China's visa denial

As Indo-China relations undergo some serious turbulence over the visa denial incident, Indian authorities have denied allegations that China confiscated brochures from the India Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo in July.

MPs get salary hike

The pay and perks of Indian lawmakers have been revised several times upwards twice in two weeks, with the Union Cabinet on Monday approving a further increase in allowances to the parliamentarians, days after it had given its nod for a three-fold hike of MPs’ salary.

Shoe hurled at Omar

In a face-saving mission following the shoe attack on chief minister Omar Abdullah during Independence Day parade (Aug 15), Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday suspended 15 policemen, including four officers.