Villupuram, July 24 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's reluctanceto snap ties with Left parties even after they withdrew support to the UPA,shows the DMK leader has kept his options open to align with the UNPA, PMKleader S...

New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) The Right To Education (RTE) Bill, which has beendelayed amid tussle between the Centre and the states over sharing of financialburden, would be implemented soon as the states have agreed to offer full...

Mumbai, Jul 24 (PTI) The US dollar ended dearer against the rupee atRs.42.13/14 per dollar but the Pound Sterling turned lower at Rs.83.57/59 perpound at the InterBank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market here today.FOLLOWING ARE INTERBANK...

Jammu, July 24 (PTI) The Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti, which is spearheading theagitation against the revocation of the order transferring land to the Amarnathshrine board, today extended the shutdown in the region till Sunday."In view of...

New Delhi, July 24 (PTI) In the aftermath of UPA government winning the trustvote, the Samajwadi Party -- which played an important role in taking theCongress-led coalition past the victory mark -- today chose to be diplomaticabout joining...

H S RaoLondon, Jul 24 (PTI) Pakistan today said the ambitious multi-billion-dollargas pipeline project with India and Iran makes "more economic sense" if NewDelhi is on board and argued...

Rezaul H LaskarIslamabad, Jul 24 (PTI) Highlighting the need to root out terrorism, PakistanPremier Yousuf Raza Gilani today told his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singhthat "the present...

Islamabad, July 24 (PTI) Pakistan's security and intelligence agencies havebeen put on high alert following reports that local Taliban chief BaitullahMehsud has prepared a hit list of 300...

Shirish B PradhanKathmandu, Jul 24 (PTI) Making a last-ditch attempt to be in power, Maoistchief Prachanda today sought to rope in 22 fringe groups to form a consensusgovernment in Nepal,...

Manash Pratim BhuyanSingapore, July 24 (PTI) The US has congratulated the UPA Government, whichwon the trust vote in the Lok Sabha, for its "deep resolve" to go ahead withthe historic...

New Delhi, July 24 (PTI) With the Samajwadi Party lending support to theCongress-led UPA government, talks between the two parties on future allianceshave begun in right earnest.While...

New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) Despite the Left parties breaking ties with the UPA onan acrimonious note, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said hehas no bitterness towards them but...

New Delhi/London, July 24,(PTI) India today dismissed a warning by Pakistanthat the Indo-US nuke deal will accelerate an atomic arms race in thesub-continent declaring there was no scope for...

New Delhi, July 24 (PTI) A day after Somnath Chatterjee was expelled by hisparty, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited him today amid UPA's continuedexpression of solidarity with him and...

New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) With demands for making public the tapes ofvote-for-cash scandal gathering momentum, External Affairs Minister PranabMukherjee today said he would not mind them being...

Karachi/Dubai, Jul 24 (PTI) Ending weeks of uncertainty, the InternationalCricket Council (ICC) today announced that Pakistan would continue to remainthe host for next month's Champions Trophy...

Colombo, Jul 24 (PTI) Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene said he had notyet decided what run-target to set for India after taking control of the firstcricket Test on a batting friendly...

Colombo, July 24 (PTI) With the Sri Lankan juggernaut showing no signs ofslowing down, India coach Gary Kirsten now hopes to restrict the hosts withinthe 500-run mark and put up an equal...

T V SriramColombo, Jul 24 (PTI) Captain Mahela Jayawardene, Malinda Warnapura and ThilanSamaraweera struck centuries as Sri Lanka capitalised on three dropped catchesto take tight control...

New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) ReenaKumari's Olympic hopes are all but over with thearcher failing to make it to the list of 57 athletes who will represent Indiain Beijing.Reena, who met Sports...

Mumbai, Jul 24 (PTI) Indian rupee today rallied to trade below 42-markinitially but could not sustain the gains and closed cheaper by four paise at42.13/14 against the US currency as a heavy...

New Delhi, July 24 (PTI) In what could be music to the government, theinflation snapped its nine-week long upsurge to decline marginally by 0.02 asprices of food items like potato, maize, sea...

New Delhi, July 24 (PTI) Tax payers can now deposit income tax from the bankaccounts of any person in addition to credit and debit cards, the Central Boardof Direct Taxes (CBDT) said.The...

New Delhi, July 24 (PTI) Broadcast regulator TRAI today said governmentregulating ratings on TV viewership is not advisable and suggested that abroadcaster or an advertiser should have stakes...

Mumbai, July 24 (PTI) Inflation raises prices for farm inputs as well as farmproducts, resulting in uncertain effects on the current net incomes of farmers,the National Council of Applied...