The government is likely to establish a separate agency to coordinate with research organisations.

After facing stiff opposition from the BJP and the Left, the government on Tuesday retracted on its move to dilute a key provision in the Nuclear Liability Bill after tough questioning by members of a parliamentary committee.

Over 100 Indian nationals, mainly students, are trapped in two cities in Kyrgyzstan, which has been hit by ethnic violence for the last four to five days.
The external affairs ministry said here Monday that at least 116 Indian nationals are stranded in southern Kyrgyzstan, including 15 students in the city of Jalalabad and 99 students, a professor and a businessman in the city of Osh.

A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale shook Andaman and Nicobar Islands early on Sunday, triggering a tsunami alert which was later withdrawn.

The BJP on Friday nominated journalists Chandan Mitra and Tarun Vijay as its candidates in the Rajya Sabha biennial elections but suspense remained over the fate of yesteryears actress Hema Malini.

At least 80 persons — most of them belonging to the Ahmadiya community — were killed and scores of others injured when heavily armed Taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed two Lahore mosques packed with members of the minority community. This was the first major terrorist attack in Lahore since March.

Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Thursday rejected suggestions made in certain quarters that there were differences between him and home minister P. Chidambaram on the issue of tackling Maoists. Mr Singh clarified that the state and the Centre were working together to tackle the menace.

Pakistan on Thursday blocked the popular video sharing website YouTube in a bid to contain blasphemous material.
The blockade came hours after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) directed Internet service providers to stop access to social network site Facebook i

The National Investigation Agency Monday filed a chargesheet against 11 members of a Hindu outfit, Sanathan Sanstha, over a Goa blast on October 16 last year in which two persons were killed.

State-run power utility NTPC on Monday reported a nearly five per cent drop in fourth quarter net profit to Rs 2,017.6 crore compared to Rs 2,113.3 crore in the year-ago period.