West Bengal Water Resources Minister Nandagopal Bhattacharjee, who tested positive for swine flu and was on ventilator after being admitted to a hospital around 10 days ago, is stable and responding to treatment.

The Congress Friday termed as "uncalled for, unjustified and condemnable" the remark by Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi that External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna did not have the mandate for talks, and said India does not need a "certificate" from Qureshi on the issue.

Five policemen were killed and 10 injured in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists in Jharkhand's Latehar district Friday, police said.

Pakistan Friday announced the release of 434 Indian fishermen languishing in various jails in that country, according to an official.

Unidentified men Friday decamped with cash worth Rs.22 lakh meant for an ATM here of the Deutsche Bank, police said.

Seven years after he was hit by splinters from an American missile, a former Iraqi soldier is free of constant pain and again able to walk without any support.

Angry villagers lynched two Maoists in Jharkhand's Latehar district after the rebels assaulted some people and demanded money, police said Friday.

Eight armed robbers looted cash, jewellery and electronic items worth Rs.5 lakh from an industrialist's house in this Uttar Pradesh district after locking the family in a room, police said Friday.

Thirty people who operated illegal toll gates were arrested and 18 such gates dismantled along National Highway 62 in Meghalaya, an official said Friday.

The Delhi High Court Friday fixed July 30 for hearing the paternity suit filed by a lawyer claiming to be the biological son of former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D. Tiwari.