In what became high voltage police drama, a police head constable from the west region police recently called the control room to seek permission to commit suicide after his senior officer allegedly harassed and humiliated him over unknown reasons.

Over 7,000 sugarcane farmers in Puri, Khurda and Nayagarh districts are staring at a bleak future as some unscrupulous elements have seized Nayaagarh Sugar Complex Limited (NSCL), a private sugar mill located on the outskirts of Nayagarh town, nearly 100 km from here.

BJP Monday charged the Jammu and Kashmir government with playing politics on the Kishtwar riots and cautioned that this was another Pakistan design in which separatist forces were involved.

All front-ranking Congress leaders from Madhya Pradesh on Sunday addressed a huge Congress rally here and gave a call for overthrowing the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led state BJP government in the coming Assembly election.

Being afflicted by polio that left both legs crippled at a tender age might mean end of active life for most, but not for 42-year-old D. Ravi who has set his eyes on a gruelling 24-hour drive to Delhi from here in a modified SUV to focus on mobility issues of differently abled.

Against the backdrop of recent incursions by Chinese troops into India, the two countries are working to conclude a new border defence agreement with an aim of signing it when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travels to Beijing possibly in October.

Escalating border tension, Pakistani troops Monday violated the ceasefire for the fifth time in the last three days by targeting forward Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district with mortar shells, rockets and small arms firing.

Close on the heels of the brutal killing of five Indian soldiers in Poonch by the Pakistan Army, its elite Special Services Group commandos assisted by a strong contingent of about 12 militants, launched a similar but more lethal attack in Mendhar sector late Wednesday night.

Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell halted Australia’s advance after a treble strike by Ryan Harris on the third day of the fourth Ashes Test at Chester-le-Street on Sunday.

M. Srinivas Reddy-trained Sheer Genius looks set win the Dr Harish Chandra Memorial Cup 1400 metres, the feature event of the races to be held on Monday.