India

The return of the DMK to the Congress fold appeared to gain momentum today. DMK leader TR Baalu met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and requested her to support the candidature of Kanimozhi, daughter of DMK chief M Karunanidhi.

Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday announced a financial assistance of Rs. 10 crore for flood-affected people of Uttarakhand.

Fighting and winning Karnataka assembly poll on an average costs just about Rs. 700,000, less than half of the Election Commission-imposed upper limit of Rs. 16 lakh ( Rs. 1.6 million), says an NGO after analyzing the expense statements of recently elected state law makers.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi today announced Rs. 5 lakh each for the patients who tested HIV-positive after receiving blood from a state-run hospital. He also said the government would bear the medical expenses for the treatment of the victims.

Senior IPS officer Sadanand Date, who was injured in the gun battle with Pakistani terrorists Ajmal Kasab and Abu Ismail during the 26/11 attacks, has approached a local court seeking getting back his uniform which has been in custody of the trial court as evidence.

Gujarati movie producer Phiroz Vaghela was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly threatening to throw acid on an actress and kill her if she refused to marry him, the police said.

More than 200 seats have been added this year at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country, taking the total number of seats available to 9,885. Bhavya Dore reports.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday brushed aside allegations that cadres of her party had unleashed terror on opposition candidates

The Calcutta high court today did not allow a CBI probe into the multi-crore Saradha scam at the present stage

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged today that the Centre and its agencies, along with the CPI(M), Congress, Maoists and a section of the media have joined hands to murder her. HT reports.