New Delhi has demanded of Pakistan to stop allowing the use of territory under its control for terrorist activities directed against India and other countries in the region. The official spokesperson of the external affairs ministry said here in a statement Tuesday that “sponsorship of terrorism, as an instrument of policy, is wholly condemnable and must cease forthwith.”

The Pakistanis are worked up about the WikiLeaks disclosures that vividly portray the deep-going operational links between ISI and the Taliban since 2004, and demand that Washington repudiate the veracity of the material. The US is engaged in desperate damage control. The Indian establishment, however, does not appear too impressed with all the hullabaloo.

India and Burma on Tuesday agreed to enhance the cooperation between their security forces in tackling terrorism and to strengthen cooperation along the border, besides agreeing to a roadmap for closer economic engagement.

South west monsoon was on Tuesday active in Gujarat and most parts of north India as 10 people perished in heavy rains that caused a sharp fall in mercury.
Torrential rains lashed Kutch district in Gujarat since Monday evening as six members of a family drowned in flash floods in Bhachau town. The downpour resulted in dams being overflown, inundating low-lying areas.

In over 9,000 cases of attrition in Central paramilitary forces this year, the CRPF has reported the highest with 3,522 personnel quitting their job. Minister of state for home affairs Ajay Maken informed Parliament that the personnel are quitting the forces for varying reasons such as domestic problems, deployment in remote and difficult

Keeping a tight lease, BSP supremo Mayawati has spelt out “do’s and don’ts” to the party MPs for the Monsoon session of the Parliament by telling them that they have to launch a scathing attack on the UPA government on issues of price rise and neglect of UP but without being seen joining hands with the NDA and other parties.

The government on Tuesday stated that it had no plans to frame a law making voting compulsory. Union law and justice minister M. Veerappa Moily stated in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha that the government was not contemplating a law on the subject. “The issue was considered by the Dinesh Goswami Committee on Electoral

While the government is spending thousands of crores of rupees in various welfare programmes, food subsidy and is even planning a food security law for the poor, the rural development ministry said poverty has come down in magnitude.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resolve the Babli Project controversy within 15 days time or be ready to face a mass agitation led by the TDP.

The election of Mrs Sonia Gandhi as the Congress president for the third consecutive time is likely by end of August after the current Monsoon Session of Parliament is over. This was indicated by the party here on Tuesday. The CWC will announce a detailed schedule for the election, though there is no immediate official word from the