Express 5: Al-Qaeda chief may be of Indian origin, India wins gold in Hockey in Asiad

India’s intelligence agencies have begun investigating information that the head of al-Qaeda’s new unit in the subcontinent is a former Uttar Pradesh resident

Read: Al-Qaeda chief in region may be of Indian origin: Intel agencies

2. Sixteen years jinx ends

India beat Pakistan 4-2 in the shoot-off — scores were 1-1 at the end of full time — at the Asian Games final here to win their first major hockey gold since 1998 in Bangkok — also the Asiad.

Read: India see off Pakistan in Asian Games hockey gold match, book ticket to Rio

3. An ‘invalid’ wedding

The police in Madhya Pradesh have declared a marriage between a Christian man and a Hindu woman invalid.

Read: Protests in MP after Christian weds Hindu, police declare marriage ‘invalid’

4. Opinion

There is a deep anachronism at the heart of India’s Northeast policy: the continuing reliance on archaic colonial-era institutions.

Read: Dividing line

5. Bollywood to poll-wood

Yo Yo Honey Singh, the controversial rapper, has been roped in by the party to campaign for it in the upcoming Assembly elections.

Read: Eye on youth votes, INLD gets rapper Honey Singh on board