Former Bihar police chief Aanand Shankar will replace Vijay Kumar as Jharkhand governor's advisor, said an official Tuesday.

The animal husbandry department of Kashmir has a new problem in its hands. Poultry farmers of neighbouring states arecolouring unwanted male chicks in green, purple and orange and dumping. Not only are they dumping them in the valley but are also selling them to locals,
Peerzada Ashiq reports.

An Indian is all set to be a part of this year's men's singles final at the Wimbledon as Pinki Sonkar has been chosen to toss the coin ahead of the marquee match on July 7.
In a step towards ensuring safety of women in the city, the police have partnered with WESS (Women Empowerment Safety Security-Foundation) Foundation, an all-women NGO, to initiate crash courses in self defence training.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s decision to induct senior Congress leaders Sis Ram Ola and Girija Vyas (in pic) as cabinet ministers in Monday’s reshuffle appears to have been carried out in a bid to appease the Jat and theBrahmin communities in Rajasthan ahead of assembly elections later this year.
A 27-year-old tribal woman was allegedly raped in a moving bus by its helper in Odisha. The police have arrested helper Susanta Hembrum on the woman’s complaint. HT reports.
IB officials want law to protect them from legal hassles. An IB official is under the lens in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, Rajesh Ahuja reports.

Modi, the man the BJP kept away from successive election campaigns in Bihar over the past eight years or more, reportedly on Nitish Kumar's insistence, won't be in the state for another four months.
Rai Atul Krishna reports.
Modi selected, but it's tough time for BJPThe Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board (NCWEB) is flooded with applications from students who have scored more than 80% at the Plus-Two level.
A five-year-old girl was mowed down in Mumbai by a speeding car allegedly driven by a kin of senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat, police said today.
Saying that "all like-minded and secular parties" should work together, the Congress on Monday extended an olive branch to Nitish Kumar's JD(U), while sending out a message to Lalu Prasad's RJD - an outside supporter of the UPA.
While ignoring MPs from Mumbai, Vidarbha and Central Maharashtra during the Union cabinet reshuffle on Monday, the Congress high command gave a strong message to senior party leaders in the state: work harder ahead of elections.
Dharmendra Jore reports.
As many as 28,000 aspirants have registered to apply at St Stephen’s College, the hefty figure reflecting the surging number of applications received by DU.
This monsoon, your neighbourhood Delhi Development Authority (DDA) park would not only sport a lush green look but also offer much better facilities.