CHENNAI - The Chennai Police has issued fresh summons to Indian Premier League's (IPL) former chairman Lalit Modi to appear in person on a criminal complaint lodged by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), a senior official said Thursday.

LUCKNOW - Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Purshottam Naresh Dwivedi, who was accused of gang-raping a minor girl in Banda last month, has surrendered before an Uttar Pradesh court, top officials said Thursday.

CHENNAI - Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths Thursday swooped down on the Indian Maritime University (IMU) here and carried out search operations following complaints of misappropriation of funds.

SYDNEY - Australia's flood-ravaged Queensland Thursday flagged a public works programme of "postwar" proportions after a month-long rolling disaster that left the state's coal mines and farms awash and its biggest city strangled by rising waters.

THANE - The Narcotics Control Bureau has nabbed five people, including two Kashmiris, and seized hashish worth Rs.3.5 million from them, a top official said here Thursday.