Several international firms, including Mittal Steel and POSCO, have announced steel plants in the country.

Rahul 'Wall' Dravid peeps out from the wall of the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, thanks to a mural by his mother Pushpa Dravid.

Asked about the May 8 bypoll, he said it would depend on distance of polling booths from villages, heat and marriage season.

An explosion and gun fire hit a Shia procession observing Moharram in the town of Hangu, close to the Afghan border.

The task of the Bansal Committee assumes significance as the earlier probe in the cash-for-query scam resulted in the expulsion of 11 MPs.