NEW DELHI: With Gujarat the flavour of the season, Rashtrapati Bhavan plans to serve delicacies like kadhi (fried dumplings of gram flour in tangy gravy of yoghurt),

AHMEDABAD: The state intelligence bureau (SIB) and senior police officials have started a review of security for the new chief minister of the state, Anandiben Patel. Sources at the state DGP's office in Gandhinagar said that though the threat assessment for the new CM was yet to be done, the chances are that the security cover needed for Patel would be lighter than for Narendra Modi.

NEW DELHI: In a special gesture towards families of its personnel who died in recent accidents, the Navy has allowed widows of five of them to apply for becoming officers in the maritime force and one of them has already cleared the process.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister- designate Narendra Modi's oath ceremony—that is fast building up to a coronation of sorts—could see a liberal sprinkling of Bollywood celebrities and industry leaders with speculation that actors Amitabh Bachchan, Rajnikanth, Salman Khan, Rekha, singer Lata Mangeshkar and cricketing hero Sachin Tendulkar are part of the guest list.

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi's aides want him to take up the position of the leader of opposition, eager that he take forward his positioning as the future of Congress.

NEW DELHI: Amidst speculations that CBI may not register more cases in the coal scam, agency on Friday registered 20th FIR in the Rs 1.86 lakh crore scam against Nagpur-based Jayaswal Neco Industries and unknown public servants for allegedly mining coal in excess to prescribed limit and diverting it.

NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi, who takes oath as India's Prime Minister on 26th of this month has invited all the leaders of the Saarc countries, including Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Outside the Saarc the invitation has gone to Mauritius PM Navin Ramgoolam also.

DEHRADUN: Gupt Kashi in the picturesque Garhwal hills, at a height of 4,300 feet above sea level, is renowned not just for its natural beauty, but also its determined women folk whose campaign against a liquor outlet has made the excise department worried over loss of revenue.

NEW DELHI: The lack of experienced players in NDA ranks seems to have opened up the prospect of BJP veterans landing important portfolios in the incoming Modi government.

NEW DELHI: MDMK leader Vaiko on Friday met BJP president Rajnath Singh and expressed his dissatisfaction over the invitation extended to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for prime minister-elect Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony.