A 28-year-old woman was allegedly gang raped by three people inside a car near Pardeshipura intersection in Indore, police said today.

Delhi police is likely to file a charge-sheet in the Indian Premier League spot fixing case on Monday, naming underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, three Rajasthan Royals players and several others.

A video showing the Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir Bashiruddin Ahmad enjoying music, an act he termed as forbidden by Islam, went viral today, drawing sharp reactions online.        

The Gorka Janmukti Morcha today called for a 72-hour bandh in the Darjeeling hills from July 29.        

Taking exception to the opposition's charges like "murder of democracy" during the formation of his government, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren today called upon the opposition to refrain from the politics of opportunism.        

Targeting the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today again alleged that it was trying to interfere in the affairs of the state through its agencies and reiterated that there was a conspiracy to dismiss her government, which was running well.        

Anita Katyal reports: Before the Congress Working Committee takes a final call on the formation of a separate state of Telangana,  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh  will  seek the consent of allies next week at a specially convened meeting of the UPA Coordination Committee. 

Criticising the statement by BJP leader Chandan Mitra -- that the Bharat Ratna be taken back from Amartya Sen -- former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today said this could not be done.        

BJP Youth wing president Anurag Thakur today wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, expressing concern over the mid-day meal deaths in Bihar, and suggested that a new scheme be launched under which weekly or monthly rations are given to families of the students.        

The BJP today alleged that although there was enough evidence against former railways minister Pawan Bansal in the cash-for-job scam, he had been only named as an witness in the case.        

Accusing Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan of supporting corruption, the Congress today demanded his resignation and the sacking of two ministers whose names are listed in mining barons' diaries, which contained details of alleged bribes being paid to them.        

The Indian Mujahideen is a serious threat for the Indian State as well as a complicated puzzle. 

BJP workers today appealed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for greater security for Hindu leaders given the cases of murders of senior Sangh Parivar functionaries in the state.        

False cases are the reasons behind the labelling of Delhi as the 'rape capital' of India, a city court  has held while acquitting a 75-year-old man of the charge of sexually assaulting his maid after the woman turned hostile.        

Two acid bottles were seized today from outside the private residence of Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari in Chandigarh by police which said they were investigating all angles including foul play.            

"Four bottles were found outside the boundary wall of the minister's residence in Sector 19. While two were empty, two other bottles were filled with acid," Superintendent of Police Vijay Kumar said.

The Delhi court issues fresh summons to Reliance ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani to appear before it as a witness on August 22 in the 2G case. The court also issued summons to Tina Ambani to appear before it on August 23 as a witness.

Noting that India continued to be the second fastest growing economy in the world after China, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said people should not be worried about the current slow down and expressed hope of achieving six per cent growth this fiscal.

"People should remember India continues to be the second fastest growing economy after China. Even China's growth which was at 10 per cent has come down to seven per cent now, while our growth has slid to five per cent from nine per cent," he said at a bank function.

"Economic slowdown is there in all the countries. When there is slow growth rate in the world, India cannot remain unaffected," he said inaugurating the 2110th branch of the Indian Bank in this small town in his Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency.

The Uttar Pradesh public service commission today cancelled results of examinations, declared on the basis of a controversial reservation policy, evoking sharp reactions from pro-reservation students who went on the rampage accusing the ruling Samajwadi Party of "betrayal".   

In an official release, the UPPSC said results of"combined civil service/upper subordinate examinations (mains) declared on July 04, 2013" stood cancelled and "revised results" would be declared "at the earliest". The commission said that the decision was taken at a meeting held yesterday.

Senior ministers from Andhra Pradesh writing a letter to party president Sonia Gandhi threatening to resign if the state is split. The leaders also met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Also read: Non-Telangana ministers, MPs meet PM, oppose Andhra division

Insiders say that it was not a wise idea to call Congress MPs, MLAs and Union ministers to New Delhi while the panchayat polls were underway in the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, and that too for discussion on Telangana. The party is expected to suffer a defeat in the Andhra panchayat polls at the hands of Jaganmohan Reddy's YSR Congress.    

Leaders from Andhra Pradesh have been demanding during their interaction with Digvijay Singh that they want Ghulam Nabi Azad back as AICC's political observer for the state. They have been complaining that Digvijay has a "foot-in-mouth" syndrome.

Union ministers K S Rao, Pallam Raju, D Purandeswari, Chiranjeevi warned that they would submit their resignations if Telangana was announced, reports our correspondent from New Delhi.  

The All India Congress Committee is facing several threats from those who are against the formation of Telangana. Once statehood is announced there is a likelihood that the government in Andhra Pradesh will be toppled, say anti-Telangana supporters. Moreover, with the Congress facing internal threats in Kerala, they will only be strong in Karnataka (as far as south India goes) just before next years polls.     

An insider gives an account of what transpired at meet on Telangana: 18 Congress MPs from Andhra Pradesh threatened that they would not let the Food Security Bill be passed in the Parliament. Hence, the announcement on Telangana has been temporarily suspended, reports our correspondent. 

