"Manmohan committed to peace"
WASHINGTON: U.S. President George Bush on Monday lavished praise on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, describing him as the "leader of one of the greatest democracies and a man committed to peace and liberty." The comment came at a joint press ...
BJP puts off Chennai meet
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party has postponed its national executive committee meeting, scheduled to be held in Chennai from July 21-23, to September 16-18 even as it became evident that some kind of a temporary ceasefire was worked out ...
Hearing in Ayodhya case adjourned
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to August 12 hearing of a petition challenging the dropping of the `conspiracy' charge against BJP president L.K. Advani in the Babri Masjid demolition case by a Rae Bareilly special court. A ...
High marks... but no jobs
CHENNAI: A nation-wide test of skill sets among engineering graduates aspiring for jobs in the IT/BPO sectors has found low correlation between academic performance and employability levels. The results of the test taken by 25,000 students ...
Supreme Court stays deportation of two Sri Lankan Tamils
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed for two weeks the deportation of two Sri Lankan Tamils, alleged to be associates of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case accused. They have been kept in a special camp at Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu. A ...
Aishwarya Rai questioned
Mumbai: A day after actor Salman Khan was questioned, sleuths of the Mumbai Crime Branch police on Monday quizzed actress Aishwarya Rai at her residence. They collected her voice sample— ...
