After a hectic battle between lawyers backed by the CPI-M and the BJP, the advocates supported by the former won the majority of six seats in the 11-member Tripura High Court Bar Association (THCBA) election, official sources said here on Saturday.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad's elder son and former Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav on Saturday expressed unhappiness over what he called being "ignored and sidelined" in the party.
Double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar was at the epicentre of yet another controversy on Saturday with upcoming wrestler Parveen Rana crying foul over the selection process of the Indian squad for the Asian Games.
The fledgling JD-S-Congress coalition government in Karnataka would start working from Monday, as most of the cabinet ministers went to their constituencies for the week-end, said an official on Saturday.
Maoist guerrillas set on fire 13 vehicles involved in road construction works in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Saturday, police said.
Mangaluru: The Indian Coastguard team rescued ten fishermen from a boat in Tamil Nadu, which was stranded in the sea near New Mangalore port.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday met Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt to discuss 'Sampark for Samarthan' (contact for support), a personal outreach programme to highlight the achievements of the Narendra Modi-led government in the last four years.
The monsoon officially arrived here on Saturday and hit the city and other parts of Maharashtra with full fury, disrupting flights, the suburban train system and road traffic, besides claiming two lives, officials said.
Bidar: No one can sideline former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. If Siddaramaiah wishes government will be dissolved within two minutes, said Basavakalyan MLA B Narayana.
The Congress on Saturday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying the issue of Maoist threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be investigated and not used for "petty politics".
