Union home minister P. Chidambaram met chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday and the two agreed to draw up a roadmap for lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir. The former then reviewed the security situation in Kishtwar.

Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav, who is to be the chief guest at the 31st annual convocation of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), arrived here on Friday. Mr Yadav, 62, will go to his alma mater, PGIMER, to attend the convocation.

A benchmark index for Indian equities markets on Thursday closed 358 points higher as traders bought stocks which were battered over the past few days.

Former communications minister A. Raja and two of his aides were sent to five-day custody by a CBI special court on Thursday, a day after they were arrested in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.

India must put in place a structure of regulatory policies that will prevent "potentially damaging behaviour" but not restore the "licence permit raj" in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here on Thursday.

Union home minister P. Chidambaram arrived here on Thursday to take stock of the security situation and political developments in Jammu and Kashmir.

Next time you chat away for hours on your mobile phone, think about the grave health risks from the emitted radiation. It causes loss of memory, lack of concentration, digestive and sleep disturbances, says a government panel on hazards posed by electromagnetic radiation.

Egypt's new Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq and vice President Omar Suleiman have started talks with the Egyptian Opposition political leaders to overcome the current crisis, state television said on Thursday. Some Opposition parties, participating in the rally at Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, have agreed to hold a dialogue with the country's authorities, media reports said on Thursday evening.

Feb. 2: India’s off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Wednesday warned the opponents in the upcoming World Cup that Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag would take the game away if they see the first 15 over

London, Feb. 2: A group of Qatari men, suspected of supporting the plotters of the serial attacks of 9/11, may have been preparing for a fifth suicide strike in Washington, according to the secret US