Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who had launched a hunger strike yesterday for not being allowed to visit the Simhasth Kumbh going on in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, will be taken for 'Shipra snaan' by the police on Wednesday morning.

The Sadhvi, against whom the National Investigation Agency recently dropped charges in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, will be taken to Ujjain early in the morning.

Sadhvi, who wanted to take a dip in Shipra river and had secured an order from a court in Dewas district, had begun a 'fast unto death' at around 9 am on Monday in Pandit Khushilal Sharma Ayurvedic Hospital where she is undergoing treatment by refusing to take food and water.

"Upset over not being allowed to visit Simhastha mela and take holy dip in Shipra river, the Sadhvi has started protest in the Pandit Khushilal Sharma Ayurvedic Hospital by leaving water and food since 9 am today," her close associate Bhagwan Jha had told reporters.

Congressman and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Paul Ryan today said that real estate tycoon Donald Trump is 'getting the nomination' of the Republican party for the November presidential elections.

"I hope it's Donald Trump. He's getting the nomination," Ryan told reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference when asked about a latest opinion poll in which 58 per cent of the respondents said they trust more, while another 39 per cent opted for him.

"He (Trump) should. He's wrapping up the nomination," said the House speaker who a few weeks ago said that he is not ready to support the New Yorker as the Republican presidential nominee. The two leaders met in Washington last week, where they committed themselves to unify the party and defeat Hillary Clinton -- the Democratic presidential front runner --  in the November presidential elections.

Union minister Kiren Rijiju will join an elite list of dignitaries who have undertaken a sortie on board the frontline attack aircraft Sukhoi-30 MKI when he will take off tomorrow from an airbase in Punjab.

44-year-old Rijiju will take off from Indian Air Force's Halwara base and fly for about 30 minutes in the supersonic jet, which can go up to the height of 56,800 feet at a maximum speed of 2,100 km per hour.

The Union minister of state for home will possibly be the fourth dignitary to fly on board the aircraft.

Earlier, former Presidents late A P J Abdul Kalam and Pratibha Patil and the then Defence Minister George Fernandes had cruised in the aircraft. Sources said that Rijiju had already undergone a successful medical fitness test and will occupy the co-pilot seat along with an experienced top notch fighter pilot of the IAF.

A proper jump suit and a special eye-gear have been prepared for the minister so that he can comfortably undertake the high-gravity sortie. Rijiju is under taking the sortie following a request of IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, sources said.

Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan came under attack from BJP lawmaker Subramanian Swamy for the second time in two weeks on Tuesday. This time, Harvard-educated Dr Swamy upped the ante against the RBI chief byseeking his dismissal in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

British Prime Minister David Cameron today warned that Islamic State  terrorists would be happy if Britain was to vote to leave the European Union  in the crucial June 23 referendum. 

The Debt Recovery Tribunal on Tuesday directed JP Morgan Bank not to disburse the $40 million amount deposited by British liquor giant Diageo in favour of liquor baron Vijay Mallya. 

Strategist Prashant Kishor, the man behind the winning election campaigns for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, may quit his latest assignment with the Congress if he is not given a free hand soon, reports NDTV.


After Nitish Kumar's big Bihar win in November, the Congress' Rahul Gandhi had quickly roped in Kishor to work on his party's campaigns for Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, where elections will be held early next year. However, a section in the Congress feels Kishor is an outsider and is overstepping his brief.
 

In Uttar Pradesh, sources said, Kishor's demand that a new team lead the Congress into elections 2017 has not found favour with many leaders.

Sources say Kishor wants a team that includes party stalwarts like Kamal Nath, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Sheila Dikshit. This new team, sources say, may be announced by the end of the month, but if it isn't, it will cause a further strain in ties between Kishor and the party.

There has also been a confrontation in Punjab, where the Congress' Captain Amrinder Singh accused Kishor of stepping on his turf and reminded him through a press conference that, "I run the party."

