Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was earlier scheduled to fly home from Brasilia via Frankfurt, has changed his travel plans due to the disruption in northern Europe caused by the volcanic ash eruption.

New Delhi, April 16: The Shashi Tharoor-IPL controversy refuses to die, within Parliament or outside, with the minister of state for external affairs not yet out of the woods. While the government and the Congress Party largely left it to the minister to defend himself, senior Cabinet minister

April 16: It’s a goof-up that seems to have landed the department of telecommunications in an embarrassing situation. After issuing an order on Friday banning post-paid mobile phone users in Jammu and Kashmir from sending SMSes, citing security concerns, it was forced to hastily withdraw the order later the same day after the Union home ministry made it clear that it had sought no such ban.

Islamabad/United Nations, April 16: Pakistan may be reluctant to thoroughly investigate former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination as called for by a UN report for fear of antagonising its security establishment, analysts said on Friday.

April 16: The Pakistan government might put former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on trial for alleged involvement in the Benazir Bhutto assassination. A decision would be taken by Pakistan’s President and Prime Minister, a senior official told this newspaper.
 

Shafqat Ali
Islamabad

Washington, April 16: The government has accused Goldman Sachs & Co. of defrauding investors by failing to disclose conflicts of interest in mortgage investments it sold as the housing market was faltering. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Friday civil fraud charges

London, April 16: A huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano spread out across Europe on Friday, causing air travel chaos on a scale not seen since the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Delhi Daredevils’ Virender Sehwag celebrates a wicket against the Chennai Super Kings in their IPL-3 match at MAC Stadium in Chennai on Thursday. The Daredevils won by six wickets. PHOTO: E.K. Sanjay

Sriharikota, (Andhra Pradesh), April 15: India’s space odyssey suffered a major setback on Thursday with the prestigious Rs 330-crore Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-D3 mission failing soon after takeoff. The GSLV-D3 flight with the communications satellite GSAT-4 on

London, April 15: Britain on Thursday afternoon closed all its airports, including Heathrow and Gatwick which handle most of its international air traffic, as a huge cloud of ash which erupted from a volcano in Iceland drifted into UK airspace.