The home ministry has sought a report from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on the house collapse disaster in east Delhi. The ministry has asked the MCD to provide details such as when was the building constructed and how many floors in that building were unauthorised constructions. The ministry has already received a

A section of the Indian political and diplomatic communities has reacted sharply to Barack Obama’s remarks he made in an interview to Press Trust of India (PTI), in which he held out no assurances on issues such as India’s quest for a permanent membership of the UN Security Council and ending curbs on export of dual-use technology.

A day after the US-India spat over David Coleman Headley, a Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Tayeeba (LeT) operative, senior government officials in New Delhi on Thursday once again reiterated that Washington was aware of Headley’s activities and allowed him repeated visits to India, Pakistan and back to US. Indian government officials also claimed that this could not have happened without the US support. However, Union home secretary G.K. Pillai on Thursday maintained that counter-

Ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to India, the United States has said that its relationship with New Delhi and Islamabad is not a “zero sum” game.
Speaking to journalists in Washington, US deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said: “We believe that a positive relationship between the US and Pakistan, a deepening relationship between the US and Pakistan, does not in any way, shape or form have to be seen through a zero-sum lens as it relates to India”. He

The Sunni Central Waqf Board on Thursday said it would appeal in the Supreme Court the verdict of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on the Ayodhya title suits.

The latest film produced by Aamir Khan, Peepli [Live], has been selected as India’s official entry to next year’s Oscars.
Depicting the growing rural-urban divide in the country, the film will represent India in the Best Foreign Film category. “Peepli [Live] has been selected as India’s official entry for the Oscars out of 27 films,” stated Film Federation of India secretary-general Supran Sen.

Britain and Australia have joined the United States in issuing revised travel advisories following Sunday’s attack near the Jama Masjid on a group of tourists from Taiwan.

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that becoming Prime Minister was not the only job in the world. “If I will become Prime Minister of India... as if that is the only job a person can do. There are many other jobs that a person can do,” Mr Gandhi said while answering a question by a student at Santiniketan. He spent over an hour interacting with over 1,000 students at Visvabharati, and replied to many of their queries.

New amendments by the government to the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010, could trigger a fresh controversy as these could be seen as diluting the right of recourse of the operator to seek damages from the supplier in the event of an accident.

After initial hesitation, Pakistan finally decided to accept India’s $5 million aid for flood victims, and officials said Friday India’s offer “was a positive gesture, and good for relations (between) the two countries”.