Sources say Kishor currently has the backing of Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi. But the Congress also sent him a veiled warning on Monday, when spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said Kishor had been told when he was appointed that "is a strategist and will have no role in organisational matters and ticket distribution."
                                                                          
Sources close to Prashant Kishor told NDTV recently that " his relationship with the Congress is not one of pitching ideas and having them rejected or accepted...but an evolving relationship with both sides trying to figure out how to leverage best strategy for elections."

Kishor, when asked for his comments, called this "wild speculation".

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that Islamabad would explore other options to meet its defence needs, if the F-16 deal did not materialise with the United States. 

Minister of State for External Affairs General (Retd) VK Singh on Tuesday wrote to the Minister of Urban Development of India, Venkaiah Naidu, to rename the historical 'Akbar road' as 'Maharana Pratap Road.' 

In his letter Singh says that Maharana Pratap had played an instrumental role in stopping the might of Mughal emperor Akbar, and was truly secular and a man of the masses.  "His Army was led by a Pathan and he had Bhils, Adivasis, and others, who formed part of his Army," wrote Singh. 


The Minister of Development of North Eastern Region also mentioned that if 'Akbar road' could not be changed to 'Maharana Pratap', some other suitably important road in the Lutyen Zone should be renamed after the historical figure. 


"I do feel that important personalities like Maharana Pratap and Chhatrapati Shivaji deserve greater recognition than they have been given thus far," Singh wrote in the letter. 

As the 'Simhastha Kumbh Mahaparv' in Ujjain -- one of the four Kumbh Melas celebrated as one of the largest spiritual gatherings in the world -- draws to a close, the police have arrested 134 people posing as sadhus and indulging in criminal activities, Additional Director General of Police V Madhukumar has said.

The authorities have initiated proceedings against these people as per law, Madhukumar said on Monday.

The ADGP said there have been incidents of theft, vandalism and even a murder attempt at the site of Simhastha Kumbh. Some of the incidents were targeted against sadhus -- religious renunciates -- belonging to various 'akharas' -- an order of such renunciates -- which get a pride of place in sacred bath rituals of a Kumbh pilgrimage.

Madhukumar said the third and last 'Shahi Snan' (royal bath) of Kumbh on May 21 would be a big challenge for the police on account of large crowds of devotees that are expected.

The Simhastha Kumbh, that began on April 22, will conclude with the Shahi Snan on May 21.

The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday slammed Pakistan after it expressed serious concern to the United Nations over Indias draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill 2016. 


The Pakistan Foreign Office had said that in violation of UNSC resolutions, the official map of India has been depicting the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir as part of India which is factually incorrect and legally untenable.


Reacting to Pakistans statement, the Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Vikas Swarup on Tuesday said that Pakistan or any other party has no locus standi in the matter. Proposed (map) bill is an entirely internal legislative matter of India, since the whole state of J&K is an integral part of India, said Swarup.


Government rejects Pakistans repeated and increasing attempts to impose on International community matters that India is open to address bilaterally with Pakistan, added Swarup. According to the draft bill, wrong depiction of the map of India could land the violators in jail with a maximum term of seven years and impose a fine up to Rs 100 crore.

Congress MP Shantaram Naik today gave a notice for breach of privilege against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in the Rajya Sabha for allegedly submitting a "printout" of a website report to level allegations against its leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, in the AgustaWestland issue.


In his notice addressed to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari, the Congress leader said: "Since Swamy has authenticated a website page printout, in which the names of Sonia Gandhi, Ahmed Patel, Oscar Fernandes have been mentioned, it means and implies that the very allegations are made by Swamy also."


Naik gave the notice under rules 187 and 188 of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States and appealed to the Rajya Sabha Chairman that it be admitted and referred to the Privileges Committee for "appropriate" action against Swamy.


"Swamy did not authenticate any letter from Christian Michel (alleged British middleman and prime accused in the AgustaWestland chopper bribery case) as he was not in possession of any such letter. Further question of Sonia flying in Mi-8 choppers does not arise as she did not hold any official post. "Swamy mischievously quoted abbreviations AP and said he is a political secretary...All these innuendos amply insinuate a particular specific person most irresponsibly and without authenticating any document.


