MUMBAI: Mumbai Police have found phone call logs linking Dara Singh's actor son Vindu - who was arrested here on Tuesday - with a close relative of a powerful IPL franchise owner who wields enormous clout in the world of cricket.

MUMBAI/PUNE: The IPL drama took another dramatic turn on Tuesday with Sahara Pune Warriors, the league's costliest franchise at US$370m (approx Rs 1,700 crore), announcing its decision to pull out of the T20 extravaganza.

LONDON: Andy Murray will miss the French Open with the back injury that flared up at the Rome Masters, the world number two announced on Tuesday.

With so many dreary off-the-field happenings and the most expensive franchise deciding to pull out, the only good news for the BCCI on Tuesday was the on-field entertainment dished out by two CSK batsmen in the first qualifier between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings.

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang faces the challenge of meeting conflicting demands for his attention and Beijing's purse when he lands in Pakistan on Wednesday at the end of his India visit, his first foreign tour after assuming office.

LONDON - Britain's House of Commons has passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in England and Wales.

BRUSSELS: Ending months of hesitation, the European Union opened the door on Tuesday to adding the military wing of Lebanon's Hezbollah to its list of international terrorist groups, EU diplomats told AFP.

Ram Sampath rocks to a tune of his own. His turn in Delhi Belly, Talaash and the more recent Fukrey established him as the voice of the youth. A score for TOI's I Lead India presented him with a challenge. In a tete-e-tete with Shibu Thomas, Sampath reveals what inspired the edgy music, his idea of India and how he finds the "lack of blind reverence for authority'' in India's youth very refreshing

SHIMLA: While tourists have been flocking Himachal Pradesh expecting to get some respite from scorching heat prevailing in the plains, most of them have been left sweating as the hills too are sweltering under the sun. The most disappointed lot had been cricket fans who had come to Dharamshala to witness a friendly match between Bollywood stars and parliamentarians, but were instead seen looking for shade to escape the heat.

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced a formal ban on gutka and online lotto which will be effective from July 1. The move is among a host of measures that will be taken up by the state government which includes a health insurance scheme for performing artists and workers in the film industry.