Good morning. Clarifications from health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on the homosexuality is a disease comment. He now says, he meant HIV positive people. In fact, the Congress seems to have have mantris with diseases -- foot in the mouth -- Digvijay Singh being another. The other big stories today.

Pranab meets Telangana legislators (The Hindu)
The meetings are part of the Congress strategy to engage with the legislators, who have put in their papers, and explain to them the position of the party and the Centre on the issue. Read

'NIS food supplement ran out, we took what coach gave us' (Indian Express)
Sports ministry has fired Yuri Ogorodnik, the man in charge of dope-tainted 4x400 m relay squad. Read

I was quoted out of context, says Ghulam Nabi Azad on homosexuality (DNA)
With his remarks on homosexuality among men creating an uproar, Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that he had been "quoted out of context" and he "never intended to hurt the sentiments of any section of society". Read

On foot, Rahul Gandhi test drives to Bhatta Parsaul (DNA)
In his by-now-perfected trademark style, he walked in to Parsaul village early Tuesday morning and caught the district administration unaware. Read

Dharavi in Mumbai is no longer Asia's largest slum (The Times of India)
Dharavi, spread over 557 acres and housing nearly three lakh people, is no longer Asia's largest slum. Mumbai has at least four larger contenders for the dubious distinction, some of them three times the size of Dharavi. Read

Private hospitals are not hotels to charge exorbitantly: SC (The Times of India)
Criticizing the Delhi's big private hospitals for their steep charges, SC said that they are acting like star hotels and have not kept their promise to treat the poor -- 25% outdoor and 10% indoor -- free of cost. Read

Mukesh Ambani looks to sell gas pipeline business: Report (The Times of India)
Mukesh Ambani is looking to sell Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure Ltd, a business that builds pipelines to carry natural gas across the country, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Read

Kochi Tuskers Kerala to be sold? (DNA)
Squad suffered a loss of over Rs125 crore in its first year; one of the owners confirms the news, another skirts the issue, a third was in silent mode. Read