BANGALORE: The Congress appears to be inching towards a majority on its own in Karnataka.

NEW DELHI: CBI is tracking the involvement of railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's office in the bribery case relating to his nephew Vijay Singla, with the agency expected to question the minister's senior personal staff in the next couple of days.

NEW DELHI: Political parties obstructing the functioning of Parliament would be directly responsible for the deaths of children due to malnourishment and the deterioration in the health of a large proportion of the population, Nobel-winning economist Amartya Sen said on Monday. The current deadlock in Parliament goes against the entire tradition of Indian democracy, he said.

JAMMU: A Pakistani prisoner in Kot Bhalwal jail on the outskirts of Jammu was critically injured when he was attacked by a fellow prisoner, a senior police official said on Friday.

BIKHIWIND (AMRITSAR): The mortal remains of Sarabjit Singh, which were brought to his village here 23 years after he inadvertently crossed over to Pakistan, will be consigned to flames on Friday afternoon with state honours.

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday wondered what New Delhi's response would have been had Pakistan intruded into Indian territory, and asked for a clear cut message to China. He was referring to the situation that has arisen in Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) area in Ladakh, where the Chinese troops have set up their tented posts since April 15, 2013.

Tokyo/New Delhi: Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will visit India, probably around autumn, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries, media reports said. The imperial couple has been invited by the Indian government.

New Delhi: India's nuclear deterrent is based on a credible nuclear doctrine and is sustained by a "systematic drive to operationalize" its various delivery components, including a sea-based one by 2015-16, Shyam Saran, chairman of the National Security Advisory Board, said in Delhi on Wednesday.

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday temporarily stayed the trial against suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 16-year-old case of custodial torture in Porbandar. Justice SR Brahmabhatt ordered stay till further orders and fixed the hearing in the first week of May 2013.

New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Wednesday that he will order a probe in the chit fund scam after a Saradha group employee alleged that a state minister had close links with the company.

The employee, Diban Deka, said that Assam Health and Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had ties with the group.