Rajasthan Chief Minister calls emergency meet

Jaipur:  Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will be meet all his ministers today in what is being seen as an emergency meeting. There are 16 Cabinet ministers and 11 Ministers of State in his government.

Will the Lokayukta office be scrapped in Karnataka?

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Bangalore:  The anti-corruption ombudsman is fighting for survival in the state of Karnataka, which ironically has topped the list of corrupt states in India. The Karnataka government may be planning to scrap the Lokayukta in the state.

Bengal to intensify anti-Maoist operations: Mamata

Kolkata:  With suspected Maoists gunning down two Trinamool workers in Purulia district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today dismissed the Maoist letter on their ceasefire withdrawal and said joint-operations would be intensified against the ultras.

In country's highest defamation suit, news channel ordered to pay Rs 100 crore

New Delhi:  At Rs 100 crore, it is the highest defamation suit in the country as the Supreme Court on Monday upheld an order making Times Now, a leading news channel, liable to pay damages after being sued by a former judge.

AFSPA row: Omar meets Army chief

New Delhi:  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is locked in a battle with the Army over the removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some parts of his state, rounded off his attempt to "narrow down differences" over the issue with a breakfast meeting with Army Chief General V K Singh today.