LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party on Friday announced its candidate for the Saharanpur Lok Sabha seat and changed its nominees at four places.

RAIPUR: Claiming that Naxalite violence in Bastar had declined considerably in the last three years, Chhattisgarh

NEW DELHI: In a development that could bring top industrialist Anil Ambani within the ambit of the 2G scam trial, the CBI has sought his inclusion along with wife Tina Ambani as witnesses in the ongoing trial in a special court.

JAGDALPUR/RAIPUR: The shrapnel wound on his right temple covered in thick bandage, Congress MLA Kavasi Lakhma sat up and faced the TV cameras from a hospital bed in Jagdalpur, a day after Maoists killed 24 people, including Nand Kumar Patel, his party chief in Chhattisgarh.

RAIPUR: Within days of their deadly attack in Bastar that killed 29 people, the Maoists struck again on Wednesday in south Bastar, killing a Salwa Judum activist M Mukka near Asirguda on NH-30 in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.

NEW DELHI: The CBI on Wednesday defended the trial court's decision to summon Bharti group chairman Sunil Mittal as an accused in the case of irregular grant of excess spectrum during the NDA regime and said it was based on evidence pointing to his individual role.

NEW DELHI: Reflecting frustration over long delays of strategic projects like Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), defence minister A K Antony came down hard on DRDO, saying there is a "limit to time slippages" and that it should "perform or perish".

Ram Sampath rocks to a tune of his own. His turn in Delhi Belly, Talaash and the more recent Fukrey established him as the voice of the youth. A score for TOI's I Lead India presented him with a challenge. In a tete-e-tete with Shibu Thomas, Sampath reveals what inspired the edgy music, his idea of India and how he finds the "lack of blind reverence for authority'' in India's youth very refreshing

SHIMLA: While tourists have been flocking Himachal Pradesh expecting to get some respite from scorching heat prevailing in the plains, most of them have been left sweating as the hills too are sweltering under the sun. The most disappointed lot had been cricket fans who had come to Dharamshala to witness a friendly match between Bollywood stars and parliamentarians, but were instead seen looking for shade to escape the heat.

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced a formal ban on gutka and online lotto which will be effective from July 1. The move is among a host of measures that will be taken up by the state government which includes a health insurance scheme for performing artists and workers in the film industry.