Israel on Tuesday stated that its technology is at the disposal of India in the field of agriculture. Israeli minister of agriculture Orit Noked stated that “agricultural cooperation with Israel can and will propel India to become a superpower in food production and supply”.

A paramilitary trooper was on Monday night killed and five others were injured when Maoist militants launched an ambush in Kerubadi forest areas in Kandhamal district, nearly 350 km from Bhubaneswar, inspector-general of police (operations) Sanjeev Marik said on Tuesday.

At least one Maoist was on Tuesday gunned down in an encounter with security personnel inside Ghumra forest in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bijapur district, the police said. The police also claimed to have found tell-tale evidence of injuries to several other rebels in the encounter site.

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Tuesday dismissed speculation about the possibility of him entering the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra.
“Till 2013, I am out of electoral politics. No and that too in capital letters,” he said when asked about speculation that he could be the “outsider” taking the Upper House seat vacated by Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s disengagement-is-not-an-option line came under increased strain on Tuesday following Pakistan’s unhelpful attitude on the issue of bringing the 26/11 perpetrators to justice.

Over 3,000 rescue workers, which included mountaineers of specialised forces of the Army, ITBP and CRPF, engaged in tracing the missing helicopter carrying Arunachal CM Dorjee Khandu on Tuesday, the fourth consecutive day, failed to reach three possible locations where Sukhoi jets and Isro satellites have found “metallic traces” in the hills of the state.

Pakistan, which had denied knowledge of Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts, had a lot to explain following his killing by the US special forces in Abbottabad, near Islamabad, external affairs minister S.M. Krishna said.

The Delhi high court on Tuesday issued contempt notices to six more office-bearers of the Indian Commercial Pilots Association, taking the total number of ICPA members against whom contempt notices have been issued to nine, for allegedly disobeying its order to call off the ongoing strike in Air India, which entered the seventh day on Tuesday. The strike is still on.

Aligarh Muslim University Teachers’ Association (AMUTA) has proceeded on an indefinite sit-in strike on the campus to protest against the institution’s indefinite closure following a clash between rival students groups last week.

The Enforcement Directorate Monday issued summons to DMK supremo M.