Scoop: Shahrukh Khan's One-Month Old Baby Boy Growing!

By Niloufer Khan / Mumbai

In India, the world revolves around Bollywood and celebrities, this is no less than ‘breaking news’, but INN consider this as 'Scoop' for our readers. While rumour mills were abuzz with the news that Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri might have had a third baby through surrogacy, the couple didn’t come out and confirm anything. However, sources confirmed that the star couple indeed have a third child and have registered the baby’s birth details with the BMC.

BMC officials have received a birth report with details that a baby boy was born on May 27 to parents listed as Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Shah Rukh Khan at Masrani Hospital for Women in Andheri. The child was born at 34 weeks of pregnancy and weighed 1.5kg at birth, said BMC executive health officer Dr Arun Bamne.

A Jaipur Compounder Owns 200 Cr 'Illegal Properties'

By Mallika Dandhawat / Jaipur

Mahesh Chandra Sharma is a compounder at Jaipur’s premier Sawai Man Singh ( SMS) Hospital. Sharma is no ordinary compounder, though. He is part owner of over two dozen nursing colleges in Rajasthan, and has assets worth over ` 200 crore. Sharma’s properties include a hospital and 5,200- square yard farmhouse in Jaipur, a 3- bigha resort on the outskirts of the city. Another twist in Sharma’s incredible tale is that he accumulated all this wealth in just the last six years.

Political Focus: BJP’s 2014 'Poll Agenda' Still A 'Mystery'

By M H Ahssan / Hyderabad

We may be a little short of a year from the next general election, but the election season has already engulfed the country. All the parties are carrying out their positioning exercises and, no doubt, taking stock of their monetary reserves. As Gopinath Munde has disclosed, elections are a very expensive business in India.

'Fake Currency' On The Wings Of Kerala’s Dream Airliner

By Ramesh Menon / Trivandrum

An habituated criminal involved in several heinous crimes floated the dream airlines in Kerala state, K K Praveen kumar of Kairali Airlines Limited, the company which plans to start business operations in the domestic aviation sector, is an accused in three cases registered by the Kerala Crime Branch relating to circulating counterfeit currency. A INN investigation into a recently announced budget airline in Kerala has revealed that the company’s chairman and managing director has a murky past. 

Ishrat Jehan Case: How Deep Is The Rot In Gujarat Police?

By Akshaya Mishra / Ahmedabad

Politically loaded insinuations and crude guesswork easily overwhelms valid information on the 2002 riots and the spate of police encounter cases between 2002 and 2006. Based on selective, calculated leaks from investigating agencies and unidentified sources elsewhere and interpreted according to political leanings, these have formed an important part of the political narrative in the last one decade. It is par for the course when the state is Gujarat.

Saudi King Extends Amnesty For 'Expats' Status Till Nov.

By Fouzia Arshi / Jeddah

King Abdullah, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, has extended by four months the amnesty period for undocumented expatriates in the Kingdom to correct their status. A royal order cited by a Ministry of Interior statement and carried by the Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday said the original three-month grace period, which ends on July 4, will be extended to the end of the current Hijra year 1434, equivalent to Nov. 4, 2013.

Once the new deadline expires, inspections by appropriate agencies such as the Ministries of Labor and Interior, will resume inspections in various regions of the Kingdom and all penalties will apply on violators, the statement said. With this new deadline, the Ministries of Interior and Labor urged all undocumented expatriates who have yet to register to come forward and have their status corrected.

Straight Question: Does India Have Moral Code In Action?

By Rajinder Puri / Delhi

The Election Commission (EC) has sought an explanation from BJP Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha  Gopinath Munde about his poll expenses after he had publicly stated that he had spent far in excess of the legally permitted amount in the last election.  Munde dared the EC and said that he was prepared to be unseated from parliament for speaking the truth.  Munde however has not responded to the EC notice by promptly confirming his remarks but by instructing his lawyer to give a response. Possibly he may find legal arguments for his defence.

Meanwhile his party colleagues have praised  Munde for speaking the truth about the sordid reality of poll expenditure incurred by all candidates. They congratulate him for daring to speak the truth in order to introduce electoral reform.

Insight: Jet-Etihad Airways Pact - 'Lord Of The Policy Wings'

By M H Ahssan / Mumbai

Every time Jet Airways is in trouble, the stars seem to align for Naresh Goyal. INN tracks how he thrives in the cut-throat aviation sector. The timing of Naresh Goyal’s deals has once again put the spotlight on the relationship between policy, politics and corporate deal-making. And on how simply and secretly the Jet Airways chairman’s business initiatives have been aided by the timing of policy changes and announcements. Would it be fair to say, in his case, it’s more connection, kismet than karma? What has always kept him that one crucial step ahead of his competition? Can we just credit his astute negotiating skills? How is that Goyal was able to manage bureaucracy and the political scenario at all times?