India today asked Pakistan to release death row convict Sarabjit Singh, whose condition remains critical after being brutally assaulted by jail inmates in Lahore, and demanded that a through investigation be done into the attack to ensure punishment to the guilty.

For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan’s President — courtesy of the CIA, a media report today said.

Volkswagen today launched a petrol variant of its popular hatchback Polo.

The BSE benchmark Sensex today recovered by 101 points on funds buying in blue-chips led by FMCG and realty on better earnings amid a firming global trend.

Pune Warriors’ assistant coach Rob Walters said losing the wickets of Yuvraj Singh and Luke Wright in the same over proved to be the turning point in his team’s 15-run loss to the Delhi Daredevils in a Pepsi IPL match here.

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan is reportedly upset with journalist Tom Brokaw after he commented that the actress ruined his last year’s White House correspondent’s dinner.

BSP supremo Mayawati today said the logjam in Parliament is likely to continue further and she does not see any early solution to the crisis.

Tracking a firming trend overseas on increased physical purchases by investors, gold futures prices rose by 0.19 per cent to Rs 27,241 per 10 grams today.

Pakistani officials today dismissed a report that a medical board was considering a proposal to send abroad Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh - comatose in a Lahore hospital after a brutal assault - for treatment.

The government today achieved a breakthrough in the logjam in Parliament with the opposition agreeing to allow financial business to be taken up tomorrow.