Ahead of the next foreign trade policy announcement next month, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma today met members of Ficci to take their views on steps needed to boost exports that are hit hard by global slowdown.

A Pakistan court today gave a last chance to the government to respond to a petition seeking contempt proceedings against President Asif Ali Zardari for not acting on a suggestion that he should give up the political office of head of the ruling the PPP.

Downplaying differences among ministries over certain provisions of the anti-rape legislation, government today said a special meeting of the Cabinet could be convened to pass the criminal law (amendment) bill.

Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf’s trip here tomorrow has hit a sour note with the Ajmer Sharif spritiual head saying he will boycott the visit in protest against the recent brutal killing and beheading of Indian soldiers by the Pakistani Army.

Initial probe into the recovery of 26 kg of heroin worth Rs 130 crore from an NRI’s house in Zirakpur has not suggested any link with boxer Vijender Singh, whose car was recovered at some distance from the accused’s house, police said today.

Amid rising cases of crime against women, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said “our heads hang in shame” due to recurring incidents of rapes and other violence against women.

Jennifer Lopez is currently on the lookout for a good, exclusive school for her five-year-old twins Max and Emme.

10 people were today killed and 20 others injured when a bus in which they were travelling rolled down into a deep gorge in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The government today opened the country’s first all-women post office here and announced plans to open more such branches completely operated by women employees.

Higgs Boson scientists may be just a step away from their “eureka” moment!