Sachin Tendulkar may have won the Bharat Ratna, but according to the Goa government's records, he is a "casual labourer" and a beneficiary of the MGNREGS. And so are his wife and two children, says an NGO.
A war of words broke out Saturday between Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and BJP's Amethi Lok Sabha candidate Smriti Irani, as the Gandhi scion urged people not to vote for an "outsider" in the constituency.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he felt "very sad" at his step-brother joining the BJP even as his family literally got divided between the opposition party and the Congress, with another step-brother joining the Congress road show of party candidate Amarinder Singh in Amritsar Saturday.
Reacting to Manmohan Singh's comment that there was no wave in India in favour of Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Saturday said the prime minister was not able to see anything because the "mother-son duo" (Sonia and Rahul Gandhi) were "looking after things".
A day after his comment on Rahul Gandhi visiting Dalit homes for his "honeymoon" sparked outrage, Baba Ramdev Saturday apologised and said he was misinterpreted, even as a police complaint was filed against the yoga guru in Lucknow.
Outgoing US Ambassador Nancy Powell Friday said the ongoing Indian general elections will "set the stage for the next phase" in Indo-US bilateral ties as she pushed for both sides to achieve a trade partnership of $500 billion.