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Congress looks at big picture as Baalu meets Sonia

The Congress on Wednesday made two tactical moves, one is it supported Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in the trust vote and the other one is it tentatively mended fences with DMK by granting its parliamentary party leader T R Baalu an audience with the Congress president without any commitment though.

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University officials are in the dock once again, with a woman complaining to Governor ESL Narasimhan that she was denied Assistant Professor post in preference for a less deserving candidate.

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Normalcy returned on the power front with Upper Kolab hydro power station resuming generation of electricity and the fourth unit of the Talcher Thermal Power Station back to the state grid.

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India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said Wednesday that Sri Lanka were a dangerous side and it was not possible to focus only on their two frontline batsmen " Mahela Jayawardene or a Kumar Sangakkara" during the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy slated for Thursday.

The All England Club released the seedings on Wednesday for this year's championships, with the top five in the ATP rankings, where Djokovic is leading the No. 1 positon, followed by Murray, Federer, David Ferrer and Nadal.

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Zimbabwean president and his main political rivals in the coalition government have agreed to file an application at the Constitutional Court, seeking extension of the general elections' date beyond July 31, 2013.