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India on Monday welcomed the outcome of the last month's referendum in which Southern Sudan voted for independence in a "credible and peaceful manner" and said it looks forward to working closely with both sides in Sudan.

Emergence of right-wing terror elements in the country is a "cause of worry" for the government which, however, says it is not a "big threat" now.

When it’s February, nothing is cooler than pretending you couldn’t care less about Valentine’s Day and would rather burn the cards, roses and anything red that reminds you of it. Well of course, you are in a happy relationship and you don’t need some day to tell when to celebrate love.

A Delhi court on Monday extended the CBI custody of former communications minister A. Raja and Shahid Usman Balwa, managing director of DB Realty, by three and four days, respectively, in the spectrum allocation scandal.

The Army is yet to get the government’s nod to fire in self-defence at the Maoists if the troops come under attack while training in areas infested by the insurgents in Chhattisgarh, a top commander said on Monday.

The ministry of health and family welfare’s interim report to inquire into irregularities in implementing the PATH-ICMR study using the human papillomavirus (HPV) in India has recommended the project be allowed to continue.

Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), will have a new chairman. A process to restructure Antrix Corp. has now started in the wake of the controversial two-satellite deal it had struck with a private firm.

The Supreme Court decision awarding former Kerala power minister R. Balakrishnan Pillai one year’s rigorous imprisonment in a graft case has come at a very crucial stage — when the country is facing scams like those involving 2G spectrum allocation, the CWG and the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society — as the verdict has laid down stringent tests to evaluate decisions of the executive authority and the “misuse of power” by them in the allocation of national resources.

A three-member team comprising S.S. Agarwal, former director of Sanjay Gandhi PGI of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, S.P. Agarwal, former director-general of health services and Suneeta Mitta from AIIMS took the Andhra Pradesh government health authorities to task for having permitted hostel wardens and headmasters to sign consent forms on behalf of minor girls belonging to tribal communities in the PATH-ICMR study using the human papillomavirus (HPV) in India.