Siddharth Ranjan Das With Input From Agencies

After the Delhi government, the Centre has now approached the Supreme Court seeking relief from the crackdown it ordered on diesels cabs in Delhi and neighbouring areas. The ban will impact the BPO industry which uses diesel-run taxis to ferry employees and earns the country billions of dollars every year, the government said.

Three commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force's anti-naxal unit Cobra died fighting Maoists in Chhatisgarh's Sukma district, about 500 km from Raipur, while 13 others were injured.

The mega celebrations for Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's birthday in his home village of Saifai have sparked a controversy again this year, with his critics questioning the crores being spent on the extravaganza at a time when the state has declared 50 of its 73 districts drought-hit.

Over 80 people died and nearly 100 were injured as a powerful gas cylinder explosion ripped through a restaurant near Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district today.

At least 28 people have died and 40 are injured after two passenger trains derailed within minutes of each other while crossing flooded tracks in Madhya Pradesh late on Tuesday night. More than 25 are missing, say sources.

The bodies of four policemen kidnapped by Maoists on Monday were found in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district today. Their bodies were found just 5 km from where they were kidnapped.

The governor of Madhya Pradesh, Ram Naresh Yadav, has been named in an FIR or police complaint in connection with a multi-crore exam scam involving politicians and government officials.

One person has been killed and 25 others injured after a section of a wing of a government hospital in Bhopal collapsed on Friday. Two of those rescued have sustained serious injuries.

A section of a wing of a government hospital in Bhopal has collapsed. Twenty-five people have been rescued, but several others, including patients, are feared trapped.

After the Delhi government, the Centre has now approached the Supreme Court seeking relief from the crackdown it ordered on diesels cabs in Delhi and neighbouring areas. The ban will impact the BPO industry which uses diesel-run taxis to ferry employees and earns the country billions of dollars every year, the government said.

Three commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force's anti-naxal unit Cobra died fighting Maoists in Chhatisgarh's Sukma district, about 500 km from Raipur, while 13 others were injured.

The mega celebrations for Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's birthday in his home village of Saifai have sparked a controversy again this year, with his critics questioning the crores being spent on the extravaganza at a time when the state has declared 50 of its 73 districts drought-hit.

Over 80 people died and nearly 100 were injured as a powerful gas cylinder explosion ripped through a restaurant near Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district today.

At least 28 people have died and 40 are injured after two passenger trains derailed within minutes of each other while crossing flooded tracks in Madhya Pradesh late on Tuesday night. More than 25 are missing, say sources.

The bodies of four policemen kidnapped by Maoists on Monday were found in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district today. Their bodies were found just 5 km from where they were kidnapped.

The governor of Madhya Pradesh, Ram Naresh Yadav, has been named in an FIR or police complaint in connection with a multi-crore exam scam involving politicians and government officials.

One person has been killed and 25 others injured after a section of a wing of a government hospital in Bhopal collapsed on Friday. Two of those rescued have sustained serious injuries.

A section of a wing of a government hospital in Bhopal has collapsed. Twenty-five people have been rescued, but several others, including patients, are feared trapped.