-The Telegraph Kairana: Ganna, the sugarcane crop, is threatening to overshadow any talk of "Jinnah" and sour the BJP's chances in Monday's test against a combined Opposition in a corner of western Uttar Pradesh. After the shock setbacks in Gorakhpur and Phulpur in March, the Kairana Lok Sabha by-election has become crucial for the BJP. It's also critical for its rivals, offering a test, days after the Karnataka drama, of whether a united...

-The Telegraph Lucknow: A farmer said to be demonstrating against the Uttar Pradesh government with 50 others since May 21 died of a heatstroke on Saturday, the fourth anniversary of Narendra Modi's government and a day before the Prime Minister addresses a rally 20km from the spot. Uday Veer Singh, 60, died while protesting before the Baraut tehsil office in Baghpat district a day after chief minister Yogi Adityanath visited Modi's rally...

-NDTV.om The government has asked schools to refund the fees to the parents, failing which strict action will be taken against them. New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party led Delhi government has taken tough stand against excess fees levied by schools as part of its initiative 'rendering education as a service'. The government has asked schools to refund the fees to the parents, failing which strict action will be taken against them....

-Civil Society News New Delhi: In 1974, Dr Samir Chaudhuri, a paediatrician working in Kolkata’s slums, founded Child in Need Institute (CINI) to tackle the many dimensions of child malnutrition. It struck him at the time that malnutrition wasn’t just a clinical problem but a complex phenomenon rooted in gender issues. Over the years, led by Dr Chaudhuri, CINI developed deep understanding of the social, economic and political underpinnings of malnutrition...

-Scroll.in Some believe the ‘peculiar’ thunderstorms and dust storms are because of a change in the pattern of winter storms, or rising heat. Several of India’s northern states – particularly Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi – have experienced a spate of severe thunderstorms and dust storms with strong winds and lightning in the past month. The storms have killed over 124 people and left a trail of devastation. According to the Indian...