In what has come as a shocker for entire civil society in Assam, a couple failing to facilitate treatment to their girl child committed suicide by jumping into flooding Brahmaputra river near Guwahati from a boat.

R.V.Gowli-trained Bullet, who is in fine fettle, is expected to score in the Zipper Cup 1200 metres, the feature event of the races to be held here on Wednesday.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday rooted for peace in Junglemahal and pledged food and jobs for all. While addressing a rally in Bagmundi of Purulia district, which was once the hotbed of the Maoists, she vowed that she would not allow violence to return to the Junglemahal.

The outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (I.K. Songbijit Faction), which abducted general manager of NHPC Anil Kumar Agarwal, has demanded `20 crores ransom from a close associate of the officer in the NHPC to release him.

The following are the runners for the races to be held here on Thursday.

1. The Bharachukki Plate 1400m 2:30 Pm: Fioritta 62.5, Super Silver 62, Always Love 61.5, Magical Filly 60.5, Diamond Star 60.5, Concentration 60, Emancipation 60, Amar Prem 59.5, Youre A Star 56.5, Leather Queen 56, Passage Of Time 53.5, Sugar Fairy 51.5.

A 14-year-old girl, who went to a police station to file a rape complaint, was humiliated by a senior police officer in Kushinagar district and also forced to strip.

After Gujarat CM Narendra Modi raised the issue of security of Gujaratis in Kenya, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday told Mr Modi that his government is attaching the highest priority to safety and welfare of all Indians in Kenya, in the wake of a terrorists attack in Nairobi.

The government was once again rapped by the Supreme Court on Tuesday for not giving details of each coal block it had allotted since 1995, saying its latest affidavit was completely opposite to what the Centre had said earlier.

Santa Monica, Ocean Side and Riverdale impressed when the horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course here on Tuesday.

An eight-year-old boy from Uttar Pradesh is among the victims of the terror attack at a shopping mall in Kenyan capital Nairobi.