NCP MP held for Cong leader’s murder
Mumbai, June 7
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP from Osmanabad Padamsinh Patil was formally arrested today in connection with the murder of his cousin and Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar in 2006. Patil was produced before a magistrate’s court in Panvel outside Mumbai and remanded in CBI custody till June 14.

SNC-Lavalin Corruption Case
Kerala Guv allows CBI to prosecute Vijayan
Thiruvananthapuram, June 7
In a major jolt to CPM in the politically sensitive SNC-Lavalin graft case, Kerala Governor RS Gavai today gave sanction to CBI to prosecute party’s state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, overruling the Cabinet recommendation against it.

Disarray at helm in BJP: Advani aide
New Delhi, June 7
The BJP was “enfeebled” by so much “disarray” at the top never before witnessed in its history and its prime ministerial candidate LK Advani himself “failed” to assert his leadership at “crucial points”, says a key party strategist while analysing its poll debacle.

Poll-stung TRS gets another jolt
Hyderabad, June 7
Smarting under poll debacle and growing dissensions, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi has plunged into a fresh crisis with a rebel leader demanding resignation of the party president K Chandrasekhar Rao. “Instead of carrying forward the movement for separate Telangana state, Rao encouraged nepotism and family rule in the party.

Black Widow chief’s arrest brings peace hope
Guwahati, June 7
Arrest of Jewel Garlosa, the most wanted “commander-in-chief” of Dimasa tribe militant group Dima Halam Daogah (J), popularly referred as Black Widow, in Bangalore by the Assam police in a special operation recently, has raised hopes for restoration of peace in insurgency-ravaged hill districts in Assam though several senior leaders of the outfit are still at large, along with over 200 cadres.

20 feared dead as bus plunges into Chenab
Prem Nagar (Doda), June 7
As many as 20 passengers were feared dead and five others injured when a mini bus rolled down into the Chenab at Prem Nagar on the Batote-Kishtwar national highway this morning. The ill-fated mini bus was on its way to Thathri from Doda when the accident took place.

Shopian Incident
FIR for rape registered
Srinagar, June 7
The Shopian incident, in which the bodies of two women were recovered on May 30 from a nullah, has taken an embarrassing turn for the government with a forensic report finding sperm stains in private parts of the victims, forcing the police to register an FIR for rape.

Milk or menace? Watch out Chandigarh, June 7 Are you sure what you are taking every morning as a part of your breakfast is natural milk? Even the airtight pouch you get from your milk vendor does not guarantee its contents.