Several "Govindas" were injured Thursday, some critically, across Mumbai while they formed human pyramids to reach 'dahi handis' - pots of curd - suspended high above the ground on the occasion of Janmasthami, the birthday of Lord Krishna, officials said. Breaking the dahi handi evokes the spirit of Krishna who loved eating curd and butter and broke earthen pots to eat them. "So far we have sent 170 Govindas to government hospitals, 152 of which have been discharged after treatment. 18 are still in hospitals and some of them are critical," said a disaster management

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday held a high-level meeting with top officials at his official residence after reports that Maoists had killed one of four abducted policemen. The Bihar police chief has said there is no truth in the Maoist claim of having killed a policeman. Meeting top officials at his 1, Anne Marg, official residence, Nitish Kumar instructed police officials to review their strategy for release of the abducted policemen. After the meeting was over, Bihar police chief Neelmani told newspersons that there was no truth in the reports that an abducted policeman was killed. He said that

Teenage archery sensation Deepika Kumari Thursday became the second Indian woman ever to sail into the final of a World Cup Stage IV meet. National champion Deepika, who is also the reigning cadet world champion, will take on Ki Bo Bae of Korea for the gold medal in her maiden World Cup final at Shanghai. Dola Banerjee has done it before winning the Dover World Cup in 2007. Deepika, seeded 13th, crushed Wu Hui Ju of Chinese Taipei 6-0 in the semifinals and downed fifth seed Lorig Khatuna of the U.S in a close quarterfinal battle at 6-5. Jayanta Talukdar too

Demanding the arrest of Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani, senior jurist and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani Thursday accused him of being "an intentional abettor of murder" who is on Pakistan's payroll and responsible for the current imbroglio in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing mediapersons, Jethmalani said the youth who are indulging in violence against the police in the state are instigated by people "in the pay of Pakistan of whom Geelani is the leader". The jurist said that if Geelani believes that pelting stones at the police is an "honourable and

Maoists Thursday killed one of the four Bihar policemen they abducted four days ago, following a decision by a 'jan adalat' or kangaroo court, their spokesman said. The fate of the remaining three will be decided by 10 a.m. Friday, the spokesperson told a local TV channel. Sub-inspector Abhay Kumar Yadav was killed at around 4 p.m., six hours after expiry of their second deadline of 10 a.m. After killing Yadav, the Maoists said the fate of the remaining three policemen would be decided by 10 a.m. Friday if the state government failed to initiate a dialogue or