KALPI, JALAUN: As a gust of cool wind in the falling dusk brings relief to this sun-baked hamlet on the banks of the Yamuna, a mother lies on a cot remembering her beloved daughter who briefly held the hope of changing the aimless lives of Mallahs.

NEW DELHI: With the snows melting in the Himalayas, India and China have scheduled a crucial meeting of the border management group on Monday to reinforce patrolling protocols on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

MUMBAI: An Allahabad resident continues to battle for life even as his wait to be airlifted to a Mumbai hospital gets longer. Reason: the family—though it can afford the expense—has not been able to hire an aircraft, most of which are engaged by major political parties till the last leg of polls.

NEW DELHI: Appointments to top scientific posts — director general of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and secretary, department of science and technology — is getting controversial with the UPA moving ahead despite having less than a month to go before its tenure ends.

 VISAKHAPATNAM/HYDERABAD: The stage is set for rival star campaigners, Narendra Modi of the BJP and Sonia and Rahul Gandhi of the Congress, to crisscross the Seemandhra region virtually at the same time as campaigning heads for the last dash ahead of the May 7 elections.

Battleground UP: When Mulayam Singh Yadav touched the high Muslim rhetoric in Unnao on Thursday, promising quota and invoking the now-banned Azam Khan to recall the sacrifice of Muslim soldiers in wars, it left many surprised

 NEW DELHI: With the proclamation imposing President's rule in Andhra Pradesh due to lapse this month-end on account of its non-ratification by Parliament,

 BHUBANESWAR: A team of Odisha police is likely to visit Delhi next week to interrogate two Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, who did a 'recce' of Bhubaneswar, Puri and Cuttack in January.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday indefinitely stalled Tamil Nadu government's February 19 proposal to release all seven life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and referred to a five-judge constitution bench questions over remittance of sentences of prisoners whose death penalty was commuted to life term.

JHANSI: Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday described Gujarat model as a 'fantasy' drummed up to mislead people. He also backed Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav with his vast experience in politics as the "most suitable candidate as the next PM".