The much awaited `happy weekend’ for the BJP in resolving the Karnataka crisis had, like the nasty and blinding fog in Delhi, a disastrous start Saturday. Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa openly wept when he told a private television channel that he regretted to having bowed to the Reddy brothers and for not devoting time to provide relief to the flood affected people. He was also deeply upset at being forced to drop people who stood by him, especially Panchayat Raj Minister Shobha Karandlaje and his chief principal secretary V P Baligar.

New Delhi: Delhi Metro's Noida link may be opened to the public Nov 13, if necessary safety checks are complete, a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) official said Saturday.

Mumbai: A new Democratic Front government headed by Ashok Chavan took office in Maharashtra Saturday evening.

New Delhi: With 29 new dengue cases reported in the capital Saturday, the total number of those affected by the vector-borne disease rose to 527, health officials said.

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Mumbai: In a new twist to the 26/11 terror attack case, Faheem Ansari, accused of facilitating the crime perpetrated by terrorists, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking re-trial on the ground that he had no confidence in the judge.

Bangalore: With India seeing the first success from the maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-I with the ‘discovery’ of water on the moon, the Indian space agency has taken a key decision to have its own rover for the Chandrayaan-II mission, in addition to the rover from Russia. This is being seen as a step forward as the rover will be a key instrument that will dig on the lunar soil to obtain the scientific data.

Ranchi: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, against whom the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department are investigating money laundering charges, will not be discharged from hospital today as he had a stomach upset.

Bangalore: Chandrayaan-II moon mission, which will help in analysis of mineral composition and undertake terrain mapping of the moon, will be completed by 2012-13, Project Director of Chandrayaan Dr M Annadurai said today.

Bhubaneswar: Four people, including a former government official, have been arrested in Orissa for allegedly acquiring and selling government land worth Rs.1,000 crore, police said Saturday.

Washington: India has been kept informed about the case of two Pakistan-born Chicago men charged with planning a terrorist attack in India with the help of Pakistan based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), according to a US official.

Chandigarh/Mumbai: The 13-day-old Bhupinder Singh Hooda government in Haryana was today expanded with induction of six Cabinet rank ministers and two Ministers of State.

New Delhi: CBI has filed a fresh status report before the Supreme Court into alleged irregularities in defence deals, which caused a loss of around Rs 2,000 crore to the state exchequer, entered into in the wake of the 1999 Kargil conflict.

New Delhi: Karantaka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, facing demands from dissidents to step down, today said "everything has been resolved".

New Delhi: The first whiff that something had gone bad came 18 months ago, when officials from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) apprehended an individual at the Mumbai international airport as he was about to board an aircraft bound for Bangkok.

Singhbum: Rasika Koda, father of former Jharkhand Chief Minster Madhu Koda, on Friday defended his son and said that his son is a simple man and not a corrupt politician who indulged in money laundering to amass wealth and allied assets.

Purulia: Two unclaimed cans inside the general compartment of the New Delhi-Puri Purushottam Express caused a bomb scare tonight.

After a resounding general election win in May, the Congress party-led government, no longer dependent on communist parties in its coalition, has decided to take on an estimated 22,000 Maoist rebels who hold sway over swathes of countryside.