CHENNAI: Most political parties in Tamil Nadu, with the exception of AIADMK, reacted favourably to the Supreme Court order commuting the death sentence of the three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

LUCKNOW: In a major set back to UP government, the Allahabad high court on Tuesday banned the transfer of IAS, IPS and IFS officers till the recomposition of the Civil Services Board and adherence to the recent amendment in IAS cadre rules.

HYDERABAD: Amid signs that Tuesday could be his last day in office, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday relieved all officers and dismantled the CMO as well as cleared his chambers of all his personal belongings.

NEW DELHI: Congress and BJP candidates have no respite with AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal announcing that his party candidates will "pursue" contestants from the two parties.

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu once saw violent agitations against imposition of Hindi as an official language. Now, decades later, the state on Monday witnessed the birth of a party which has openly taken a pro-Hindi stand.

ROME: Italy on Monday warned it would "react" to India's "unacceptable" move to invoke a severe anti-piracy law against two of its marines facing trial there since 2012 over the killings of two Indian fishermen.

NEW DELHI: Contrary to earlier expectations, the Telangana Bill will now be introduced in Lok Sabha first instead of Rajya Sabha with the government seeking a fresh recommendation from the President after the Upper House secretariat held it as a money bill.

SRINAGAR: Ex-Jammu & Kashmir minister Shabir Khan continued to evade arrest days after a doctor accused him of molesting her at his Srinagar office.

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) appears to attract educated middle-aged men if snap trends are anything to go by. In a mirror of its top leadership, the average AAP ticket aspirant is a male graduate between 40 and 50 years of age. Top AAP leaders like Arvind Kejriwal, Yogendra Yadav, Sanjay Singh and Kumar Vishwas are in the forties with strong educational backgrounds.

SHIMLA: Highways and roads in many parts of Himachal Pradesh were blocked after moderate to heavy snowfall since early Friday, officials said.