Durbar Marg

• Akhilesh's Janata Durbar: UP Chief Minister to meet public every Wednesday

  For the first time in five years, the doors of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's residence at 5 Kalidas Marg in Lucknow were thrown open to the public. From today, the newly elected Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav began his Janata Durbar where residents of the state will walk in with their problems, hoping to find solutions.

• Nepal authorities crackdown on casinos allowing locals

  Authorities in Nepal today arrested some 12 people in a stepped up crackdown on casinos allowing locals to gamble, police said.