Earthquake toll 74, landslides & rain hamper rescue efforts (The Times of India)
At least 58 people were killed and hundreds injured in Sikkim, Bengal and Bihar, in addition to 9 deaths in Nepal and 7 in Tibet. Read

Pak President Asif Ali Zardari an impotent puppet, says Imran Khan (The Times of India)
Imran Khan has used anti-Americanism to perfection. A latest survey ranks him as the most popular politician and the likely PM after 2014 polls. Read

Halt Kudankulam, Jayalalithaa urges Manmohan (The Hindu)

As protests by local residents and activists intensified, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to order the halting of the project until concerns and fears about the plant's safety were addressed. Read

Fast was to showcase Gujarat's progress: Modi (The Hindu)

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi ended his three-day "Sadbhavana mission" fast on Monday evening with the claim that never for a day during his 10-year regime had he and his government ever discriminated between the majorities and minorities. Read

Modi basks in spotlight, but riot shadow remains (Hindustan Times)

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi sat on a three-day fast for "harmony" in Ahmedabad after the Supreme Court referred to a lower court a case in which he was accused of complicity in the 2002 violence. Read

Karnataka Lokayukta Shivaraj Patil resigns (The Hindu)

Karnataka Lokayukta Shivaraj V. Patil resigned on Monday in the wake of a media expos that showed irregularities in the allotment of two residential plots to him and his wife. Read

Baba Ramdev to begin yatra against corruption today (Hindustan Times)

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev will embark on a "1,00,000 km long yatra" today from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh 'to awaken people about corruption and black money'. Read