New Delhi, March 12: Crisis managers in the ruling UPA are working on a proposal to bring the 33 per cent quota for women in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies (in the bill passed by the Rajya Sabha earlier this week) down to 20 per cent.

Islamabad/Lahore, March 12: Twin suicide attacks in Lahore killed at least 45 people — including a dozen Army personnel — and injured more than 100 others on Friday, officials said.

New Delhi, March 12: India and Russia on Friday agreed to intensify their consultations on Afghanistan and evolve a joint strategy to meet the challenges posed by terrorism in their proximate neighbourhoods. Both sides signed pacts in defence and civil nuclear energy spheres worth over $10 billion.

New Delhi, March 12: Home minister P. Chidambaram and Pakistan high commissioner Shahid Malik were engaged in an unusual exchange of words here on Friday, with Mr Chidambaram stating that all militant outfits across the border were supported by

Lance Corpral Alan Leiper and Private Kris Green push a wooden cask of Mortlach 70-year-old single malt whisky at Edinburgh castle in Scotland on Thursday. A 70cl bottle of the whisky, which is claimed to be the world's oldest single malt, sells for $15,012 and the 20cl bottle sells for $3,753. PHOTO: Reuters

New Delhi, March 11: The Congress leadership intends to field finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to hold talks with the advocates of a “quota within quota” for OBCs and minorities on the controversial Women’s Reservation Bill.

Ahmedabad, March 11: The ghosts of the 2002 riots has come to haunt Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi with the Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team issuing a summons to him in connection with the Gulberg Society massacre, in which

New Delhi, March 11: The BJP leadership was virtually taken to task on Thursday with party MPs openly objecting to the Women’s Reservation Bill in its present form. The chairman of the BJP parliamentary party, Mr L.K. Advani, and the Leader of the Opposition in

New Delhi, March 11: A regular meeting of the Union Cabinet could not be held on Thursday as the Lok Sabha was due to sit late and also because Congress president Sonia Gandhi had invited party MPs and their spouses home for dinner at 10 Janpath.

Islamabad, March 11: Pakistan’s powerful Army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, whose term is due to end in October this year, might not get an extension in service, a close aide of President Asif Ali Zardari has indicated. There has been much speculation