Sonia Gandhi has taken the wind out of the sails of dissenters in the Congress. By drafting some in the Congress Working Committee in other important party panels,
Farmer protests that erupted in Punjab and Haryana have already spread to parts of Uttar Pradesh. In the coming days they could expand to other states as well.
Using identically worded 'confessions' of students in custody, the police have named renowned economist Jayati Ghosh,DU professor Apoorvanand, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav and documentary filmmaker Rahul Roy in a chargesheet.
The Indian military has alerted China to allegations five men were "abducted" by the People's Liberation Army near the countries' hotly-disputed border in the Himalayas, an Indian official said Sunday.