The atmosphere in Dharamsala is nothing short of festive as the hill town gears up to host its first ever international cricket match with India taking on England in the inconsequential fifth and final ODI of a series that has been pocketed by the home nation.

India can adopt ‘never forget and never forgive’ attitude of the US and Israel in tracking terrorists, former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said, suggesting that the three countries come together with an integrated taskforce to defeat their threats.

Sharply attacking the Centre’s dual pricing policy on diesel for bulk consumers, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa today demanded its immediate withdrawal as it was “ill-conceived” and “short-sighted” and threatened to move the Supreme Court if it was not rolled back.

Greeting people of India on the occasion of its Republic Day, secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said that her three trips to the country as the top American diplomat reinforced her “unyielding belief” that the Indo-US strategic partnership is making the world “more united, prosperous and secure.”

Actor-director Kamal Haasan’s controversial movie Vishwaroopam, facing a two week-ban in Tamil Nadu due to its alleged anti-Muslim content, was released in more than 80 theatres in Kerala today.

Disappointed over the 35-year jail term awarded to David Headley by a US court, the government today said it wants death penalty for the LeT terrorist and all those who were involved in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.

David Coleman Headley, who helped plot the devastating 2008 Mumbai attacks in which 166 people were killed before agreeing to become an informer, was sentenced by a US judge on Thursday to 35 years in prison.

Protests against their participation following the LoC tension notwithstanding, two Pakistani authors struck an emotional chord at the Jaipur Literature Festival saying friendship exists between the neighbours “despite everything”.

The Congress and the government today slammed the BJP for its “unnecessary and unwarranted” agitation over home minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s remarks on Hindu terror, saying it was a “diversionary tactics” to keep away media attention from its internal affairs.

The Supreme Court today questioned Centre’s power to allocate coal blocks to companies, saying it has a lot of “legal explanation” to do as the statutory Act empowers only the states to undertake this task.