DIG shot dead in Srinagar mosque after Id prayers
SRINAGAR, FEB. 2.A militant today shot dead a Deputy Inspector-General of the Jammu and Kashmir police soon after he offered Id prayers at a mosque. One civilian was injured during the attack. The `Save Kashmir Movement' has claimed ...
India among fastest growing economies: Vajpayee
KANYAKUMARI, FEB. 2. The five years of "stability" and "good governance" provided by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) have paved the way for India to emerge as one of the fastest growing economies in the world, the Prime Minister, Atal ...
A.Q. Khan admits to transferring technology
ISLAMABAD, FEB. 2. After weeks of agony, Pakistan has let it be known that A.Q. Khan, considered the father of the country's nuclear programme, has admitted to having transferred nuclear technology to North Korea, Iran and Libya. The ...
Yet to decide on alliance: Mayawati
NEW DELHI, FEB. 2. As the stage for early Lok Sabha polls appears set, the Bahujan Samaj Party leader, Mayawati, today denied reports that her party had entered into an alliance with the Congress and said it was still pondering over the issue. ...
13 Indians confirmed dead in stampede
MANAMA, FEB. 2. The number of Indians killed in Sunday's stampede during the Haj in the Saudi Arabian city of Mina has gone up to thirteen. The Indian Consul-General, Syed Akbaruddin, who is now in Mina, told The Hindu that 13 Indians, ...
Bleach on hunger strike
KOLKATA, FEB. 2.With his release bogged down in legalities for the third day today, Peter Bleach has gone on hunger strike in jail to protest the delay. Bleach, whose life sentence in the Purulia armsdrop case was remitted by the President, a ...
DMK, Congress reach accord on seat-sharing
CHENNAI, FEB. 2. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress today concluded a seat-sharing arrangement for the Lok Sabha elections, sidestepping the contentious issue of Pondicherry. In the DMK-led alliance, the seat was already ...
Three killed in naxal attack
MAHABUBNAGAR, FEB. 2. Two policemen and a district NSUI activist were killed and another was injured when People's War naxalites opened fire near the Town Congress Office in Kollapur town today evening. The former Kollapur legislator, J. Krishna ...
