Sahara chief Subrata Roy on Friday offered in Supreme Court to pay an additional Rs 300 crore to Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) but said the amount should be adjusted as bank guarantee. A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur directed that the matter be listed next week after senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Roy, mentioned the matter before it. "I am ready to pay additional Rs 300 crore but this amount should be adjusted as a bank guarantee," Sibal told the bench that also comprised Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud. On August 3, the Supreme Court had extended parole of Sahara chief Subrata Roy till September 16 till September 16 with a condition that he has to deposit Rs 300 crore with SEBI. Roy's parole, granted on humanitarian grounds following the death of his mother, was extended after he had deposited Rs 300.68 crores, giving him the opportunity to raise the remaining amount to secure bail in the case. The apex court had allowed the Sahara group to go ahead with sale and alienation of their properties to raise an amount of Rs 5,000 crore as a bank guarantee which they have to deposit in addition to Rs 5,000 crore to get bail for Roy.

Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday tweeted a prayer for him which asks for freedom from ignorance, a day after Modi said that BJP suffered more adversities in independent India than Congress did during British rule. "Modiji a prayer for you: "Asatoma Sadgamaya Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya Mrityorma Amritam gamaya Om shanti shanti shanti" "Lead me from ignorance to truth - from darkness to light - from death to immortality. Let there be peace for all living creatures," the Congress vice-president said in two tweets.

Watch out bad guys, there is a new superhero in town! He not only has the looks to kill, but also the grooves to thrill. Two-film-old Tiger Shroff is all set to hit theatre screens this month with his first ever superhero film titled 'A Flying Jatt'. Joining him on his crime fighting mission is actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who will be seen playing his love interest in the film. The superhero film directed by Remo D'Souza will see the Tiger play the part of a superhero with God-given superhuman powers and flying abilities. The two stars and their director sat down for a live chat with us and spoke about their upcoming film, their time on the film sets and hinted at a possible sequel.

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis maintained that the decision to end their astonishing partnership was due to the failure to achieve the "desired results" and added they would play together one last time in the season-ending WTA Finals in October. In an unexpected development, Sania and Hingis decided to end their partnership that took the tennis world by storm last year when they won nine titles including the year-end WTA championship.

MANILA: Japan and the Philippines joined forces on Thursday to call on China to observe the rule of law in resolving maritime disputes after an international tribunal rejected Beijing's claims to most of the South China Sea. Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida met his counterpart Perfecto Yasay in the southern Philippine city of Davao where both pledged to work closely to boost maritime security while facing separate sea disputes with China.

An Indian Air Force (IAF) plane with 29 people on board has gone missing over the Bay of Bengal amid inclement weather. The IAF's AN-32 plane took off from Tambaram in Chennai for Port Blair in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands when it lost radar contact around 8:45 am. Its estimated time of arrival in Port Blair was 11.30 am. The Navy, the Coast Guard and the IAF have launched a joint search and rescue operation. Of the 29 people on board, six are crew members. The Navy has involved a P8I aircraft and a Donier aircraft, and four ships — Karmukh, Gharial, Jyoti and Kuthar - for its search operation.