Confusion over the nomenclature of disputed sites in eastern Ladakh may have delayed the resolution of the three-week standoff between India and China in April. Rahul Singh reports.
The university had been deliberating on the issue for a long time and a final decision was taken on Wednesday.
Two persons were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the alleged gang rape a 22-year-old college student on Mandar hill in Banka district of south-eastern Bihar, about 45 kilometres from Bhagalpur, late Tuesday.

Actor Vindoo Dara Singh, arrested in connection with the T20 league betting scandal, has claimed during questioning by the Mumbai police crime branch that he was “in touch” with at least three Chennai Super Kings (CSK) players in the current season.
Debasish Panigrahi reports.
The news around spot-fixing allegations in the sixth season of the T20 League has left a wave of cold breath on the stocks of India Cements. Rachit Vats reports.

Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Hilal Moulvi, who had masterminded the killing of Palhalan sarpanch Ghulam Mohd Yatoo, was killed in an encounter in Srinagar on Thursday.
HT reports.

A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities at his home early Wednesday while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case, officials said.

The local additional sessions court on Thursday convicted and sentenced a teacher, Gurjant Singh (50), to rigorous life imprisonment for raping his 14-year-old student.

The Cong sought to project a unified front ahead of the 2014 polls, as party chief Sonia Gandhi and V-P Rahul Gandhi expressed confidence in Manmohan Singh and declared the PM, too, will be part of the party campaign next year.
Aurangzeb Naqshbandi reports.
Economy turning around; GDP to exceed 6%: PM |
UPA's report cardTwo functionaries of UP’s Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), a state police unit that is controversial for its handling of communal riots, on Wednesday assaulted each other while on duty at a function attended by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Two men wielding knives butchered and beheaded a man believed to be a British soldier in a busy London street on Wednesday, before delivering an Islamist tirade to passers-by.
A Delhi court today extended by five more days the custody of CBI superintendent of police Vivek Dutt, a key member of the coal scam probe, and three others arrested for their alleged roles in a bribery case.

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh will today unveil the UPA's last annual report before hitting the next LS polls.
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