Paddy MSP is grain of contention here Farmers in Andhra Pradesh, supported by the Opposition parties, took to the streets on Wednesday, demanding increase of the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy, maize, groundnut, sugarcane and cotton.
BLACKMAIL ALLEGED
Is UP minister a baby chor? Rajesh Tripathi, minister of state for homeopathy in the Mayawati government, has been accused of baby stealing by Pramila Vishwakarma, a housewife.
Airline engineer's kin seek CBI probe The family of Sanskriti Sinha, a young aeronautical engineer who was crushed to death under mysterious circumstances at the domestic airport in New Delhi, demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into her death.
Soccer talent hunt draws thousands Over 5,500 youngsters between 10 and 16 have signed up for Kick Off, the young footballer talent hunt that will take 12 youngsters and two coaches from Goa to the Manchester United Soccer School (MUSS) for the residential training programme in 2008.
Four pronounced guilty in poestess Madhumita murder case
Amarmani, wife get life term A Dehra Dun court on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment former Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi, his wife Madhumani and relative Rohit Chaturvedi and contract-killer Santosh Rai in the high profile poetess Madhumita Shukla murder case.
Face of innocence... A Palestinian refugee claps as she watches a programme organised by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on the occasion of United Nations’ Day in New Delhi, on Wednesday.
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