"Swamy did not produce any certified copy of the judgement on which he relied extensively, which he should have done and authenticated," Naik said in the notice. AP, it was alleged, stood for Ahmed Patel, Political Secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi.


Referrring to an interview of Italian Judge Marco Maria Maiga by a news channel on the issue, the Congress leader said "Swamy relied on the transcript of this interview".


"Swamy mischievously relied on and authenticated an inadmissible document, by all standards, to misguide the House, thereby committing another breach of privilege," he said.


Making clear the party's intent to move a privilege motion against Swamy, Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh had a few days back said: "Swamy has made baseless allegations and spoken big lies in Rajya Sabha on May 4. We will not allow him to go scot-free."

Parents and students form a human chain along Marine Drive in the blistering Mumbai heat to draw attention of the powers that be for their intervention in the NEET issue. The Supreme Court has ruled that starting this academic session, students would have to appear for NEET to seek admission to any medical or dental college in the country. Parents and students want the CET.

Pic: Deepak Salvi

Samajwadi Party nominates Amar Singh and Beni Prasad Verma for the Rajya Sabha seat.

JUST IN: Bombay high court refuses to grant pre-arrest bail to former Congress MP Nilesh Rane in case of alleged assault and abduction of party worker.

IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha took a maiden flight in India's indigenous light combat aircraft, Tejas, and reviewed the development so far. The Air Chief Marshal flew the indigenously designed and produced Light Combat Aircraft (Tejas) for over 30 minutes at Bengaluru's HAL Airport. Air Chief Raha carried out simulated air to air and ground attacks, assessed radar modes and Helmet Mounted Display Sight on the Tejas. He is the first air chief to fly a Tejas.


The Indian Air Force has given an order of 120 Tejas, with 100 of them being an upgraded version. He flew a sortie in a Tejas trainer aircraft which is a two seater, defence sources said. He will also visit the hangar where the Mirage 2000 is being upgraded.

The picture was tweeted by NDTV.

Only a few, including Jan Dhan and Swachh Bharat, have caught the "imagination" of the country in the first two years of the Modi government while most of its other schemes have escaped notice, a CMS study finds out.


In all, there are about 40 schemes being implemented since Modi took power in May 2014, including those from earlier governments.


Nearly Rs 1,000 crore has been spent over the last two years by the NDA government to publicise these programmes. According to the study, hardly 3 per cent of respondents are aware of some 25 schemes out of the 40 being implemented. It was only 6 or 7 schemes in all that are acknowledged as being implemented by about a quarter of respondents, which include Jan Dhan Yojana, Swachh Bharat, Atal Pension Scheme and Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak. Swachh Bharat and Jan Dhan grabbed more eyeballs across clusters, regardless of party in power across states. In terms of visibility, of the five idea-based schemes, Digital India and Make in India fared better than Smart City or Startup India or even Bullet Train. "Those schemes which involved local civil society, engaged individuals across age groups and the ones which are visible on the ground have caught attention of people across the country," the study said, adding that schemes which have employment and game-changing potential also made the cut. As per the study, there are others that made little headway, including the finance scheme to minorities, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, the pension scheme to the physically challenged, Marubhumi Vikas Yojana, Soil Health Card, Baal Vikas Yojana and Namami Gange, among others. The other interesting finding was that some of the Yojanas failed to go the distance despite the Pradhan Mantri title prefixed to them. Eight out of about 40 schemes are with the nomenclature starting Pradhan Mantri, but except Gramin Sadak and Rozgar Yojana, most others go barely acknowledged. The study, which has a sample size of 4,000, tried to find out the extent of the awareness of the schemes and their implementation.

The story making the rounds last week about the tourists trying to "rescue' a bison calf in Yellowstone National Park came to an unfortunate conclusion Monday when the park service announced they euthanized the calf. A week ago, a pair of presumably well-meaning, but utterly misguided, tourists saw the calf in the middle of the road and worried the animal was cold and dying. That led them to believe it was a good idea to pile the animal in the back of their SUV and seek help at a ranger station.

The judicial custody of all accused in the Sheena Bora murder case was on Tuesday extended till June 6. Earlier today, the Central Bureau of Investigation sought time to file a reply on driver Shyamvar Rai's application to be approver in a Special CBI court in Mumbai.


