Portuguese Court orders extradition of Abu Salem
NEW DELHI, FEB. 5. In a major legal victory for the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Portuguese High Court has ordered the extradition of Abu Salem, prime accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. Official sources said that the ...
Political stability our main achievement: PM
NEW DELHI, FEB. 5. The Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, today asked MPs of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and its supporting parties to help convert "people's satisfaction (jan santushti)" with his Government's performance ...
Ours will be firm but dignified campaign, says Sonia
NEW DELHI, FEB. 5. The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, today virtually drew the contours of the party's campaign in the coming general election, underlining that the battle would be more than just "exposing" the Bharatiya Janata Party and the ...
IIMs' fees slashed to Rs. 30,000
NEW DELHI, FEB. 5. The Union Human Resource Development Ministry has decided to fix the fees for post-graduate programmes in the much-sought-after Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) at Rs. 30,000 a year from about Rs. 1.5 lakhs a year. An ...
THE GREG CHAPPELL COLUMN India has to overcome mental fatigue
MELBOURNE, FEB. 5. Australia's recent supremacy on the world stage of one-day cricket will be put to test on Friday in Melbourne if the Indian team can recapture the innocent hope and determination that it displayed in the Brisbane Test match ...
`Option to move Supreme Court in Bofors case open'
PATNA, FEB. 5. The Central Bureau of Investigation director, U.S. Mishra, today said no decision had been taken as yet about challenging the Delhi High Court order quashing the charges that the Hinduja brothers had bribed, among others, the ...
Musharraf pardons Khan
ISLAMABAD, FEB. 5. The Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, today granted pardon to the top nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, a day after he publicly admitted leaking sensitive nuclear know-how to Iran, Libya and North Korea, a local TV ...