Reported By Imtiaz Jaleel Written By Mala Das

Kidnapping, Murder

For 26-year-old Smitha Joshi, the world suddenly came crashing down when her two-and-a-half-year-old son, Abeer, disappeared from a bus stand in Pune on Sunday. She thought that her son had been kidnapped. But just 24 hours later, there was relief and joy in the Joshi household - Abeer was back in his mother's arms after being miraculously rescued.

Villages in India may lack good roads, power, drinking water and sanitation. But the leaders of some of those villages in Maharashtra showed up with status symbol cars at a convention organised in Pune by Shard Pawar's party, the NCP.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, refused to shake hands with Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi, who is accused of corruption during his high-profile term as the head of the committee that organised the Commonwealth Games in India in 2010.

Kidnapping, Murder

For 26-year-old Smitha Joshi, the world suddenly came crashing down when her two-and-a-half-year-old son, Abeer, disappeared from a bus stand in Pune on Sunday. She thought that her son had been kidnapped. But just 24 hours later, there was relief and joy in the Joshi household - Abeer was back in his mother's arms after being miraculously rescued.

Villages in India may lack good roads, power, drinking water and sanitation. But the leaders of some of those villages in Maharashtra showed up with status symbol cars at a convention organised in Pune by Shard Pawar's party, the NCP.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, refused to shake hands with Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi, who is accused of corruption during his high-profile term as the head of the committee that organised the Commonwealth Games in India in 2010.