Peshawar/Islamabad ,Feb. 21: Two Sikhs who were kidnapped over a month back have been beheaded by the Pakistani Taliban in the country’s restive tribal belt in a brutal act by the militants. Some more members of the  minority community are still in the custody of the rebels.

New Delhi ,Feb. 21: Two days after Mr Shyam Saran announced his resignation as the Prime Minister’s special envoy on climate change, one of the country’s top climate change negotiators, retired diplomat Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, said he was dissociating himself from all future climate change negotiations.
Mr Dasgupta, a former ambassador to China and the European Union and a key member of the Indian team at last December’s Copenhagen summit, is considered to be close to Mr Saran.

Guwahati ,Feb. 21: The Centre is learnt to have advised the Assam government to ask the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the multi-crore scam in North Cahcar Hills district after the National Investigation Agency found evidence of massive misappropriation of Central funds by a politician-bureaucrat nexus in the region.
The Union home ministry is understood to have written to Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on the matter, Union home secretary G.K. Pillai confirmed on Sunday.

Chennai ,Feb. 21: The wife of Marxist leader W.R. Varadharajan on Sunday confirmed that the body recovered from Porur Lake was that of her husband, who had gone missing on February 11 evening following some serious differences with her and the consequent divesting of party positions.

Bengaluru ,Feb. 21: A breakthrough in neuroscience research in India has raised hopes of finding a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
Using a combination of traditional medicine, modern chemistry and computer science, a team at the Indian Institute of Science discovered that a herbal extract can not only delay the progress of Alzheimer’s disease, but even reverse memory impairment.

Models present creations on the last day of the Pakistan Fashion Design Council’s Fashion Week in Lahore on Saturday. Thirty-two local designers were showcased over the four-day event with lots of twists to traditional Pakistani attire and Western styles. PHOTO: AFP

Shooters Vikram Bhatnagar and Mohammed Ashab at the 2010 Commonwealth Shooting Championship in New Delhi on Saturday. The pair won gold medals in the double trap category. Indian shooters broke one meet record and notched up four golds, two silvers and a bronze medal to remain at the top of the table in the event. PHOTO: PTI

New Delhi, Feb. 20: The new BJP chief, Mr Nitin Gadkari, insisting on disciplining the saffron heavyweights, is all set to be hit by a desert storm. Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje fired the first salvo when she not merely boycotted the national

New Delhi, Feb. 20: The rise in prices of essential commodities will dominate the Budget Session of Parliament beginning Monday. While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the government is ready to discuss all issues in Parliament, Leader of the

Chandigarh, Feb. 20: The Union government will help Sikhs living in exile return home provided they are prepared to renounce their demand for a separate state on the lines of the amnesty package currently being drafted for Kashmiri youth who crossed over to Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.