After adopting Lilapur, about 20 km away from the city, Patel went to the village which falls under her constituency of Ghatlodia, the release said.

The vessel was on a routine mission to recover torpedoes fired by fleet ships during a routine exercise.

Fifth seed Radwanska was ousted in three sets by Garcia, while ninth seed Ivanovic and Cibulkova, seeded 12th, also exited after retiring from their opening matches.

Obama telephoned Abbott and thanked him for his contributions to humanitarian air drops in northern Iraq and logistics support for re-supply missions.

The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed operation of the February 12 Delhi Cabinet decision on providing 50 per cent waiver on power arrears of people who did not pay their electricity bills from October 2012 to December 2013.

Fate of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Opposition BJP's state president Vasundhara Raje and 2087 other contestants in the state will be known soon as counting of votes for the Rajasthan Assembly polls began around 8 AM on Sunday.

President Pranab Mukherjee has called upon leaders of police and security forces to "transform the police system" to bring it in sync with the requirements of a modern democratic nation.

Iran's entire Cabinet has opened Facebook pages in what is seen as a move toward greater openness, even though the social media site is blocked in the Islamic Republic.

BJP today criticised Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his statement on "differential treatment" to Kashmir that fuelled alienation among its people, saying it is "unfortunate" and should not be made on the Independence Day.

Metro official said that the incident took place in non-peak hours and the trains running at ten-minute frequency didn't suffer.

Condemning the Naxal attack on a Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh, former BJP ideologue KN Govindacharya on Wednesday cautioned the Centre against engaging the ultras in dialogue until they shun their violent ways.

As a pilot project, the government has decided to give cash subsidy to LPG consumers under its ambitious Direct Benefit Transfer scheme soon.

Ram Singh, one of the six accused in the Delhi gangrape case, committed suicide in his cell in Tihar jail number 3 early on Monday morning.

Funds provided by the Centre as an aid to develop and train state police forces have also been hiked.

Flights in and out of Mumbai airport will be seriously affected over the next two months as the main runway will remain shut.