Bhubaneswar, Feb. 15: Vishwa Hindu Parishad international president Ashok Singhal on Monday said the BJP had been asked to leave the issue of the construction of a Ram temple at Ayodhya to Hindu seers and sages.

New Delhi, Feb. 15: The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved an extended autumn holiday for government-run schools in a bid to ease traffic congestion in the national capital during the Commonwealth Games. The autumn break in schools will be extended from

New Delhi, Feb. 15: The government is not ruling out a "foreign hand", including a David Headley link, in Saturday’s bomb blast in Pune. "We cannot rule out or rule in a foreign hand at the moment," Union home secretary G.K. Pillai said.

New Delhi, Feb. 15: The Delhi police special cell suspects that the explosives used to carry out the Pune blast were transported from Karnataka, where a terror module of the Indian Mujahideen is active.

New Delhi ,Feb. 14: Indian intelligence agencies suspect that alleged Indian Mujahideen operative Mohsin Choudhary, wanted in connection with the Ahmedabad and Delhi serial blasts, masterminded Saturday’s bomb blast in Pune.
Intelligence sources said there are reports that Mohsin recently visited Pune and reconnoitred several important places in the city. The sources added that Mohsin was the main operative of the IM’s west zone group and was in regular touch with other operatives of militant outfits. The investigating agencies are trying to gather more details about the recent movements of Mohsin Choudhary.

New Delhi ,Feb. 14: The Pune blast is unlikely to come in the way of the holding of foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan, sources said here on Sunday.
In spite of strong demands from the BJP to cancel the talks, the sources indicated that going ahead with such talks will help to better thrash out the issue of terrorism.

Mumbai ,Feb. 14: Union home minister P. Chidambaram, who rushed to Pune on Sunday morning, denied an intelligence failure, but conceded that major Indian cities were as vulnerable to terror attacks as other international cities. He also expressed the Indian government’s demand to interrogate suspected Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) operative David Headley.

New Delhi ,Feb. 14: The Centre has decided to adopt a wait-and-watch policy on handing over the Pune blast case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), constituted after the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai. The Centre had set up the NIA with the important mandate of probing terror attacks in the country.

New Delhi ,Feb. 14: Speculation about an AICC reshuffle has almost subsided with aspirants in the Congress lobbying for Cabinet berths at the Centre because the Manmohan Singh government, UPA-II, will complete its first year in office in May this year.

Islamabad , Feb. 14: Embattled Pakis-tan President Asif Ali Zardari has offered a two-year extension to the Paki-stan Army Chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, official sources said.