The ruling Congress on Friday expressed “deep anguish and sorrow” over the tragic deaths in the train accident took place in West Bengal, whereas Opposition BJP found this an opportunity to browbeat the government by accusing it of failing to firmly deal with the “enormous challenge” of Naxalism. The Saffron party claimed that the accident was a result of Naxal attack.

Amidst strong opposition from the African bloc, John Howard’s ambition of becoming ICC president got a boost with president-elect Sharad Pawar backing the process of his nomination.

Little knew Sukumar Banerjee what fate had scripted for him when he got a berth away from the rest of his family members in the Gyaneswari Express on his way to Rourkela. It meant life for him and death for the rest.

India on Friday reiterated its disappointment over the Pakistan Supreme Court letting off Jammat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed saying that the evidence shared with the Pakistan government was sufficient to convict him.

A Pakistani court on Friday declared disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan a “free citizen” asking the government to lift restrictions on his movement.

Canada deeply regrets the avoidable controversy over denial of visas to Indian nationals. In a statement issued in Ottawa on Thursday, Canadian citizenship and immigration minister Jason Kenney said the letters sent out by Canadian High Commission officials here explaining the grounds for routine visa refusals had cast false

The BJP stands divided on the caste-based census issue. Defying party line, senior BJP leader Dr Murli Manohar Joshi on Friday said he was opposed to such a demographic exercise as it would further divide the society. His views, however, were in tune with the RSS, which is also opposed to caste-based census. The RSS had,

The Congress core group met here on Friday against the backdrop of the controversial issue of a caste-based census and political developments in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh, especially growing tension between the Congress and Trinamul Congress and reported dissension within the Andhra Congress.

A Delhi court on Friday framed charges against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and five others in a case of murder and spreading enmity between two communities in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) net profit of Rs 3,776 crore, an increase of 71 per cent for the fourth quarter due to better realisation on crude.
For 2009-10, its net profit increased by 4 per cent at Rs 16,768 crore.