Rain ravages Gujarat, MP; 15 killed The state administration has evacuated over 6,000 people from low-lying areas in Bharuch, Narmada and Surat in the southern parts and Bhavnagar and Surendranagar in Saurashtra region being the worst-hit districts.
Prez election: Its Patil vs Shekhwat With the formalities of the nomination process completed, the UPA-Left combination is now understood to be ready to take on the NDA and counter its allegations against Ms Patil aggressively.
Released in the wild, baby elephant dies The baby jumbos decomposed body was recovered on Sunday afternoon from the Bharatpur forests inside the Chandka elephant sanctuary near Bhubaneswar.
Address missing children issue first: NHRC Concerned with the manner in which young children went missing from Nithari in Noida, (Uttar Pradesh) the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has prepared a guideline asking law enforcing agencies to consider such cases as priority issues.
For justice... Police drag a SUCI activist during a protest in Kolkata on Monday. At least 29 women activists of Socialist Unity Centre of India were arrested during a demonstration that turned scrappy in front of the West Bengal assembly demanding exemplary punishment for the accused in the alleged rape and murder of Tapasi Malik at Singur.
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