India

An auto driver, held guilty of causing death of a man by his rash and negligent driving, has been sentenced to six months in jail by a Delhi court.

The possible return of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to the Congress  fold appeared to gain momentum on Wednesday with DMK leader T R Baalu meeting Sonia Gandhi to request support for Kanimozhi, daughter of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, HT reports.

It has all the ingredients of a Bollywood potboiler — dubious deals, sex, murder and villains with political connections. And it has embroiled Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy’s aides, Ramesh Babu reports.

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.

The city becomes vulnerable to terror attacks from the sea every monsoon as the coastal police are not equipped to operate in the rough seas. Efforts are now on to beef up police presence along the 114-km-long Mumbai coastline this year.

The Mumbai police yet again came under a cloud following a Supreme Court (SC) observation on Wednesday in connection with the impounding of passports of three Ugandan nationals.

Being in power in the civic body could help party get its Nariman Point office regularised

West Bengal Chief Minister said on Wednesday her government was determined to "hang" within a month the perpetrators of the gang-rape and murder of a teenaged girl in North 24-Parganas.

With the state government and Centre in a legal battle over security forces, the panchayat polls may not take place in July. The State Election Commission says it needs 1. 49 lakh security personnel for the first phase to be held on July 2 but the state has only 48,000 personnel.