Sabyasachi Dasgupta

• Class 8 student gang-raped, set on fire, dies in hospital

  A school girl in Uttar Pradesh has died in hospital from severe burns and injuries, the result of her being set on fire after she was gang-raped. The three suspects have not been arrested yet.

• Tata to launch new airline in India: top 10 facts

  Salt to software conglomerate Tata Group on Thursday said that it will launch a full service airline in India in partnership with Singapore Airlines.

• Companies Bill passed in Rajya Sabha: What it means for you

  The Rajya Sabha today passed the much-awaited Companies Bill, replacing the decades old Companies Act, 1956. The Bill had been passed by the Lok Sabha in December last year.

• Five-year-old fighting for life in Kerala after horrific abuse

  A five-year-old boy is in critical condition in a Kerala hospital after being brutally beaten up, allegedly by his father and stepmother.

• Shah Rukh Khan confirms baby, says 'mixture of good and bad news'

  Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan today confirmed that he has a new baby, but was cryptic about details including the sex of his third child.

• Narayana Murthy hopes to emulate Sachin Tendulkar's success at Infosys

  Infosys founder Narayana Murthy wants to emulate the success of his "hero" Sachin Tendulkar as he prepares to start his second innings at India's second biggest outsourcer.

• UPA II completes four years: Who said what

  As the UPA II government completes four years in office, the Opposition launched a scathing attack on the Centre and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today on its performance. While the BJP raised question over the leadership quality of the PM, the Congress hit back at the opposition for playing negative politics. Here are some of the political react...

• Highlights: Congress slams BJP, says history will judge for the negative role they have played

  Replying to BJP's charges against PM Manmohan Singh and UPA regime, Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary criticised the opposition for playing a negative role persistently and block passage of crucial bills. Here are the highlights of what she said at the Congress press conference:

• Highlights: Rahul Gandhi should be projected as UPA's PM candidate, Kamal Nath tells NDTV

  On the fourth anniversary of the UPA II, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath told NDTV that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi should replace Manmohan Singh as the prime ministerial candidate of the UPA in the next general elections. Here are the highlights of what he said:

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to present UPA II report card today

  The UPA-II government celebrates its fourth birthday today and will present a final report card, with the next general elections only months away. It has been a turbulent year for the Manmohan Singh government, with scam after scam rocking it, and the BJP has planned a focused attack to highlight what it calls the UPA's "failures".

• In Sreesanth's hometown, betrayed fans say 'punish him'

  For years, the cricketing world knew Sreesanth as a temperamental bowler who also sledged aggressively. On Thursday, it watched as Sreesanth threw in the towel on his cricketing career after damning revelations that he was in league with bookies, taking money to spot fix matches. While the BCCI will wait for the allegations to be proven before it t...

• India hands over prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay's body to Pakistan

  The body of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay was handed over to Pakistan today by India after the 52-year-old died due to multiple organ failure at a Chandigarh hospital at 7 this morning. A special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight took off from Chandigarh airport this evening with the body of the prisoner.

• Karnataka elections: NCP chief Sharad Pawar cautions ally Congress ahead of 2014 general elections

  Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has cautioned ally Congress not to be over-confident after its victory in Karnataka assembly elections. He said it was far too early for the UPA to celebrate as the victory was no indication that the alliance would return to power at the Centre after general elections in 2014.

• In Maharashtra, cops guard water to prevent theft in drought-hit areas

  In an unprecedented move, cops in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district have been deployed to prevent possible theft of water in drought-affected Marathwada region, after the Bombay High Court ordered release of water to the reservoirs in the area.

• Sarabjit Singh autopsy: kidneys, heart missing, say doctors

  Doctors who conducted an autopsy on Sarabjit Singh's body near Amritsar last night after it arrived on a special plane from Lahore, today shared the chilling details of his attack exactly a week ago in a prison in Pakistan.