NEW DELHI: Truckers carrying goods beyond the permitted load will end up paying 10 times higher toll charges, as per the new norms notified by the government as part of amendment in toll rules for national highways in the country.

RANCHI: Rashtriya Janta Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is a bubble and it would burst soon. At an early morning press conference called at the state guest house here, Lalu Prasad supported Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate of the UPA and said that the Gandhi scion was fit for the PM's office.

NEW DELHI: Pharmaceutical companies Quintiles and Sanofi have failed to follow norms while conducting clinical trials of their new drugs on Bhopal gas leak survivors, the health ministry informed the Supreme Court.

NEW DELHI: Eminent jurists and civil rights activists urged political parties to prioritize accountability legislations, including the Lokpal Bill, whistleblowers protection and grievance redress bill.

CHENNAI: In its first official reaction, the Congress on Monday said it had no regrets about the DMK ruling out an alliance with it for the coming Lok Sabha elections. On Sunday, DMK leader M Karunanidhi announced the end of a nine-year-long association with the Congress, citing the humiliation and vilification of his party by the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre through arrests and imprisonment of its leaders A Raja and M Kanimozhi in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.

AHMEDABAD: "Many many happy returns of the day to Shri Narendra Modisirji. Look forward to see you leader of India. P.M. God bless you," writes Pranlal Soni on his Facebook page on September 17. Soni, 65, is defending Modi in the allegedly illegal snooping on his daughter ordered by former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah at the behest of his 'saheb'.

Vijayawada: Changing its direction fast, severe cyclonic storm Helen is now veering towards Krishna district and it is expected to cross the coast near Machilipatnam sometime around Friday afternoon. The second highest danger warning signal No. 10 has been hoisted at Machilipatnam and Nizampatnam and No. 9 signal at Kakinada port. Incidentally, signal No. 11 stands for "devastation and no communication links".

IMPHAL: Normal life was partially affected in Manipur by a general strike called by underground Maoist Communist Party ( MCP) in protest against alleged allocation of land for erection of wooden border fencing in undemarcated areas along the Indo-Myanmar border in Chandel district.

Kukshi: Playing a tribal card in the last leg of election canvassing in Madhya Pradesh, Congress vice-president dubbed BJP as an outfit of rich and affluent with scant regard for poor. He was addressing a mammoth rally at Kukshi, about 380 kms from Bhopal.

ALLAHABAD: The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has been left red faced after promoting 10 candidates in the State Planning Institute, one of whom is dead and others have retired.