Pritika Ghura

• Afzal Guru executed: what Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said

  Omar Abdullah speaks about Afzal Guru hanging. Here are highlights:

• Anna Hazare slams 'toothless' Lokpal: Highlights

  The much-awaited Lokpal Bill, intended as the antidote to systemic corruption, was cleared by the cabinet on Thursday. It will now be presented in the Rajya Sabha. Once it is cleared there, it will move to the Lok Sabha. However, Anna Hazare has slammed it and called it 'toothless'. Here are highlights of what Mr Hazare said:

• Battered baby goes through first surgery. Help her family.

  A week after her drunk father bit off parts of her nose and lips, a five-month-old baby girl has gone through the first of two major plastic surgeries to reconstruct her face.

• Jayalalithaa alleges 'hysteria, wild charges' over Vishwaroopam ban

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is speaking to the media in Chennai. Here are the highlights:

• NDA must decide PM candidate now: Shiv Sena

  BJP president Rajnath Singh has gagged his party on the candidate-for-PM debate, but ally Shiv Sena would like to talk about it. Now.

• 'Vishwaroopam' controversy: who said what

  Kamal Haasan's mega-budget thriller Vishwaroopam has been at centre of controversy. The Madras High Court is likely to decide today whether the 95-crore film can release in theatres in Tamil Nadu, where the government is trying to ban the movie on the grounds that its portrayal of Muslims is offensive.

• Kamal Haasan says he'll delete objectionable words: Highlights

  Actor Kamal Haasan reacts on Tamil Nadu government's appeal against it High Court verdict that allows big-budget thriller 'Vishwaroopam' to release in the state. Here are the highlights:

• Anna Hazare to hold first rally after his team split

  Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare will be back in action today after months of hibernation following a split in Team Anna and the raging controversy over one of his former aides Arvind Kejriwal joining politics.

• Narendra Modi for PM: Yashwant Sinha explains his stand to NDTV

  Yashwant Sinha pitches Narendra Modi as Prime Minister in an exclusive interview with NDTV. Here are the highlights:

• New visa pact, extradition treaty with Bangladesh in offing

  India is all set to sign a liberalised visa agreement and an extradition treaty with Bangladesh during Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's two-day visit to Dhaka beginning on Monday.

• President Pranab Mukherjee's address on Republic Day eve: Highlights

  President Pranab Mukherjee addressed nation on Republic Day Eve. Here are the highlights:

• BJP on Sushil Kumar Shinde's remarks: Highlights

  BJP on Monday slammed Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's statement that be it the RSS or BJP, their training camps are promoting Hindu terrorism. Here are the highlights:

• Rahul Gandhi's first speech as Congress Vice President: who said what

  Calling the Congress and India his life, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, officially crowned the party's No.2, in an impassioned speech on Sunday called for a "complete transformation" of the party system and developing a set of national level leaders "who can run the country".

• 'Amanat' case: Never felt I should quit, says Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar

  Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar today said that he never felt that he should quit after the case of Amanat (NOT her real name), a 23-year-old medical student who was gang-raped and brutally beaten up inside a moving bus in Delhi on December 16. She died on December 29 in a hospital in Singapore.

• Sonia Gandhi addresses party members at 'Chintan Shivir': Highlights

  UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi speaks at 'Chintan Shivir' in Jaipur. Here are the highlights: