National News

WASHINGTON: US President Mr Barack Obama Saturday attacked presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mr Mitt Romney for outsourcing the jobs by his companies and said Americans don’t need pioneers of outsourcing in Oval Office.

KOLKATA:  In a huge blow to West Bengal Chief Minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court on Friday ruled that the legislation introduced by her government in West Bengal to recover land leased to Tata Motors in Singur for its small car project was constitutionally invalid.

NEW DELHI: Pinning hopes on "conscience vote" and his tribal identity, Mr P A Sangma today virtually dared the UPA nominee, Mr Pranab Mukherjee for a debate ahead of presidential polls, saying democracy needs debate.

NEW DELHI: Experts from an Australian non-governmental organisation will collaborate with Indian health professionals on enhancing skills to carry out anti-rabies programmes.

GURGAON: Four-year-old Mahi, who fell into a 70-foot deep borewell in Manesar town here, was still trapped even after many hours of marathon efforts by the army's rescue team, said an official on Friday.

NEW DELHI:  The NDA and Left parties split on Thursday  over the presidential poll as some of their constituents pledged support to UPA candidate Mr Pranab Mukherjee who appears set for a runaway victory over Mr P A Sangma, backed by the BJP, the AIADMK and the BJD.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked six states to reply to the allegations that they were usurping the PG medical seats for the all-India quota by not disclosing the vacant seats in their medical colleges.

MUMBAI:  A devastating fire in the Maharashtra government secretariat, including offices of the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister, on Thursday  left two persons dead and 16 injured and destroyed large number of files, raising questions on whether any sabotage was the cause.

KOCHI: Radha Vinod Raju, an IPS officer who unravelled the conspiracy behind the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi and was more recently involved in tracking foot prints of Lashker-e-Taiba terrorists David Headley, died here this morning after a prolonged illness.

NEW DELHI: Making some headway in the Bhanwari Devi murder case, the CBI has been told by the FBI that the bones recovered from a canal in Rajasthan were of the auxiliary nurse.