Within days of revoking a non-compete agreement that his group had with his younger brother Anil, Reliance Industries chairman, Mukesh Ambani, is believed to have held a long-drawn-out discussion with telecom czar and Bharti Airtel chairman, Mr Sunil Mittal.

In a volte-face, the Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday claimed that former skippers Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan were never banned and can be brought back to the side anytime.

The US had offered Pakistan $5 billion asking it to refrain from conducting tit-for-tat nuclear tests in response to India’s Pokhran explosions in 1998 or else it warned of economic sanctions, the the

Terrorists wearing suicide vests and armed with grenades and assault rifles on Friday stormed two packed mosques of the minority Ahmadiya sect in this eastern Pakistani city, killing about 80 people,

Acknowledging th-e lasting impression made by Rabindranath Tagore on Chinese poets and scholars, China is keen to construct a gallery in Kolkata to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the Nobel

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a prayer meeting on the 46th death anniversary of Jawarharlal Nehru at Shanti Van in New Delhi on Thursday. PHOTO: PTI

Former Army chief Gen. V.P. Malik on Thursday came out in defence of Brigadier Devinder Singh, saying the commander who led the Batalik-based 70 Infantry Brigade during the Kargil operation should have been promoted as he and his formation did extremely well during the war. “I had seen Brig. Singh during the war. He took a little

Skirting contentious issues, visiting President Pratibha Patil on Thursday held discussions with the top Chinese leadership which supported India’s aspirations of becoming a permanent member of the UN Security Council, a stand welcomed by the Indian side.

China on Thursday tried to strike a romantic chord with India when its military band played golden oldies of Bollywood like mera naam chin chin chu and bar bar dekho at a state banquet hosted in honour of President Pratibha Patil by her counterpart Hu Jintao.

A pigeon from Pakistan suspected to be on a “spying mission” was caught on Thursday near the Indo-Pak border here, the police said here.
The white pigeon carrying a Pakistani phone number and address on its body besides a rubber ring in its feet was found by border resident Harbans Lal Saini near his house and was brought to the police station here, 40 km from Amritsar.