
Students demand headmaster’s transfer, launch stir
Students of a sevashram at Champi in Koraput district of Odisha have launched a stir demanding immediate transfer of the headmaster accusing him of physically assaulting them. Officials said an inquiry would be conducted into the matter after the agitating students locked the school yesterday... read more »

Clashes in Vadodara ahead of by-polls
In the last four days, Gujarat’s Vadodara district has witnessed three group clashes between two communities. While nearly 70 people have been arrested for rioting, the district police said the skirmishes were not communal in nature. The latest clash saw a confrontation between two groups in the... read more »

India, Japan for upgrading trilateral talks with U.S.
India and Japan will explore with the United States the possibility of raising their joint secretary-level trilateral dialogue to the level of foreign ministers, even as a bilateral accord on civil nuclear cooperation has failed to materialise. In a significant regional signal, a joint declaration... read more »

Sena wants Amit Shah to meet Uddhav
BJP national President Amit Shah’s visit to Mumbai on Thursday is becoming a bone of contention between the party and its ally the Shiv Sena. The latter has made it clear that it expects Mr. Shah to call on Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray while the BJP remains non-committal on whether this is on the... read more »