Shillong: Families of nine of the 16 miners trapped inside an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya since December, have given consent to the district administration to stop the ongoing search operations which entered its 130th day on Sunday, officials said.

Patna: Former Bihar chief minister and RJD national vice-president Rabri Devi has accused the BJP of hatching a conspiring to poison her husband and party supremo Lalu Prasad, a charge dismissed by the saffron party as "baseless".

Pune: A co-accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case Sunday denounced BJP Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate Pragya Singh Thakur's comments against former Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare but added that he would still campaign for her to defeat the Congress' Digvijaya Singh there.

Kalpetta (Wayanad): Amid speculations she could be pitted against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Sunday said she will be happy to contest if asked by party President Rahul Gandhi.

Panaji: Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma Sunday said the collapse of Jet Airways appears to be a "scam" being executed in the run-up to elections, and demanded intervention of the supreme court in registration of an FIR in the matter.

Bengaluru: Multi-lingual film actress Sumalatha Ambareesh, who will take on chief minister H D Kumaraswamy's son, Nikhil Kumaraswamy in Mandya Lok Sabha seat, Sunday alleged threat to those campaigning for her.

Bengaluru: Income Tax department on Saturday busted Rs. 2.3 crore stuffed in a spare tyre of the car, which was reportedly being transported to Shivmoga from Bengaluru.

Dhanora: Tear my son's clothes if he does not deliver, says Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath as he campaigns for his son Nakul who is fighting his first elections from Chhindwara.