Security agencies are exploring the possibility of the copter carrying Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu exploding in the air since no signals were transmitted from the copter, which happens in cases of crash landing. The copter is missing for four days and Isro images on Wednesday showed presence of metallic

Israel on Tuesday stated that its technology is at the disposal of India in the field of agriculture. Israeli minister of agriculture Orit Noked stated that “agricultural cooperation with Israel can and will propel India to become a superpower in food production and supply”.

BJP president Nitin Gadkari made it clear that the party will contest the next Assembly elections in Rajasthan under the collective leadership of Leader of the Opposition Vasundhara Raje and party president Arun Chaturvedi. But he said it is too early to name a prime ministerial candidate as the party has various able leaders.

At least one Maoist was on Tuesday gunned down in an encounter with security personnel inside Ghumra forest in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bijapur district, the police said. The police also claimed to have found tell-tale evidence of injuries to several other rebels in the encounter site.

Speculation about the return of firebrand saffron leader Uma Bharti to the BJP by May-end is in the air as the core group of the party is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, with the issue being high on the agenda.

With civil society representatives submitting two documents to the government outlining “principles and objects” for the proposed law at the second meeting of the joint Lokpal Bill drafting committee on Monday, the members decided to fast-track the process of preparing a strong anti-graft bill and agreed to meet again on May 7, 23 and 30 to discuss the matter further.

After going unsold in the players' auction, former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday made a dramatic return to the Indian Premier League by signing up for struggling franchise Pune Warriors as replacement for injured pacer Ashish Nehra.

With the strike by Air India pilots entering the seventh day, the Delhi high court on Tuesday rapped the airline management and the pilots' association for their rigid attitude and appointed a counsel to assist it in resolving the stand off.

The core American response to the killing of Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan is captured in a sentence of President Barack Obama, “Justice has been done”.
As for the Indian reaction to a historical turn of events, which occurred in our region, and whose implications should have a bearing on our foreign policy thinking, there is only guess-work to go by. Only unexceptionable generalities have been offered at the official level by the external affairs minister and the Union home minister.

S. Sreesanth has irked quite a few with his on-field antics but Kochi Tuskers Kerala skipper Mahela Jayawardene is at ease with the pacer's behaviour so far in the IPL, saying the temperamental player has mellowed down a bit.