The hearing in the Special CBI court has been deferred till June 6. Shyamvar Rai, the former driver of Indrani Mukerjea and Peter Mukherjee on May 11 told a special CBI court in Mumbai that he wants to turn approver and disclose certain truths about the commission of the offence.


Rai had last week written a two-page letter to the court, stating that he wants to reveal the truth and had sought pardon in the case. The driver also told the court that he was under no pressure, threat or coercion to reveal the facts in the case and added that he was repentant for his act. The court had extended the judicial custody of Indrani, Peter, Rai and Sanjeev Khanna till today.


Indrani along with her husband Peter, former husband Khanna and former driver Shyamvar Rai is an accused in the murder case of her daughter Sheena Bora in 2012.


While former media baron Peter was arrested in November 2015 for hiding and destroying evidences in the murder case, Indrani and two others were arrested by the police in August 2015 and continue to be in custody since.


Media magnate Peter Mukerjea, a co-accused in the case, had earlier in March moved a fresh bail plea before a special CBI court, calling the allegations levelled against him as "false, baseless and unbelievable".


He also put the onus on his wife Indrani, saying that she was highly ambitious and was willing to go to any length for that. In the bail application, Peter claimed it was not him, but Indrani, who objected to Rahul and Sheena's relationship. He had also denied the allegation of being informed by Indrani about the murder and stated that the said calls were made by Indrani to her daughter Vidhie.


The media honcho was arrested on November 19 last year for his alleged role in the murder conspiracy in which his wife Indrani Mukerjea is the prime accused.

Donald Trump said Monday London's new mayor made "very rude statements" about him -- and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee warned he won't have a good relationship with British Prime Minister David Cameron if he's elected. Read

What is it like living nearly half a decade as a hostage, shuffled between warring militant groups along the notoriously restless Pakistan-Afghanistan border, withstanding gruesome acts of torture and then suddenly, one day, escaping back to one's family and to home?


In his first English language interview since his release, Pakistan's Shahbaz Taseer told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that it is a test of patience, the strength of one's faith and random acts of kindness from the most unexpected of places that made him withstand his ordeal. Read

The Interpol has issued red corner notice against Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar and his brother Abdul Rauf for their alleged role in the conspiracy to attack the strategic Indian Air Force base in Pathankot .


NIA had sought the red corner notice against Masood Azhar, his brother Abdul Rauf, Kashif Jan and Shahid Latif, two handlers of JeM terrorists who had infiltrated into India through Bamiyal sector of Punjab in the early hours of December 30 to launch the terror assault.


The strategic base was attacked by terrorists of banned JeM during the intervening night of January one and two in which seven security personnel were killed. Four bodies of terrorists were recovered from the encounter site which lasted for nearly 80 hours. NIA has already sought voice samples of Azhar and three others from Pakistan's Joint Investigation Team (JIT) which came to India for carrying out a probe in the Pathankot terror probe. 

Pakistan on Tuesday said it has expressed 'serious concern' to the UN over a draft bill in the Indian Parliament over the map of Kashmir and called upon the world body to uphold its resolutions and urge India to stop such acts which are in "violation of international law".


Wrong depiction of the map of India could land the violators in jail with a maximum term of seven years and impose a fine up to Rs 100 crore, according to the draft 'Geospatial Information Regulation Bill 2016.


Pakistan has expressed serious concern to the United Nations Secretary General and the President of the UN Security Council, through letters by our Permanent Representative in New York, with regard to the Indian government's efforts to introduce a controversial 'Geospatial Information Regulation Bill' in the Indian Parliament,' the Foreign Office (FO) said.


It further said that "in violation of UNSC resolutions, the official map of India has been depicting the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir as part of India which is factually incorrect and legally untenable'.


Through the passage of this Bill, the Indian government would penalise the individuals and organisations who depict Jammu and Kashmir as a disputed territory as per the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, the FO said.

In a setback to BJP which dominated the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the party managed to win only from three seats while the AAP made its debut by winning five seats and the Congress wrested four seats in the bypolls to 13 wards.


