Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday said that religion should not be misconstrued as communalism and that people should refrain from indentifying gurus, saints and seers on communal lines as they belong to the entire humanity. ...

When I heard about a month ago that there is an opinion in Delhi that favours toppling the AAP government, I argued with myself that this can't be true. Delhi Police Commissioner's B.S. Bassi's increasingly aggressive tone vis-Ã -vis the AAP and its politics make me wonder if I may be wrong after all....
A 46-year-old Kerala autorickshaw driver, who underwent heart transplant surgery here on Friday, was recovering well and will be taken off the ventilator on Monday, a doctor said on Sunday....

The BJP appears to be shell-shocked after its actor-turned-MP Shatrughan Sinha called Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar the country's best chief minister....
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has come out against the death penalty given to 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon, saying he should not be punished for his brother's crime...
The wife of Madhya Pradesh's Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal or Vyapam scam whistle-blower was detained with nearly Rs.10 lakh here but was later released, a police official said on Sunday....
Shocked over one fatality every four minutes in road accidents in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government will soon implement a road safety policy and cashless treatment for accident victims....

Jewellers are keeping their fingers crossed about gold prices on Monday while pointing to two possibilities - a further fall or maintenance of status quo. ...
"First resign, order probe and then discuss what you have to", used to be the baseline for the BJP when in opposition. But now since the party is in power, it refuses to follow its "own tradition" on issues of national importance, says the opposition....
A day after a nun was barred from taking a national medical test here after refusing to remove her headgear, a section of Kerala's political and religious leaders on Sunday reacted sharply....