Ndtv Correspondent With Inputs From Pti

• Bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims falls into gorge, 15 killed

  15 Amarnath pilgrims were killed on Saturday and 18 others were injured as the bus they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge near Kangra tunnel, 22-Km from Dharamsala.

• CPM dissolves student wing at JNU for dissent over Pranab Mukherjee

  The CPM's student outfit has dissolved its JNU unit for its refusal to back the party's decision to support Pranab Mukherjee's bid for President for India. The Students Federation of India or SFI has also expelled four student leaders from the membership of the body.

• Student from Burundi in coma: Superintendent of Police's son arrested

  The Jalandhar Police has made a fresh arrest in connection with the assault on Yannick Nihangaza, a student from Burundi. Romi Uppal is the son of a Superintendent of Police, and was arrested after his name figured in the call details of the main accused who beat Yannick nearly three months ago, sources said.

• President polls: PA Sangma seeks order on Pranab's nomination; BJP ups the ante

  Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj met other party leaders in Delhi today to finalise new strategy after PA Sangma's demand for disqualification of Pranab Mukherjee from the presidential race was rejected yesterday.

• Naveen Patnaik targets Pranab Mukherjee, questions financial packages given to states

  Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik has gone on the offensive by accusing UPA's presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee of doling out lakhs of crores of rupees from Central funds as Finance Minister to states like Bihar, UP and Bengal to elicit support for his candidature.

• Petrol prices reduced by Rs. 2.46 per litre from midnight

  Oil companies have cut petrol prices by Rs 2.46 per litre, starting midnight. The cut is based on global crude prices and the exchange rate of the rupee vs the dollar. The reduction in price varies from Rs. 2.46 per litre to Rs. 3.22 per litre, depending upon local taxes in different states.

• The Sarabjit-Surjeet goof up: One family shocked, another elated

  A day after the Surjeet Singh -Sarabjit Singh being released from Pakistani jail mix up, Foreign Minister SM Krishna made a fresh appeal to the Pakistan government to release Sarabjit Singh. "I further renew our request to the President of Pakistan to release Sarabjit Singh who has been in custody for over 2 decades and is serving death sentence," ...

• Vilasrao Deshmukh appears before Adarsh panel

  Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has appeared before the two-member judicial commission probing the Adarsh Society scam. When Mr Deshmukh was Chief Minister, a Letter Of Intent was issued for the project; land was earmarked for it by reducing a public road and building rights from an adj...

• Amarnath yatra flagged off from Jammu

  The annual Amarnath Yatra has been officially flagged off from Jammu; thousands of pilgrims are reaching the base camps in Jammu, Pahalgam and Baltal for the darshan through snowbound and treacherous routes.

• I stand by my remarks on Mamata Banerjee: Digvijaya Singh

  Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has said he stands by his remarks on his party's estranged ally Mamata Banerjee. Mr Singh had recently called the Trinamool chief "immature" and "irrational." His comments came in the wake of Ms Banerjee refusing to back Pranab Mukherjee as the UPA's choice for President of India.