HYDERABAD: Jaganmohan Reddy — better known as Jagan — has a sprawling house at Lotus Pond in up-market Banjara Hills MLAs Colony. But how long he'll continue living there is doubtful.

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday gave Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) time till March 21 to file its reply to a Rs 100-crore defamation suit filed by the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure.

LUCKNOW: Terming distribution of free tea at BJP's "Chai pe charcha" as an act of luring voters and violative of model code of conduct, UP chief election officer (CEO) Umesh Sinha on Monday said "directives have been issued not to allow distribution of tea during the programme free of cost".

 MUMBAI: The Congress leadership may deny a ticket to controversial MP Suresh Kalmadi or his wife Meera, and former chief minister Ashok Chavan has backed out from contesting in the elections. However, Chavan's wife, Amita is still in the zone of consideration from Nanded.

BANGALORE: This is perhaps a first for any major company in India. A former CEO and a former CFO of Infosys will contest the coming general elections — Nandan Nilekani for Congress from South Bangalore, and V Balakrishnan for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from Central Bangalore.

A pro-Russian force opened fire in seizing a Ukrainian military base in Crimea on Monday and NATO announced reconnaissance flights along its eastern frontiers as confrontation around the Black Sea peninsula showed no sign of easing.

 LONDON: In 2013, passengers were able to board planes more than a billion times without having their passports screened against Interpol's databases.

There's a feeling around cricket circles that Chennai Super Kings are the best T20 unit in business. Be it depth in their batting, the number of allrounders in the playing XI or the supreme athleticism of players, MS Dhoni seems to have forged a template for CSK that has helped them reach five of the six IPL finals.

INDIAN WELLS (United States): Alexandr Dolgopolov toppled world number one and defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5) Monday in the third round of the Indian Wells ATP Masters.

Russia's Maria Sharapova was knocked out of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Monday after a shock loss to Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi.