A contingent of 120 CRPF personnel would soon be joining the United Nations mission in Liberia, where it would provide security cover to its Prime Minister, besides training the war-torn country’s police force.

A married woman in Mathura district, who had gone missing 16-years-ago, has returned home with three children in tow.
Her husband Laxmikant, father-in-law Ramesh Chandra Chaturvedi, mother-in-law Saraswati and brother-in-law Chandrakant had to spend several years in jail when the woman, Vanadana’s father accused them of abducting his daughter and then killing her.

The DGCA on Friday stipulated that from August 15 onwards, passengers will be entitled to compensation from airlines in case of flight cancellations by the airlines without adequate notice and in case passengers are denied boarding despite having valid confirmed tickets.

India will ask Pakistan to facilitate the video-conferencing of the magistrate and investigating officer who recorded 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab’s statement in the Mumbai attack for testimony before a Pakistani anti-terror court.

Lavishing praise on external affairs minister Mr S.M. Krishna for showing “dignity” when his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi remarked against home secretary Mr G.K. Pillai, BJP MP and noted lawyer Mr Ram Jethmalani on Thursday surprised many within his party as well as others.

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee tried to allay the fears of the states on the veto provision in the proposed Goods and Services Tax in an attempt to bring them on board in the introduction of the key tax reform.

At least eight political parties, including the Samajwadi Party and the DMK, have sent their comments to finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on whether caste should be included in the ongoing Census. The views so far are reportedly both in favour and against inclusion of caste in the Census, sources said. While the BJP is expected to send the views on Friday, the Congress is likely to communicate its response on Monday, sources said.

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah faced considerable hostility from patients’ relatives and those attending to them when he visited the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences to monitor the treatment of those injured in the recent violence.

Andhra Pradesh Congress leaders are expecting big changes in the party and the government soon and party chief, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, is expected to take stock of the political situation in the state after her return from the US within a couple of days.

REC, which has a borrowing programme of raising Rs 28,000 crores in the financial year 2010-11, plans to diversify its investor base to tap international market at a competitive rate. REC has planned to raise external commercial borrowing (ECB) of $1 billion from the international market. In view of this, mandate was given to Bank of