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A bridegroom was shot dead by unidentified assailants in a Bihar village late Tuesday, minutes before he was to be married, police said today.    

Uttar Pradesh lokayukta justice (retd) NK Mehrotra has said that he had not given clean chit to former chief minister Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the Rs. 1,410-crore Dalit memorials scam.    

Arrested CBI superintendent of police Vivek Dutt, a key member of the coal scam probe, and three others were sent to the agency's custody for five more days today by a Delhi court in a corruption case.    

India has sought access from the US to the 26/11 attack convict David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Rana, both of whom were sentenced by a Chicago court after being found guilty of terror charges.    

BJP today sought to paint a dismal picture of UPA II by holding it responsible for the economic gloom and pointing towards its failure in giving the country any leadership.

    

The Bharatiya Janata Party today challenged Azam Khan of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh to pit himself against BJP general secretary Varun Gandhi in the Lok Sabha polls next year.    

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh will today unveil the UPA's last annual report before hitting the next LS polls. Hindustan Times brings you an exclusive glimpse of what the ruling coalition has to say about its tenure so far.
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A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a farmhouse owner and his domestic help in Bhojipura area, police sources said on today.    

Thousands of Delhi Metro commuters were hit today morning with voltage fluctuations forcing trains on the blue line to run at a restricted speed.

    

There was no respite from the heat in the country's capital today with the minimum temperature settling four notches above average at 30.3 degrees Celsius, the hottest morning of the season so far. Tuesday was the season's hottest day.

    

Vindoo Randhawa, who was arrested yesterday for his alleged association with bookies, has also admitted to being in touch with a relative of an T20 domestic league franchise owner, a TV report says. I'm innocent, never indulged in spot-fixing: Sreesanth    

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has criticized the appointment of former defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as the new Comptroller and Auditor General, accusing the United Progressive Alliance government of accusing of weakening constitutional institutions.    

She lives in a shanty in Jaiprakash slum area, Betul. The shanty is adjacent to highway as well as railway track and, therefore, throughout the day she had to put up with sound of heavy vehicles or the trains as she studied for her high school examination.    

Ever been followed desperately by some man or a woman on the road, got stalked online or been getting irritating crank calls? Do not fall prey to them even if they show interest in you as these stalkers might be mentally ill.    

More than two years after reserving its verdict, the Delhi high court will today decide whether to prosecute 19 witnesses including Bollywood actor Shyan Munshi on the charge of perjury for turning hostile during the trial of Jessica Lal murder case.    

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was secretly shifted from a Mumbai prison to a Pune jail in the wee hours today, sources said. There were three police vans that took him to the Pune jail, he added.    

For a quiet, low-profile bureaucrat with a reputation for brutal efficiency, Shashi Kant Sharma sure will not have an easy job when he takes over as comptroller and auditor general (CAG) on Wednesday.

    

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi made his maiden appearance at the BJP parliamentary board, and, without wasting any time, took a full plunge into the nitty-gritty of chalking out the party’s plans for the Lok Sabha polls.

    

Battered by a series of corruption scandals and allegations of mis-governance, the Congress faces an uphill task of regaining the lost ground in the remaining one year before the 2014 polls. Aurangzeb Naqshbandi reports.  How the states voted | Growth tangent | Foreign policy milestones | POLL: How do you rate UPA II's performance?    

A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team, which is probing the disappearance of Mahant Shankardev, has questioned yoga guru Ramdev’s aide Balkrishna to seek clarifications about facts related to the incident.