HYDERABAD: Turmoil in the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly continued for the second day on Tuesday as legislators from Telangana region stormed the Speaker's podium and raised slogans against chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.

NEW DELHI: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday distanced himself from the erstwhile Sheila Dikshit government of Delhi by saying anyone guilty of corruption in the Commonwealth Games should be punished.

NEW DELHI: BJP patriarch LK Advani on Sunday put the lid on speculation that he might be moved to the Rajya Sabha, making it clear that he will contest the coming Lok Sabha polls. The delay in announcement of BJP's list of Rajya Sabha candidates had sparked a buzz in party circles that the RSS was keen to push some of the veterans to the Upper House.

DEHRADUN: Alleged bureaucratic delays, held-up environmental clearances and antiquated construction equipment have left the India-China Border Roads Project in Uttarakhand in the doldrums. Till now, according to sources, only one stretch of the prioritized border road project has entered the second phase of construction.

HYDERABAD: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday pledged his support to BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and said he would conduct Yoga Mahotsava across the country on March 23 in a bid to mobilize votes for the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

NEW DELHI: With economics as the bedrock of a growing partnership, India and Japan are ready to move to the next level. When Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday, the two sides are likely to kick off a top-level political-security dialogue between the two national security advisers, Shivshankar Menon and Shotaro Yachi.

NEW DELHI: Looking to milk the "chai wala" symbolism as a popular connect, Narendra Modi will meet people at a tea shop in Gandhinagar on February 1 as will hundreds of BJP leaders at 1,000 other tea stalls.

CHANDIGARH: A dense fog on Saturday disrupted normal life in most parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, throwing air, rail and road traffic out of gear even as the minimum temperature settled three degrees celsius above normal.

NEW DELHI: The latest stand-off between India and Pakistan over the detention of a Pakistani trucker for possession of drugs looks set to worsen. India on Thursday declared that the truck driver would have to face the 'full force' of Indian law.

NEW DELHI: Describing Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) manner of protest as "unacceptable", BJP on Wednesday said the new party would not appeal to Lok Sabha voters as it was anarchic and lacked the qualities required for providing much-needed political stability and responsible governance.