Amid a boycott call of 12 separatist outfits, including Ulfa, hundreds of people defied militant threat to take part in Republic Day’s celebrations in Assam and other northeastern states.

Extreme biotic pressure has taken the man-animal conflict to alarming levels in the forested area stretching across Raisen, Hoshangabad and Sehore districts adjoining the state capital.

If there is any political battle which is worth noticing in the overall political war between the Congress and the Akali-BJP alliance in Punjab, it is without any doubt in Lambi, where chief minister Parkash Singh Badal is in a triangular contest with his two brothers.

There are no Boleros, Sumos or Xylos in his convoy. There are no motorcycle-borne young men to herald his arrival in parts of his constituency.

During elections when every party bends backwards to refurbish its image, the BJP is tarnishing its own image with uncalled for controversies created by its own leaders.

The police in China shot dead two more protesters in Tibetan-inhabited areas as unrest spread, official media and an advocacy group said Wednesday, amid signs of a physical and virtual lockdown on the region.

Controversy dogs Amarmani Tripathi, former minister convicted in the Madhumita murder case, who is now in Hardwar jail.

Young Virat Kohli provided the only bright moment by cracking his maiden century but India were still faced with a herculean task

A dispute over sharing of booty has led to violent clashes between Maoist leaders of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh at several places in Bastar recently, intelligence reports said on Wednesday.

Calling herself the daughter-in-law of Ludhiana, actor-turned-MP Hema Malni Wednesday wooed voters in the name of her husband Dharmendra, who hails from the district, and asked them to elect SAD-BJP candidates in the January 30 state Assembly elections.