For today's Anant Chaturdashi 10.000 civic staffers are involved and 245 control rooms have been activated in Mumbai to ensure smooth festivities; in the past week, over 155.000 Ganesh idols have been immersed in waters across the city

Air India confirmed that it is in the process of returning personal belongings of the AI171 crash victims; over 22.000 items are listed, to be given back to the relatives of the 260 victims of the worst air disaster in three decades

A contract worth over 440 million euros has been signed to purchase 425.000 close-quarter battle carbines and 48 heavyweight torpedos for submarines; they will be mostly manufactured in India in agreement with international companies

Lionel Messi's tour of India started from Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata: walked around the pitch waving to fans, he was surrounded by a large group of people and left within 20 minutes; in response, fans invaded the pitch throwing objects and equipment