National News

NEW DELHI: India and the US on Friday signed a Counter Terrorism Initiative that includes steps to check financing of terror activities, joint probe in cases of bomb blasts besides cooperation in cyber and border security.

CHANDIGARH: Pakistan-based Sikh militants, supported by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), might carry out bomb blasts in New Delhi before the Commonwealth Games, the Punjab police has alerted.

NEW DELHI: The Foreign Secretary, Ms Nirupama Rao has met the Union Home Secretary, Mr G K Pillai against the backdrop of apparent differences between the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs in connection with the Indo-Pak talks.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday began final hearing to examine the alleged violation of forest and environment laws by Uttar Pradesh government in the construction of statues and memorials for Dalit leaders at a park in Noida near here.

GANDHINAGAR:  Gujarat’s junior Home Minister, Mr Amit Shah, who is close to the Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, on Thursday  did not show up before the CBI for questioning in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case but said he will appear on Friday after the agency sent a second summons during the day.

NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday approved inclusion of more castes in the central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for various states, a move it hopes will especially help it reach out to people in Naxal-affected states.

NEW DELHI: With the US having announced that it will begin pulling out its troops from Afghanistan from July 2011, India on Thursday said that “international presence” in the war-torn country was needed for a much longer time.

NEW DELHI: Mahatma Gandhi’s diary written during the year of India’s Independence and held till recently under private possession will soon be open for public viewing at the National Archives here.

AGARTALA: Tripura has secured the top position in implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) during the 2009-10 financial year.

NEW DELHI: Days after Indo-Pak talks ended in sharp differences, the External Affairs Minister, Mr S M Krishna on Wednesday broke his silence over the controversy surrounding the Union home secretary, Mr G K Pillai’s remarks on ISI’s involvement in Mumbai attacks, describing their timing as "very unfortunate".