Poor monsoon this year
North-west to be worst hit; govt says no need to worry
New Delhi, June 24
In a worrying development for the country’s economy, especially the agriculture sector, the government today announced that the monsoon is likely to be below normal this season.

Editorial: Waiting for monsoon
Business page: Rain worry for economy
Jittery AP govt orders yajnas to please rain gods
Project Varsha may be brought out of cold storage

Pak SC rejects Sarabjit’s review petitions
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed three review petitions filed by Indian national Sarabjit Singh and upheld the death sentence awarded to him for involvement in bomb attacks in 1990 that killed 14 persons.

Take sympathetic view: India

Pokhriyal to be new Uttarakhand CM
New Delhi, June 24
Journalist-turned-politician Ramesh Pokhriyal will be the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, replacing BC Khanduri who resigned yesterday. However, the election of Pokhriyal as leader of the BJP Legislature Party in the state here this afternoon was not a smooth affair.
                                        Ramesh Pokhriyal

Bhardwaj is K’taka Guv; Konwar of Bihar
New Delhi, June 24
Veteran Congress leader and former Union Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj has been appointed as the new Governor of Karnataka. He will replace Rameshwar Thakur, who has been posted to Madhya Pradesh.                                 HR Bhardwaj

Most Australians feel racial prejudice rampant
Melbourne, June 24
In the backdrop of increasing attacks on Indian students in Australia, a new survey has said 85 per cent of Australians feel racial discrimination is rampant in the country with one in five of them being a victim of verbal abuse.