NEW DELHI: The Lokpal selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi may go ahead with the process of appointing chairperson and members of Lokpal without having the leader of opposition (LoP) as one of its members.

 NEW DELHI: A majority of Congress MLAs in Assam have favoured the removal of TarunGogoi as chief minister, virtually clearing the decks for a change of guard in the North-Eastern state.

PATNA: Former deputy chief minister and senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday claimed the Jitan Ram Manjhi government was in minority due to rebellion by 18 ruling JD (U) MLAs who voted against the party candidates in the Rajya Sabha byelection recently

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday opposed rising inflation and increase in rail fare seeking an immediate rollback. He also sought reconsideration of a possible hike in gas prices.

 NEW DELHI: To resolve inter-ministerial coordination issues, which was cited as one of the main reasons behind delay in road and other projects, it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who mooted the need to set up a committee of infrastructure ministers under Nitin Gadkari.

TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya: Fewer than half of the eligible Libyans voted in a parliamentary election on Wednesday overshadowed by violence, officials said, with the paltry turnout reflecting disillusion with chaos pervading since Muammar Gaddafi's overthrow in 2011.

BEIJING: Nine people were sentenced to up to 14 years' jail for terror-related offences at a public rally in China's far-western Xinjiang, officials said, the latest step in Beijing's "strike hard" campaign in the mainly Muslim region.

 RIO DE JANEIRO: A conspiracy theorist's dream clash between Germany and the United States -- coached by German Jurgen Klinsmann -- takes centre stage in the last day of World Cup group matches on Thursday.

RIO DE JANEIRO: France took top spot in World Cup Group E while 10-man Ecuador were eliminated after a sprightly 0-0 draw at the Maracana stadium on Wednesday.

MANAUS: Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri erased his side's lingering World Cup pain in Manaus on Wednesday, scoring a hat-trick to see off Honduras 3-0 and secure a daunting last-16 tie against Lionel Messi's Argentina.