Janaki Fernandes

The BJP may have settled its crisis over the resignation of its leader, LK Advani, but its troubles with important ally Nitish Kumar appear to be deepening.

When the BJP ignored the opposition of LK Advani and chose Narendra Modi to head its campaign for the national elections, it was prepared for some residual dust. What it has got is a tornado.

When the BJP ignored the opposition of LK Advani and chose Narendra Modi to head its campaign for the national elections, it was prepared for some residual dust. What it has got is a tornado.

Even before Narendra Modi was announced as the BJP poll campaign committee chairman, there was one count in which the Gujarat Chief Minister was already unequivocally ahead of other top party leaders.

10 big developments today in the growing spot-fixing and betting scandal in the Indian Premier League (IPL):

Delhi received much-needed showers today. The average high this week in the capital had been 42 degrees.

Sidharth Trivedi, a bowler with the Rajasthan Royals is likely to depose as prosecution witness in the Delhi Police's case on spot fixing.

A part of the crane came crashing down in Mumbai's Monorail project site, killing one person there. The accident happened this morning at the Arthur Road jail area of the city.

Speaking on-board his special plane, returning to India after visiting Japan and Thailand, Prime minister Manmohan Singh spoke on a variety of issues including saying that he hoped sports and politics don't get mixed up. This, when he was asked about the going IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal unfolding in the country.

Cricketer S Sreesanth's friend Abhishek Shukla, who was arrested yesterday by the Delhi Police for allegedly destroying evidence, is out on bail. He was asked to submit his passport and furnish a bond of Rs 25,000 by a Delhi court today.

CBSE class 10 results: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared the results of Class 10 this morning.

An under-trial in Aligarh, Hoshiar Singh was shot to death when he was brought for a court appearance to the civil court.

After the grieving, a re-look at strategy. The Centre is holding a series of internal meetings to rework its plan on battling Maoist activity in the heart of the country, termed for the first time by a senior minister as "terrorism".

A class 9 student committed suicide on Monday in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri, allegedly after he was beaten up by his teacher.

Mahendra Karma, the tribal Congress leader who organised the anti-Naxalite "Salwa Judum" movement in Chhattisgarh, was reportedly shot dead in cold blood in Saturday's attack. 17 people have been killed and 20 are injured.

The BJP may have settled its crisis over the resignation of its leader, LK Advani, but its troubles with important ally Nitish Kumar appear to be deepening.

When the BJP ignored the opposition of LK Advani and chose Narendra Modi to head its campaign for the national elections, it was prepared for some residual dust. What it has got is a tornado.

When the BJP ignored the opposition of LK Advani and chose Narendra Modi to head its campaign for the national elections, it was prepared for some residual dust. What it has got is a tornado.

Even before Narendra Modi was announced as the BJP poll campaign committee chairman, there was one count in which the Gujarat Chief Minister was already unequivocally ahead of other top party leaders.

10 big developments today in the growing spot-fixing and betting scandal in the Indian Premier League (IPL):

Delhi received much-needed showers today. The average high this week in the capital had been 42 degrees.

Sidharth Trivedi, a bowler with the Rajasthan Royals is likely to depose as prosecution witness in the Delhi Police's case on spot fixing.

A part of the crane came crashing down in Mumbai's Monorail project site, killing one person there. The accident happened this morning at the Arthur Road jail area of the city.

Speaking on-board his special plane, returning to India after visiting Japan and Thailand, Prime minister Manmohan Singh spoke on a variety of issues including saying that he hoped sports and politics don't get mixed up. This, when he was asked about the going IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal unfolding in the country.

Cricketer S Sreesanth's friend Abhishek Shukla, who was arrested yesterday by the Delhi Police for allegedly destroying evidence, is out on bail. He was asked to submit his passport and furnish a bond of Rs 25,000 by a Delhi court today.

CBSE class 10 results: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared the results of Class 10 this morning.

An under-trial in Aligarh, Hoshiar Singh was shot to death when he was brought for a court appearance to the civil court.

After the grieving, a re-look at strategy. The Centre is holding a series of internal meetings to rework its plan on battling Maoist activity in the heart of the country, termed for the first time by a senior minister as "terrorism".

A class 9 student committed suicide on Monday in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri, allegedly after he was beaten up by his teacher.

Mahendra Karma, the tribal Congress leader who organised the anti-Naxalite "Salwa Judum" movement in Chhattisgarh, was reportedly shot dead in cold blood in Saturday's attack. 17 people have been killed and 20 are injured.