Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's party has signed up a contract with political consultant IPAC, once led by election strategist Prashant Kishor, ahead of next year's assembly elections in the state. Mr Kishor, who is apparently on the verge of joining Congress, has been camping out in Mr Rao's official residence in Hyderabad since Saturday, sources have said; a Mumbai court on Sunday rejected the city police's demand for the custody of independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana and remanded the couple in 14-day judicial custody, an official said and other top stories.
