Romit Bhattacharyya

• Three arrested in Kerala over forced marriage of minor girl

  After an appeal for justice made by a 17-year-old teen who was forced to marry a UAE national by a Muslim orphanage in Kerala, police have arrested three accused in the case.

• Seven dead in landslide in Odisha coal mine

  A landslide in a coal mine in Sundergarh district of Odisha today killed at least seven people and injured two others.

• Withdraw bandh in Darjeeling or face tough action: Mamata Banerjee to Gorkhaland Janmukti Morcha

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today issued a 72-hour deadline to Gorkhaland Janmukti Morcha to withdraw the indefinite bandh in Darjeeling or face "tough action".

• Did not expect to be posted outright now: Tamil Nadu bureaucrat on his transfer over crackdown on illegal sand mining

  Ashish Kumar, who was the District Collector of Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu till two days ago, was handed his transfer order on Tuesday evening. Earlier that day, he had conducted raids on mineral quarries owned by local mining barons in two villages in the district.

• Chaos at juvenile home where teen accused of Delhi gang-rape is kept

  Juveniles at a reform home in Delhi today climbed onto the roof of the building and set fire to blankets and hurled stones at care-takers. It's not clear what provoked them.

• Nine-year-old falls into borewell in Rajasthan, rescue efforts on

  A nine-year-old boy slipped into a deep bore well while playing in a village in Rajasthan's Karauli district on Wednesday. Efforts are on to rescue the child but there is no word yet on his health.

• Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders to meet P Chidambaram, press for Gorkhaland

  On the fourth day of the indefinite bandh in Darjeeling, called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha which is demanding a separate state of Gorkhaland, the Morcha is claiming a breakthrough in Delhi.

• Sachin Tendulkar gets a feel of Rajya Sabha, wife Anjali watches from visitors' gallery

  He has faced the deadliest of fast bowlers in world cricket. On Monday morning, it was baptism of fire of a 'different' kind for Sachin Tendulkar. Attending the first day of a rather stormy Monsoon Session in Rajya Sabha, the Little Master quite enjoyed life on a new pitch.

• 60-hour bandh begins in Assam over Bodoland state

  A 60-hour bandh started in Assam today, predominantly in the Bodo tribe districts of Kokrajhar, Udalguri, Chirang and Baksa.

• Assam braces for 60-hour bandh as demand for Bodoland gathers steam

  A 60-hour long Assam Bandh began this morning as the demand for Bodoland state intensifies after the Centre's announcement on Telangana. Road and rail traffic is expected to be severely affected, particularly in lower Assam's Bodo tribe dominated districts.

• Demand for Gorkhaland intensifies, indefinite bandh begins in Darjeeling

  An indefinite bandh has begun in the hills of Darjeeling in West Bengal, called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha that is demanding the separate state of Gorkhaland.

• Amid protests in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi meets PM to discuss demands for separate states

  Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the issue of separate states. The demand for creation of new states in Assam has intensified following the decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh and create Telangana.

• Now, water at Bihar schools puts nearly 70 children in hospital

  12 students from Chhapra district in Bihar are in hospital in Patna, a day after they drank what appears to be contaminated water from a tube well at their government school.

• In Shatrughan Sinha's controversy over Nitish Kumar, more "elder brothers" emerge

  After a public reprimand from senior colleague, BJP leader Shatrugan Sinha today seemed contrite about his praise for Nitish Kumar, on whom he recently endowed PM potential.

• Narendra Modi set to be BJP's PM candidate, announcement before assembly polls: sources

  Narendra Modi is likely to named BJP's candidate for Prime Minister for 2014 as early as September this year, party sources have said.