Mumbai: A senior journalist with an English tabloid 'Mid-Day', who extensively covered underworld and crime for over two decades, was shot dead in broad daylight by four unidentified bike-borne persons who pumped five bullets on him from behind in suburban Powai.
Dehra Dun: Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar meets Baba Ramdev and appeals to him to end his eight-day fast even as the health condition of the yoga guru showed signs of improvement.
Dehradun: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev breaks his nine-day-old fast that sparked a political slugfest heeding appeals of spiritual and religious leaders but vows to continue his campaign against corruption.
Mumbai: Police probing the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey say the killing could be the handiwork of people associated with the oil mafia even as Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan directs the city police chief to arrest those responsible for the crime at the earliest.
Lakhimpur (UP): A fresh post mortem on a 14-year-old girl, who was found hanging inside a police station, confirms she was murdered but cannot arrive at the conclusion whether she was raped even as the Mayawati government ordered a CB-CID probe into the incident.
New Delhi: India says it is seeking more details from China on reports that it was planning to divert waters of the Brahmaputra to address the needs of its drought-hit regions.
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa attacks Home Minister P Chidambaram and demands his resignation for his "fraudulent victory" in the Lok Sabha election but he hit back saying her remarks were "gross contempt of court".
Kolkata: Amidst heated exchange of words and walkout by opposition members, West Bengal Assembly passes a bill scrapping the previous Left Front government's deal with Tata Motors to return land to 'unwilling' farmers in Singur.
Lucknow: UP Chief Minister Mayawati says her government has no objection to a CBI inquiry into the Lakhimpur teenaged girl's murder case if the victim's family wants it.
Darjeeling: Facing resentment in Darjeeling hills over its agreement with West Bengal government on setting up an autonomous hill council, the GJM says the new council will be a step towards getting a separate state or a UT status.
New Delhi: Stunning shades of orange and red flitted across the sky as the Moon dipped into the Earth's shadow leaving celestial observers captivated at the spectacle.
Dehradun: Amid allegations that Swami Nigamanand was poisoned, authorities order a second viscera test of the seer who died after a four-month fast against quarrying in Ganga bed, even as Congress stepped up attack on the Chief Minister demanding his resignation.
Guwahati: A major tragedy is averted when a powerful bomb is found by the Railway Police inside a compartment of the Kachenjunga Express during a routine search after its arrival at the railway station.
Kolkata: As many as 550 fishermen in 33 trawlers go missing in the Bay of Bengal in rough weather due to heavy rains triggered by a depression, prompting a search by a Coastguard ship and a Dornier aircraft.
