Slutwalk in the capital today

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New Delhi:  It began as a protest rally in Toronto in April and in a few months, Slutwalk has become a revolution across the world. In Toronto, a policeman's comments that "women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised" went viral, drawing outrage from women across the world and giving birth to a campaign that has come to symbolise the most successful feminist action of the past 20 years.

Delhi too is hosting its version today, the Besharmi Morcha. And the organisers hope the march will be as much of a success.

I am happy with Jairam's draft Land Acquisition Bill: Mamata Banerjee

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Kolkata:  Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh seems to have cleared the first major hurdle in turning his draft Land Acquisition Bill into reality.

Mr Ramesh, who assumed charge of the ministry barely three weeks ago, met West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday to explain the finer points of the Draft Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill. And Ms Banerjee seems to have given her initial nod to the draft bill.

Bellary: Reddys flout Supreme Court mining order

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Bellary, Karnataka:  Despite the Supreme Court order on Friday that all mining of iron-ore should be suspended in Bellary, the Reddy brothers, in blatant violation of the apex court's directions, seem to be carrying out their mining operations.

The district administration today ended up seizing 49 vehicles transporting iron-ore. The seized trucks belong to the Bellary Mining Corporation.

Soon, India to have its own space shuttle

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New Delhi:  The Americans recently retired their one of the most successful space shuttles, the Atlantis. Now, India is working towards realising its dream - to create a re-usable satellite launch vehicle.

An engineering model of what scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) call the re-usable launch vehicle, is currently housed at a secure and secret facility in Kerala. Covered with special heat resistant tiles, soon it will roar skywards.

Nirupama Rao retires as Foreign Secretary today

New Delhi:  Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will retire today. The last few weeks had been hectic for her, especially during the India-Pakistan ministerial level talks when Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar was in India for talks with her counterpart SM Krishna.

Ms Rao will now take up her post-retirement job as Indian ambassador to the United States. She will replace Meera Shankar, who has held the post since 2009.

Five tribal villagers killed by Maoists in Bihar

Sasaram:  The bodies of five Kharwar tribe members, killed in an attack by Maoists, were recovered from the hills of Banda village in Bihar's Rohtas district today.

Over 100 heavily-armed Maoists swooped on the village around 8 pm last night and fired at random, killing five persons including a woman on the spot and injuring four others, sources said.

The ultras also burnt the house of a local leader and former 'mukhiya' Sugrive Singh Khairwar, who had been spearheading an agitation against the ultra-left outfit and also those opposed to the development of the region.

Vaseline stirs up controversy at Trent Bridge

Nottingham: It was jellybeans four years ago and it is Vaseline this time as a controversy erupted in the second India-England Test here when VVS Laxman was accused of using it on his bat to manipulate the Hot-Spot technology in the Decision Review System.

"Has Vaseline on the outside edge saved the day for Laxman?" tweeted former England captain Michael Vaughan after Laxman was ruled not out by third umpire after the Decision Review System (DRS) was pressed into action by England in the first session of play.

The Indian batsman was on 27, in the total 48 for 1, when the last delivery of James Anderson's ninth over passed his bat. The bowler and the rest of England players promptly went up in appeal for a catch behind the stumps and began gathering around the batsman.

Plane crashes while landing in Guyana, all passengers survive

Georgetown, Guyana:  Flight 523 from New York had just touched down and passengers were applauding the pilot's landing in the South American country Saturday when something suddenly went wrong.

The Boeing 737-800 slid off the end of a rainy runway, crashed through a chain-link fence and broke in half just short of a deep ravine. Yet all 163 people on board survived.

Officials were starting to probe the cause of the crash even as they marvelled at the lack of fatalities.

Bellary: Reddys flout Supreme Court mining order

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Bellary, Karnataka:  Despite the Supreme Court order on Friday that all mining of iron-ore should be suspended in Bellary, the Reddy brothers, in blatant violation of the apex court's directions, seem to be carrying out their mining operations.

The district administration today ended up seizing 49 vehicles transporting iron-ore. The seized trucks belong to the Bellary Mining Corporation.

Karnataka: Yeddyurappa to resign today, choose successor

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Bangalore:  "Yes, I will resign" - BS Yeddyurappa putting in writing what the BJP leadership had been demanding for the last couple of days. After 48 hours employed by the Chief Minister to demonstrate his grip on the BJP in Karnataka, Mr Yeddyurappa, on Saturday, allowed cameras to film him signing off on his resignation letter. (Watch: Rise and fall of Yeddyurappa)