The AAP fell short of its expectations of a "clean sweep" in the polls, which was billed as a barometer of Kejriwal government's popularity in Delhi, while Congress's victory was seen as the indication of party's revival in the city after it drew blank in the last assembly and Lok Sabha polls in Delhi. One Congress rebel won as an Independent from the Bhati ward in South Delhi. The MCD, which was trifurcated in 2012, has been a BJP-ruled body for nearly a decade. Out of the 13 wards, seven were previously held by BJP, one by RLD, and five by Independents. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal thanked the people for helping the party emerge as the largest party in MCD bypolls.

South Korean author Han Kang has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for her "unforgettably powerful" novel 'The Vegetarian' which deals with a woman's rejection of human brutality and giving up of eating meat.


Kang, 45, beat writers including Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk and international bestseller Elena Ferrante to win the 50,000-pound award last night which she shared with her novel's translator Deborah Smith.


Published by Portobello Books, 'The Vegetarian' was selected unanimously among 155 books by a panel of five judges chaired by noted critic and editor Boyd Tonkin who described Kang's work as "lyrical and lacerating".


Kang, who currently teaches creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, is already very popular in South Korea and has won Yi Sang Literary Prize, the Today's Young Artist Award, and the Korean Literature Novel Award. 'The Vegetarian' is her first novel to be translated into English by 28-year-old Smith who started learning Korean only at the age of 21.

Passengers on the Ernakulam-Kolkata Duronto Express raised a complaint on Sunday after a person alleged to have seen a pantry car official using water from the toilet taps for preparing tomato soup.

PM Narendra Modi set to visit Iran on May 22 and 23. India is one of the biggest customers of Iranian crude, and is set to import at least 400,000 barrels per day from Iran in the year from April 1, but it has built up a backlog of payments for three years when Iran was under sanctions over its nuclear programme.

President Pranab Mukherjee has come in for some criticism from the Congress and the media over his nod to declaring President's Rule in Uttarakhand. But sources tell us that the President is unmoved by the criticism since he has taken the decision based on constitutional requirements.

This is how it went.

The Presidential proclamation papers reached him on March 27 after which Arun Jaitley and Nripendra Mishra met him and posed two issues related to constitutional functioning.The Uttarakhand Budget if not approved from April 1 would mean the disbursement of salaries to lakhs of employees of the Uttarakhand government would have to be stopped. There was no clarity about the passage of the budget in the state assembly. A video of the proceedings gave a different outlook hence President Pranab Mukherjee went by the rule book. The President also met the Congress delegation, Uttarakhand MLAs, legal experts before he decided to impose President's Rule in the state. After all that he was left with no option but to go by rule book. 

The Delhi High Court issues a notice to the Wrestling Federation Of India and the Central government on wrestler Sushil Kumar's plea on trials in the Rio Olympics 2016. The Delhi HC has asked the Wrestling Federation Of India to file an affidavit stating its stand on the matter.


This comes after the two-time Olympic medalist moved the Delhi high court seeking trials for the Rio Olympics. The 32-year-old wrestler, who a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and silver at the London Games in 2012, was omitted from the Wrestling Federation of India's Rio preparatory camp, which will begin in Sonepat on Wednesday.


Instead, Narsingh Pancham Yadav was included for the camp in the men's 74kg freestyle division since he acquired the berth at the World Championships in Las Vegas last year. With the WFI not showing much interest in conducting a trial in the 74kg, Sushil had taken the matter to the doorsteps of the Prime Minister's Office. He also appealed to the Sports Ministry, Indian Olympic Association, WFI and fans to give him a chance to undergo a trial for the Rio Games as, according to the rules, the quota belongs to the country and not a particular wrestler.


The court today said that while it one cannot undermine Narsingh's performance, it does not find Sushil's intentions wrong. It rebuked Sushil Kumar saying, "Wrestlers should focus on practice not sit in court. Will intervene only as last resort. India's chances in Rio should not suffer." 

The court will give its reply by tomorrow.

Just in: Supreme Court asks Bombay High Court to decide on the Jiah Khan death case expeditiously.


