Ahead of summer, 4,000 MP villages face acute drought

Bhopal (IANS) Even before the onset of summer, nearly 4,000 villages are staring at an acute drought in 36 out of 52 districts in Madhya Pradesh.

A lean monsoon last year has left in its trail a grave crisis for the third successive…

Police woman shot dead in J&K's Shopian district

Srinagar (IANS) Militants killed a woman Special Police Officer (SPO) on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.

The terrorists shot dead Khushboo Jan from close range while she was on her home village, Vehil.

Raman Singh's son-in-law charged with Rs 50-cr fraud

Raipur (IANS) Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's son-in-law, Puneet Gupta, has been charged with misusing his post and committing financial fraud of Rs 50 crore during his tenure as the superintendent of a state government hospital…

Congress stakes claim to form govt in Goa

Panaji (IANS) On a day when reports suggested that ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's condition has worsened, the Congress in Goa on Saturday staked claim to form the government in the coastal state.

In a letter addressed to Goa Governor…

AAP's SC/ST arm chief quits party citing corruption

New Delhi (IANS) The chief of Aam Aadmi Party's SC/ST wing Karm Singh (Karma) here on Saturday quit the party citing "corruption" as the reason for his decision.

In his letter, Singh said he joined the AAP in October…

Consumers may get GST benefit through grammage increase

Kolkata (IANS) With a view to passing the benefits of tax rate reduction or input tax credit to consumers in the GST regime, consumers may get volume benefit in lieu of only price reduction as the National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA)…

Sensex hits 38,000, Nifty at 11,400

Mumbai (IANS) The BSE Sensex on Friday touched the 38,000 mark for the first time since September, supported by healthy buying in the banking and finance stocks.

The Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange also touched 11,400…

SC lifts Sreesanth's life ban, its BCCI's call now

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday canceled life ban on India cricketer S. Sreesanth and asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to reconsider his punishment.

Sreesanth was arrested by Delhi Police along…

Besides Amethi, Rahul may contest from south India too

New Delhi (IANS) Amid demands from party activists, Congress President Rahul Gandhi may contest the Lok Sabha polls from a seat in Karnataka apart from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh where his candidature has already been announced.

There…

North Korea may break off US talks

Pyongyang (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may break off denuclearisation talks with the US and resume missile and nuclear testing, a senior official here said on Friday.

Vice Foreign Minister Choe Sun-hui told foreign…