Mumbai,  March 23: A Coast Guard ship was heavily damaged and ultimately sank on Tuesday evening after being hit by a merchant vessel off the coast of Mumbai.

San Antonio (Texas), March 23: Amid lines of soldiers, one after the other in standard-issue fatigues and combat boots, was one in a turban and full beard, the first Sikh in a generation allowed to complete US Army officer basic training without sacrificing the articles of his faith.

Kolkata, March 23: Kanu Sanyal, one of the original Naxalbari revolutionaries (and considered a legend along with comrade-in-arms Charu Mazumdar), is believed to have committed suicide at his hut-cum-party office at North Bengal’s Naxalbari village on Tuesday morning.

Police personnel inspect the railway track after a landmine blast by Maoists during a 48-hour bandh called by them in seven states at Kumrasole in West Midnapore, West Bengal, on Monday. Train services were affected for three hours in the morning as checks were conducted on the track by railway officials. PHOTO: PTI

New Delhi, March 22: The Delhi government withdrew the subsidy on cooking gas, making LPG costlier by around Rs 40, and increased VAT on a whole range of items, including diesel and high-end mobile phones, to generate an additional Rs 1,100 crores to complete projects related to the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in the city.

New Delhi/Islamabad, March 22: India has cautioned the United States against entering into civil nuclear cooperation with Pakistan in disregard of that country’s poor non-proliferation record. It hoped the international community would strike the right balance between meeting Pakistan’s energy needs while taking on board its track record with regard to proliferation of nuclear technology and weapons of mass destruction.

New Delhi, March 22: After several rounds of litigation on alleged illegal mining by a  company owned by Karnataka’s powerful minister G. Janardhan Reddy and his brothers in the Bellary area, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered a fresh survey of all their three mining fields and till then stayed mining activities and lifting of extracted raw material.

New Delhi, March 22: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to expand his council ministers after the Budget Session of Parliament ends in mid-May. The UPA-2 will also complete a year in offi-ce on May 22.

Ahmedabad, March 22: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has emphasised that he will respond to the Special Investigation Team probing the 2002 Gujarat riots, “fully respecting” the law, and strongly refuted reports that he was summoned by the Supreme Court-appointed SIT to appear

Guwahati, March 22: A schoolboy was killed and four others injured when a tea planter, accused of physically abusing a tribal woman, fired on a crowd in Guwahati’s outskirts on Monday.