Jiah Khan was found dead on June 3, 2013 at her flat in Juhu. Her boyfriend Sooraj Pancholi was arrested for abetting her suicide on June 10, 2013 but released on July 2 after the HC granted him bail.


Following a CBI report of December 2015 that termed Jiahs death as a suicide and not a homicide, Jiahs mother Rabya moved the HC again, seeking investigation by a special investigation team, which would be assisted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation asserting that Jiah was a US citizen.


The mother alleged that it was not a suicide but a murder and Pancholi should be charged under section 302 (murder) instead. The actor has been charged with section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (abetment to suicide). The trial was, however, stayed by the division bench of the High Court on hearing Rabyas petition in February, 2016.

BJP MP from RS Subramanian Swamy writes to PM Narendra Modi, seeks immediate termination of RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan.


Days after being nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the Bharatiya Janata Party, politician leader on May 12 embarrassed his party by saying RBI governor Raghuram Rajan should be removed from his post as he is not fit for the nation.

Swami's comments came after it was reported that the RBI governor a day before had said foreign banks have stopped opening branches in India as they need to set aside a lot more capital due to the country's 'higher risk' credit rating. Delivering a lecture at Cambridge University, London, the RBI governor also said foreign banks think it is 'not worth' opening banks.

It's those comments that likely made Swamy unhappy.

"In my opinion, the RBI governor is not apt for our country. His move to increase the interest rates, so as to cut down inflation and stabilize the economy, has backfired and has badly affected the nation," Swamy told reporters.


Swamy blamed Rajan for non-availability of cheaper capital in the country.

He said Indian competitors stand no chance against cash-rich multinational corporations like Walmart unless they get capital at the same rate.

"They get capital at two percent interest. In India, the interest rate is 12 percent or even higher, thanks to Raghuram Rajan," Swamy said.

AAP and Congress today won in four wards each while the BJP won from three wards in the MCD bypolls for 13 wards, results of which were declared today.

Independent candidate Rajender Singh Tanwar won from Bhati ward where the maximum votes had been polled in the bypolls held on Sunday last. AAP candidate Abhishek Bidhuri won from Tekhand ward by a margin of 1555 votes defeating BJP candidate Sunil Verma. Other winners from the party were Ramesh from Matiala ward, Anil Malik from Nanakpura and Ashok Kumar from Vikas Nagar ward, election officials said. Congress candidate Pankaj won from the Jhilmil ward by a margin of 2419 votes. Pankaj defeated ex MLA and BJP candidate Jitender Singh Shunty. Congress candidate Yogita Rathi won from the women reserved seat of Munirka. The party candidates also won from Khichdipur and Qumraddin Nagar.


Pic: MCD workers burn effigies of Arvind Kejriwal and protest the non-payment of their dues in February.

Suspended Janata Dal (United) MLC Manorama Devi, who was sent to 14-day judicial custody this morning on charges of possessing liquor bottles, blamed the BJP for falsely implicating her under political conspiracy.


"The information is false, no liquor bottles were found in my house. I am being falsely implicated under political conspiracy and the BJP is doing that," Devi told the media in Gaya. Devi, who is facing charges of violating prohibition laws, this morning surrendered before a court in Gaya. She was later remanded to 14 days judicial custody.

Simply blown away by their pyrotechnics, West Indies left-hander Chris Gayle compared Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers to fictional superheroes 'Batman' and 'Superman', as the duo lit up the Indian Premier League with some dazzling display of top quality batsmanship.


"Those two guys are playing like 'Batman and Superman'. They are in the form of their lives, especially Kohli. They should continue pressing the gas, don't ease up and fill their boots with as much runs as possible. They are doing a phenomenal job for RCB," Gayle said in the post-match media conference.


With 1349 runs from 12 matches, Kohli and De Villiers seemed to be unstoppable and are the top-two leading run-getters of the ninth season. Their amazing form has swung the fortunes of Royal Challengers Bangalore, who routed two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders by nine wickets yesterday.

A 65-year-old Indian American scientist is set to receive the prestigious 'National Medal of Science' award from US President Barack Obama. 

