Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has revealed he will be paying off loans of over 850 farmers from Uttar Pradesh.
The opposition Congress and BJP Friday hit out at the Left government in Kerala for allegedly extending support to bring women activists to Sabarimala temple, hurting the sentiments of devotees.
The rupee recovered early losses and finally settled 29 paise higher at 73.32 against the US dollar Friday, amid a weakening greenback.
The Centre has asked the southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to tighten security in view of the continuing protests against the Supreme Court order allowing entry of women of all age groups to Sabarimala temple.
Four people including a woman were charred to death on Friday when a bus bound for Madurai rammed into a cargo truck near here resulting in the two vehicles going up in flames, police said.
Unidentified miscreants triggered a powerful blast at a market place in Manipur's Kangpokpi district, few hours before Chief Minister N Biren Singh's scheduled visit there, police said on Friday.
A goods train derailed between Berhampur and Golanthra railway stations in Odisha early Friday, affecting traffic on the route for five hours.
The ruling BJP is thinking of not giving tickets to 70-80 MLAs, including some ministers, for the forthcoming Assembly polls in order to tide over anti-incumbency, a party leader said Friday.
Two militants were Friday killed by security forces in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday targeted the previous Congress-led governments, saying they were "not serious" about poverty alleviation and their sole objective was to promote the "name of a particular family".
