The Rajasthan government has amended its service rules by including provisos to transfer half of the salary of a government employee to his or her spouse’s account if the employee is a habitual drinker who fails to provide for his or her family.

Rajasthan Royals got their Champions League T20 campaign off to a winning start, cantering to a seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in their opening game here on Saturday night.

Germans voted Sunday in a closely watched election that is likely to hand chancellor Angela Merkel a third term leading Europe’s top economy but may force her to govern with her main rivals.

The UP police on Saturday arrested two more BJP MLAs and one BSP MLA for allegedly inciting violence and provoking communal tension in the recent Muzaffarnagar riots. The police has been put on alert in the western UP district to deal with possible protests by BJP supporters.

Former champions Chennai Super Kings begin their CLT20 2013 campaign against the Titans, last season’s semi-finalists, in a Group B game at the JSCA International Stadium Complex here on Sunday.

Moradabad SSP allegedly beat three police followers posted at his residence, following which Uttar Pradesh government suspended him Sunday.

The Congress on Saturday wondered why BJP chief Rajnath Singh and former UP chief minister did not visit Muzaffarnagar during the last three weeks since the outbreak of the communal violence and hinted that he was only trying to fish in troubled waters.

L.V.R. Deshmukh-trained Ashwa Shakti, who showed lot of promise during the practice session, should claim the Major General Nawab Khusru Jung Bahadur Memorial Cup, the main event of the races to be held on Sunday. False rails are up.

In the wake of recent communal clashes, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh exhorted people to respect all religions, ideologies and maintain communal harmony. The Prime Minister visited Jaipur to lay foundation stone of the Kishangarh airport in Ajmer scheduled to get operational by 2016.

The Centre is all set to ask states to pull up their socks to prevent rising communal clashes in the country. After delayed action by the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh in making arrests in the recent cases of communal violence, the Union home ministry will ask states to maintain a “database” of all cases of communal clashes registered and the progress in prosecution, draw up a “crisis management plan” at state and district levels, besides asking the chief ministers to personally assess the communal situation at least every quarter.