Hugh Hefner has been sued for allegedly "conspiring" to allow Bill Cosby to commit sexual assault on young women at his Playboy mansion.

The death toll due to heat wave and related issues during the current summer season in Telangana rose to 300.

Assam, Tamil Nadu and Kerala appears to have voted for change, with West Bengal all set to maintain status quo, as per various exit polls conducted at the end of five-state elections on Monday evening.

Two militants were killed in two separate encounters in Kashmir valley early Tuesday.

The government on Monday hiked the price of petrol by Rs. 0.83 a litre and that of diesel by Rs. 1.26 per litre.

Pakistani troops violated ceasefire along the Line of Control in Uri Sector of Kashmir but no damage was reported in the incident, army said today.

Two militants were killed in two separate encounters with security forces in Shopian and Kupwara districts of Kashmir, army said today. 

Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Union Territory Puducherry recorded a good voter turnout in the assembly elections, said the Election Commission on Monday.

JD-U MLC Manorama Devi, against whom an arrest warrant was issued for violating prohibition laws and allegedly harbouring her fugitive son who has been held in the road rage murder case in Bihar, on Tuesday surrendered before the Gaya court.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking complete ban on water supply to distilleries and breweries in drought-hit regions of Maharashtra.

A vacation bench posted the matter for hearing on May 23 after a lawyer mentioned the plea saying that instead of curtailed water supply, there should be no supply of water at all as the entire region is facing acute water shortage.

The petitioner said that the people are being deprived of the drinking water as it is being given to the liquor industries

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court had recently asked the state government to curtail water supply to the liquor industry by 60 per cent from May 10, which would be operative till June 27.

The University Grants Commission has asked colleges and varsities to encourage their students to share their views with the Prime Minister on the Narendra Modi mobile app.

In a letter written to all universities, UGC secretary Jaspal S Sandhu said that the prime minister had expressed such a desire in one of his Mann ki Baat addresses on radio.

In another letter, the UGC has said that it has noticed that on important events, the National Flag made of plastic are being used in place of paper flag.

These plastic flags being non biodegradable do not get decomposed easily. Appropriate disposal of National Flags made of plastic with dignity of the flag is a big problem, it said and emphasised that the Flag Code should be strictly adhered to.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has warned of major terror attacks by refugees coming into the United States.

"I do, I actually do," Trump said when asked whether or not he believed it would take a large-scale attack on US soil for Americans to 'wake up' about border security.

"Bad things will happen -- a lot of bad things will happen. There will be attacks that you wouldn't believe. There will be attacks by the people that are right now that are coming into our country, because, I have no doubt in my mind," he said.

Trump warned that the US faces danger of a terrorist attack from the refugees coming to the country, the National Border Patrol Council reported. And no one knows where they are from Syria or somewhere else, he said.

"I mean you look at it, they have cell phones. So they don't have money, they don't have anything. They have cell phones. Who pays their monthly charges, right?" he asked.

"They have cell phones with the flags, the ISIS flags on them. And then we're supposed to say, isn't this wonderful that we're taking them in? We're led by people that are either incompetent or they don't have the best interests of our country at heart," the Republican presumptive nominee said.

Delicacies conceived by celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor may soon be on the platter of students studying in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas. Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said her ministry has decided to rope in Kapoor to prepare menu of food to be served at all Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and to train the cooks of these residential schools.

According to Irani, the decision has been taken with an aim to provide best facilities to the students of Navodaya schools, which are run by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

"Bright students from humble family background take admission in these boarding schools. To provide facilities parallel to private boarding schools, we have decided to rope in celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor to prepare the menu of the food served in these schools," she said at the foundation stone laying ceremony of a JNV at Hathijan village near Ahmedabad.

"Apart from preparing the menu of these schools, Kapoor will also provide training to all the cooks of these boarding schools. Our aim is to make students feel that they are studying in a school which is no less than a private boarding school," the minister said.

Navodaya Vidyalayas, affiliated to the CBSE, offer free education to meritorious students, mainly from rural areas, from Class-VI to XII.