Cong free to leave us, says Mamata
New Delhi/Kolkata, Jan 7
With Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today daring the Congress to walk out of the alliance, the party struck a conciliatory note saying differences in a coalition were natural and that their differences would be sorted out.

Jassi honour killing: Mother, uncle held in Canada after 11 years
Kaunke Kalan (Jagraon), January 7
Eleven-and-a-half years after Jassi Sidhu, a Canadian girl of Indian origin, was killed and her husband Sukhwinder Mithu left for dead near Narike village in Malerkotla by a group of contract killers allegedly hired by Jassi’s Canada-based mother and maternal uncle, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) finally arrested the duo from their house this morning in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.

Pravasi Bharti Divas
India biggest beneficiary of remittances
Jaipur, January 7
If all major banks, both public sector and private, have put up special stalls here to woo overseas Indians, there is a reason: India has been reported to be the single largest beneficiary of remittances made abroad.

EC orders curtains for Maya, BSP cries foul Lucknow, January 7 Metaphorically, it's curtains for Maya in Uttar Pradesh. Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi today said the dozen-odd statues of Chief Minister Mayawati in Lucknow and Noida would remain covered during the Assembly elections. And so would be the hundreds of stone elephants — the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party's official symbol — decorating various Dalit parks.