RJD leader Lalu Prasad was on Thursday sentenced to 5 years imprisonment in a 17-year-old fodder scam case by a special CBI court after he was convicted on corruption and other charges 4 days back.

With the in-form Chennai Super Kings surging ahead in the CLT20 semi-finals’ race from Group B with posting back-to-back wins, the fight is more confined for the second spot between the remaining four

The two IPL teams in Group B of CLT20 this year, former champions Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad, will face off here on Thursday evening after a winning start to their campaigns.

The 22-day-old Hemant Soren ministry in Jharkhand was expanded on Sunday with the induction of six new faces, taking the total number of ministers to nine including the chief minister.

Union minister Jairam Ramesh Monday dismissed the opposition allegations that the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand was a puppet regime with the remote control being in the hands of senior Congress leaders.

Popular rule was on Saturday restored in Jharkhand with Hemant Soren being sworn in as chief minister of a coalition government led by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).

Jharkhand governor Syed Ahmed today condemned the Maoist attack on a police team in Pakur district and termed it a “cowardly act.”

A Superintendent of Police along with his driver and three security guards was killed in a Maoist attack in Jharkhand’s Pakur district today.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s school coach Chanchal Bhattacharya today said the Champions Trophy triumph “should shut” the critics who created negative energy before team’s departure for England.

On a high after back-to-back wins, Kolkata Knight Riders will start as favourites against the struggling Pune Warriors India when the two bottom-half teams clash here on Wednesday.