Ashish Mukherjee With Inputs From Agencies

• Akhilesh Yadav cancels Harvard lecture over Azam Khan's detention at US airport; skips reception by Indian consulate

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who was invited by the Harvard Business School to speak on organising the Maha Kumbh mela, cancelled his lecture and also skipped a reception hosted by the Indian consulate in New York, to protest against his senior minister Azam Khan's detention and questioning at the Boston airport in the US on Thursda...

• Imran, who lost 13 family members in Thane building collapse

  Imran, a young man, sits restlessly on his hospital bed, nursing a fractured leg and struggling to come to terms with how yesterday's building collapse in Thane scarred his life forever.

• Pervez Musharraf ends self-exile, returns to Pakistan ahead of polls

  Amid threats by the Taliban to kill him, Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf made a homecoming today, ending a long self-exile to lead his party in the general elections less than two months away.

• Italian marines land in India after assurance they will not face death penalty

  Two Italian marines who face murder charges in India returned to Delhi today after a dramatic turnaround by Rome, which said earlier this month that the men would not be sent back. The naval officers landed in on the last day of the deadline set for their return by the Supreme Court.

• Marines will not face death, India assures Italy: 10 developments

  In a dramatic turnaround, Italy has decided to return two marines to face murder charges in India. The naval officers will land in Delhi this evening, just within the deadline set for their return by the Supreme Court.

• After outrage, Wharton School cancels Narendra Modi's keynote address at India Economic Forum

  Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's keynote address at the India Economic Forum in Philadelphia later this month has been cancelled by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a top US business school.

• Pranab Mukherjee begins Dhaka visit amid clashes, Opposition leader Khaleda Zia cancels meeting with him

  President Pranab Mukherjee today began his three-day state visit of Bangladesh amid continuing clashes sparked by the death sentence given to a top Islamist opposition leader for his role in atrocities, including rape and killings, during the country's 1971 freedom war.

• Hyderabad bomb blasts: Six people detained, CCTV footage may have captured suspect

  Investigators working to unravel the plot behind Thursday's bomb blasts in Hyderabad have reportedly detained six people and questioned many more while close circuit television or CCTV footage has revealed a possible suspect who may have planted the bombs. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Hyderabad on Sunday.

• Hyderabad bomb blasts: Survivor, who was also injured in Mecca Masjid blast, questioned; cops say not a suspect

  Hyderabad bomb blasts: A 23-year-old man injured in the Hyderabad bomb blasts - who also survived the Mecca Masjid blast in 2007 - has been spoken to by investigators probing the terror attack. Abdul Wasey Mirza, who suffered shrapnel wounds and injuries to his legs and ribs in Thursday evening's twin blasts at Dilsukhnagar, told NDTV: "The police...

• Hyderabad bomb blasts: 16 killed, one detained in Old City today

  A man in Hyderabad has been detained in connection with yesterday's twin blasts which killed 16 people and injured 117 in the busy neighbourhood of Dilsukhnagar. The government will have to explain if the city was compromised because danger signs were ignored or missed, with innocent people paying with their lives for allegedly major lapses.

• Bharat bandh: 131 people arrested for rampage in Noida

  At least 131 people have been arrested for looting and damaging around 600 offices yesterday in Noida, just 15 kms from Delhi during a nationwide strike called by major trade unions.

• The 26,000-crore Bharat bandh: 10 facts about Day 2

  The two-day Bharat bandh called by 11 major trade unions is costing the country about 26,000 crores, according to the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham).

• Bharat bandh shuts down banking, public transport; violence erupts in Noida

  The two-day Bharat bandh called by 11 major trade unions from today paralysed banking services across the country and shut down public transport in cities. Factories in Noida came under attack and a trade union activist died in violence in Ambala. Union Minister V Narayanasamy appealed to the unions to call off their strike, which industry body Ass...

• After nearly 40 days in jail, Akbaruddin Owaisi walks out

  Controversial Andhra Pradesh politician Akbaruddin Owaisi, who faces two cases of making inflammatory speeches, walked out of jail after nearly 40 days today.

• VVIP chopper deal: Italian court refuses to share case documents with India

  A court in Italy has refused to share with India documents of the Rs 4,000-crore VVIP helicopter deal that Italian defence giant Finmeccanica allegedly won by bribing Indian officials.