Sabyasachi Dasgupta With Inputs From Agencies

• 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.

• Why Kerala govt tried marriage counselling for minister who quit

  Hours after a minister in his government was forced to resign after being accused of domestic abuse by his wife, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is fire-fighting a political crisis. The opposition today demanded that Mr Chandy should resign "on moral grounds" because he had misrepresented the facts of his former minister's marriage.

• Pervez Musharraf ends exile, announces return to Pakistan ahead of elections

  Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has announced in Dubai today to end his self-imposed exile of five years and his return to the country within weeks to contest elections.

• Hyderabad bomb blasts: 10 latest developments in investigations and more

  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. In Parliament, the government faced scathing criticism for overlooking intelligence warnings issued just days ago of a possible terror strike in cities like Hyderabad.

• Hyderabad bomb blasts: intelligence warning shared with five cities, says Home Minister

  Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde refuted accusations that the government ignored intelligence agency warnings ahead of last evening's terror attack in Hyderabad in which 16 people were killed and more than 100 injured.

• Bharat bandh: losses estimated at 26,000 crore; factories, cars attacked 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. Industry body Assocham said that the loss to GDP could be about Rs 26,000 crore, higher than its initial estimate of Rs 15,000-20,000 crore. Factories in Noida came under attack and a trade unio...

• Pakistan summons Indian envoy; cross-border buses, trade impacted

  Pakistan summoned Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal in Islamabad today to protest against the death of a Pakistani soldier last evening in alleged firing by Indian troops in Kashmir.