CHENNAI: Chief metropolitan magistrate (CMM) M Gopal arrived at DMK chief M Karunanidhi's Gopalapuram residence in Chennai on Monday morning to record the statement of his wife Dayalu Ammal as a prosecution witness in the 2G spectrum case.

NEW DELHI: Pakistan has no excuses left. India turned over five key documents to Pakistan on October 15, completing the full list of documents asked for by the neighbouring country for the trial of 26/11 accused.

HYDERABAD: Heavy rain triggered by northeast monsoon and a low pressure area over Bay of Bengal lashed several parts of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth consecutive day on Friday, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands of people from low-lying areas.

SRINAGAR: The BJP on Friday said the ceasefire violations along the LoC and International Border in Jammu and Kashmir are totally "unacceptable" and asked the Centre to "teach Pakistan a lesson" through political means.

NEW DELHI: Indian Mujahideen is now trying to grow up as a terror network like Al-Qaida, keeping a close liaison with Pakistan based Qaida network Tehreek -E -Taliban, admits arrested IM leader Yasin Bhatkal, during his recent interrogations by different intelligence agencies. Yasin Bhatkal claimed that their ultimate mission is to uphold Sharia in India like the Mujahideen in Afghanistan and Somalia. In both countries Islamic terror networks are believed to be a part of Al-Qaida.

JODHPUR: Bhojpuri singer and filmmaker Manoj Tiwari is formally going to join the BJP during the upcoming public meeting of Narendra Modi at Patna on October 27.

GUWAHATI: Regional parties of the northeast have decided to come together and float a political front ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. At the initiative of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), at least 11 regional political parties on Sunday formed the North East Regional Political Front (NERPF) to press the Centre to solve the "common and vital issues" of the region.

NEW DELHI: The CBI, which is carrying out Supreme Court-monitored probe into the Coalgate scam, may book some more private companies soon which were allegedly awarded blocks in violation of norms.

NEW DELHI: Opposition BJP on Thursday claimed that the trail of the coal scam went all the way to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh since he was the final signatory for all allocations and sought to know how coal secretary P C Parakh was being held responsible but not the minister who held the portfolio.

NEW DELHI: No "tailing" of each other's patrols, a hotline between top generals and additional border personnel meeting (BPM) points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) are some of the new CBMs outlined in the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) to be inked with China next week.