There are fresh protests in Kashmir after yesterday's violence. One person has been killed in firing during clashes at Naidkhai area of Bandipore. The Superintendent of Police of the area is also injured in the stone pelting....more

With controversies dogging Commonwealth Games, a "worried" Congress today said any irregularity should be probed into and the organisers as well as others involved should ensure that the country's prestige does not suffer....more

Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has been derecognised as a national party by the Election Commission, a decision that comes ahead of the Assembly polls in Bihar. Five other parties also lost their recognition as a State party....more

The Gujarat police moved to file the chargesheet in the killing of Tulsiram Prajapati in a staged shootout in the court Friday even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed the interim report of its probe into the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh before the Supreme Court....more

Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has been derecognised as a national party by the Election Commission, a decision that comes ahead of the Assembly polls in Bihar. Five other parties also lost their recognition as a State party....more

9 policeman had a close shave in Pattan, in Baramulla district, when stone-pelting protestors set fire to their police station. As fresh violence erupted in the Kashmir Valley after days of relative calm, security forces opened fire to quell stone-pelting protesters, leaving at least three persons dead and 50 others injured....more

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said the Commonwealth Games were very much on track and that there was no need to panic. “The work is going on and I will take care of it as Chief Minister. There is no need to panic. I believe these will be the best ever Games. The way we are going, we will be able to save money rather than overspend,” she said....more

A Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report has put 16 Commonwealth Games projects, including for stadia upgradation and road widening, under the scanner for irregularities amounting to more than Rs.2,500 crore....more

Jammu and Kashmir government has banned the transmission of two local television channels as they were telecasting "provocative programmes". Authorities directed the Superintendent of Police, Srinagar, to ban the transmission of SEN channel and SEN Awaz....more

Two people were killed and several others injured after security forces opened fire on protesters at Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir. The Sopore district is witnessing a massive protest....more