NEW DELHI: The jostling in Congress over tickets for Haryana elections seems to signal a power shift away from Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in the state unit.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for "minimum government, maximum governance" has had an unusual impact: the merger of National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) into department of health. Officials in the health ministry claim the move will help streamline the service but activists have slammed it saying the decision deals a deadly blow to the decade-long efforts for HIV prevention and care.

BANGALORE: The VIII additional chief metropolitan magistrate on Thursday issued a non-bailable warrant against Karthik Gowda, 28, son of railway minister DV Sadananda Gowda who has not appeared for questioning in a rape case against him.

 COIMBATORE: Urging people to become participatory citizens in the changing India under Narendra Modi's leadership, social activist Kiran Bedi on Thursday said she had noticed tightening of bureaucracy and shifting of foreign policy during the 100-day rule of NDA government.

NEW DELHI: For maximum registration of voters ahead of Maharashtra assembly polls, the Election Commission has sent over 26 lakh letters along with the enrollment form to people whose names were deleted in Mumbai, Thane and Pune.

MUMBAI: Over 17 years after the encounter deaths of alleged gangsters Javed Fawda, Sada Pawle and Vijay Tandel rocked Mumbai, the Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on the issue of extra-judicial killings.

RICHMOND, Virginia: Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his wife were convicted on Thursday of using his office to promote a dietary supplement in exchange for gifts in a public corruption case that derailed the career of a onetime rising Republican star.

CAPE TOWN: For the third time in a row, South Africa has refused to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama for attending World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates here next month, fearing that the Tibetan spiritual leader's trip would jeopardize relations with China.

ISLAMABAD: Chinese President Xi Jinping has cancelled his Pakistan visit later this month due to ongoing anti-government protests in Islamabad.

NEW YORK: Roger Federer saved two match points to defeat Gael Monfils 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 and reach his ninth US Open semifinal on Thursday, keeping alive his dream of a sixth title.