The biggest stories of January 14, 2014

Rahul Gandhi in an interview to a leading Hindi daily hints at accepting role as Congress' PM candidate; former Home Secretary RK Singh, now with the BJP, slams his former boss Sushil Kumar Shinde; Salman Khan flies kites with Narendra Modi, praises him, but no clear endorsement; Facebook posts of American diplomat, who was expelled, reveal deeply offensive comments about India; a professor suspended by the university of Mumbai takes his classes on a footpath outside the campus gates.