Amid heightened focus on aerial maritime surveillance, the Navy is planning to induct nine amphibious aircraft to keep a vigil over the Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands.

Home secretary G.K. Pillai will chair the first round of the much-awaited talks with the Ulfa while home minister P. Chidambaram may have an introductory meeting with the leadership of the banned group during the February, 10 meeting.

Passing the buck to the states, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday that the onus for checking prices lies with them too.

Hinting at a possible way out to break the Parliament logjam ahead of Tuesday’s crucial meeting of Opposition leaders convened by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, the Congress said on Friday that it

The one-man committee of retired Supreme Court judge Shivraj V.

Despite recording that the judicious use of discretionary quota by the chief minister of West Bengal in allotting the plots in Salt Lake city from his discretionary quota has never been tested on meri

Foreign secretary Nirupama Rao on Friday said that “justice has to be done’’ by bringing to book all those responsible for Mumbai terror strikes.

India and Afghanistan are understood to have discussed this country’s role in the post-US Afghanistan during the two-day visit of President Hamid Karzai here earlier this week.

Skirting the key issue of elaborating on India’s diluted position on climate change, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said that India did not expect any concrete or final pronouncement at the climat

Mere membership of a banned organisation does not make a person criminal unless he or she resorts or incites people to violence, the Supreme Court has ruled.