Please postpone the decision on Telangana till Lok Sabha polls are held in 2014,   Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi is said to have suggested to Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

Sources tell our correspondent from New Delhi that Telangana Congress MPs, MLAs told Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday that if a formal announcement on Telangana is not made on August 15 from the Red Fort by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the entire Telangana region will come to a stop. There will be a strike and buses and trains will not ply. No traffic will move into Hyderabad. By early September the people of Telangana will march towards Hyderabad. "Let the police fire on us, let there be curfew in entire Telangana," they told Rahul.

The Bahujan Samaja Party in principle favours the Food Security Bill, said Mayawati today.

"We are in favour of the food security bill in principle. We are not against it. Poor people should get food at subsidised rates. But the manner in which it has been brought through an ordinance, that is not right. Had the government brought the bill in Parliament and a debate would have happened, then it would have been better. However, better late than never," she said.

CNN-IBN reports: The probe panel report into the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal has been submitted to the BCCI. The cricket board is divided over the report by the two-man inquiry panel. The report was investigation the role of Chennai Super Kings and Gurunath Meiyappan.

There is buzz in the legal fraternity about a confidential handwritten communication by former Chief Justice Altamas Kabir to two judges of the Supreme Court. If made public, this content is expected to create quite a stir, reports our Delhi correspondent.

Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam made a surprise visit on his brother judge, who is hospitalised in Delhi. He also drove to the residence of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid to offer condolences after his father passed away, reports our Delhi correspondent.  

Reports our Delhi correspondent: The cabinet secretariat has set up two special cells in the Union home ministry to monitor the flow of foreign analysts coming to India to study the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. So far 28 groups have arrived and another 50 are expected to come here by early next year. Indian elections are a treated as a case study for foreign university students. For them its a challenge to study 543 parliamentary constituencies and over 150 political parties. According to the the government, these students report to universities or to their respective country's intelligence agencies. Are these students funded by adversary countries to know more inside details of our electoral process?

According to Communist Party of India's Syed Azeez Pasha, a former Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh, Sitaram Yechury not only signed the letter to Obama to the Modi visa issue, but also asked him to take signatures from more DMK and TDP MPs, reports our correspondent.

Now, this controversy has created a rift between the CPI and Yechury's CPI-M. 

Our Delhi correspondence reports: Insiders in AK Gopalan Bhavan, the national headquarters of the Communist Party of India, say that Brinda Kara told not only her husband Prakash Karat, but also two senior politburo members about Sitaram Yechury name and his signature on a letter sent to United States President Obama on the Narendra Modi visa issue. Prakash Karat asked Yechury not only issue a press statement but also call television channels to clarify that his signature was forged.

The Union cabinet meeting was called off at the last minute yesterday because Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is unwell. Many Union ministers drove to his 7 Race Course residence to inquire about his health.Subsequently, the PM did not stay for long during the Congress core committee meet as he was exhausted. But  there has been no confirmation from the Prime Minister's Office. They have requested the media not to create panic, reports our Delhi correspondent.

Reports our correspondent from New Delhi: 'Nayi Sooch, nayi ummeed', is expected to be the Bharatiya Janata Party's slogan for 2014. BJP chief Rajnath Singh is expected to finalise it at a parliamentary board meet after he returns to Delhi.    

This slogan emphasises on BJP's agenda for the Lok Sabha polls -- development and new hope, which is Narendra Modi.

PTI reports: Pakistani troops indulged in heavy weapons and RPG firing on Indian post in Poonch today, said army officials.

NDTV reports: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will meet the party's state chiefs today to discuss the Food Security Bill.

Fourteen Congress-led states are expected to roll out the UPA's ambitious food security scheme from August 20, which is former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary.

A man has been arrested in Bangalore for beating his eight-year-daughter to death. He has admitted to his crime, saying that he got angry with his daughter for not studying properly.

More details are awaited.

After Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has criticised the Planning Commission for it's definition of poverty.

Digvijay tweeted this morning, "I have always failed to understand the Planning Commission criteria for fixing poverty line. It is too abstract, can't be same for all areas."

"First indicator of poverty is malnourishment and anaemia in the family which is easily measurable. Can't we have that as a criteria?" said another tweet from  Singh.  

At least 40 people were killed when twin suicide bombings ripped through a town in northwest Pakistan's restive tribal belt on Friday in a sudden surge in violence against the minority Shia community.

State-run Radio Pakistan said that at least 40 people were killed and over 100 injured in the bombings, which occurred in a span of a few minutes in the central market of Parachinar town in Kurram Agency, one of seven tribal districts where Taliban militants are fighting government forces.

An intelligence official said that both attackers used explosive-rigged motorbikes in the attacks to cause maximum damage.

PTI reports: Challenging the method used by the Planning Commission to calculate poverty, Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said a family of five could not live on Rs 5,000 a month.

"If the Planning Commission said those who live above Rs 5,000 a month are not at poverty line, obviously there is something wrong with the definition of poverty in this country. How can anybody live at Rs 5,000?" Sibal questioned at a programme in Kolkata.

Earlier in the week, the Commission had said that for a family of five, the all India poverty line in terms of consumption expenditure would amount to Rs 4,080 per month in rural areas and Rs 5,000 per month in urban areas.

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