President Asif Ali Zardari had wanted to retain military ruler Pervez Musharraf`s close aide Tariq Aziz as a key Pakistani interlocutor for India but the move was opposed by army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, a US diplomatic cable released by Wi
Pakistan will use all "means" to eliminate terrorists and their sanctuaries inside the country, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said amidst rising criticism of the country`s armed forces in the wake of deadly 17 hour standoff at a
Noted personalities in various fields today paid tributes to Ramon Magsaysay award winner Dr Rajnikant Arole who died last night at Pune. Dr Arole was the recipient of Mother Teresa Award (2005), Padmabhushan (1990) and Ramon Magsay
India has sent a high-level 12-member parliamentary delegation led by Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Saifuddin Soz to Pakistan to look for a political solution to the Kashmir tangle, besides discussing steps to build confidence and trust.
Food inflation surged to a one-month high of 8.55 percent for the week ended May 14, driven largely by the spiralling cost of fruits, and experts have warned of the recent petrol price hike further fuelling the rate of price rise. T
After petrol, price of diesel, LPG and kerosene are likely to be hiked next month when a ministerial panel headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee meets to decide on passing rise in crude rates to consumers. "The Empowered
The emerging economies of India, China and Brazil are leading the global economic recovery, according to a UN report released on Wednesday. "The rebound has been led by the large emerging economies in Asia and Latin America, pa
The public and private health facilities in the country will soon be under the clinical establishment (regulations and restrictions) act, 2010, which was passed in the parliament last year. The health ministry is in the process of formulating rule
In a dire need to bring down the infant and maternal mortality rates in India, the health ministry from June 1 will launch a new programme where all facilities to pregnant women who seek services from a government health facility will be free of c
A low intensity explosion took place outside Delhi high court on Wednesday at around 1: 30 pm. Initially, reports suggested that the radiator of a car had exploded due to heat. However, the police later confirmed that a low inten
As part of its investigations into the alleged fake encounter of Maoist leader Azad and journalist Hemchandra Pandey, a CBI team visited the site of the incident in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh ON Tuesday. The CBI team, led
If you were waiting to read "Close Encounters with Niira Radia", you will have to wait. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the publication of the book by lawyer R K Anand. The reason for the stay: the 2G spectrum allocation scam in
With the deadline to finish the drain desilting work approaching closer, the BMC has managed to complete merely 58 per cent of the job, a BMC leader said adding that the remaining work will be completed by month end. According to th
Within a few months of the Mumbai terror attacks, Kashmiri, who has now emerged as mastermind of 26/11, met Headley, and asked him to go to India again to do surveillance of the National Defence College in New Delhi and a number of Chhabad Houses
BJP today described as "irrational, unrealistic and unacceptable" the government benchmark for an individual to fall under BPL category and demanded that the amount be raised higher to put more people in the list of beneficiaries.
Chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu today sounded confident the government will achieve its fiscal deficit target, but said if the number comes under pressure from factors like rise in commodity prices, it will have to go for reforms such as dereg
Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal has said that the higher education system in India should be freed from "inspector raj" and the government is coming out with a law to deal with the practise. He also said a voluntary disclos
Twenty-four students from underprivileged sections, of the total 30, have this time made it to the IIT-JEE from the `Super-30` founded by mathematics wizard Anand Kumar. With this the total number of Super 30 students, having qualif
IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Tuesday requested the Nanavati Commission to defer his deposition till he gets legal support, alleging that he was being subjected to a "slander campaign" by the Gujarat government. The panel consisting of Ret
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister S K Modi today urged Governor Devanand Konwar to give his assent to 14 new bills adopted by the state legislature, specially four finance bills without delay as the state was facing the threat of losing performance gran
