.
Researchers have developed a method, which helps them to print physical samples of artificial bones in just a few hours.
Former UP minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya today gave his consent for a lie-detection test in connection with the murder case of Kunda DSP Zia-ul-Haq.

Torrential rains have triggered flash floods and landslides in northern India, leaving at least 73 people feared dead and 71,440 pilgrims stranded after the monsoon covered the country ahead of schedule.
Uttarakhand helpline numbers: 0135-2710334, 0135-2710335, 0135-2710233CBI is likely to question Intelligence Bureau Special Director Rajinder Kumar today in connection with its probe into the killing of college student Ishrat Jahan in a fake encounter as the agency plans to finalise its charge sheet in the case.
Turkey warned on Monday it may bring in the army to help quell nationwide anti-government protests

Reports of clashes also came in from other parts of the state, as the BJP observed a statewide shutdown it has branded Vishwasghat Diwas (Betrayal Day) in reference to the acrimonious split.
HT reports.
The scared Planning Commission was under the grip of NaMo fever today even as Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi gave a new development slogan “sabka vikas sabka saath” and allowed his officials to answer state’s criticism by the panel while donning the role of a mentor. Chetan Chauhan reports.
Twin suicide bombers killed 31 people and wounded 57 others after midday prayers at a Shiite Muslim hussainiyah, or religious hall, in Baghdad on Tuesday, the latest in violence that has sparked fears of a revival of full-blown sectarian bloodshed.