Ready to work with West Bengal: Prodi
KOLKATA: Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said here on Tuesday that his Government was ready to work with West Bengal in specific areas such as agro-business, leather, mechanical and engineering segments. These were among the sectors ...
Serial blasts suspect held
MUMBAI: : Abdul Qayyum, a March 1993 serial bomb blasts case accused and an associate of Dawood Ibrahim, was arrested on Tuesday in a special operation by the city crime branch. Police dismissed claims that Qayyum was actually deported from Dubai ...
Curfew relaxed in Indore
BHOPAL: Curfew was relaxed in Indore between 3 and 6 p.m. on Tuesday and no untoward incident was reported from the city. Three police station areas were brought under curfew on Monday following clashes between members of two communities. A ...
Gwalior: BJP to field Yashodhara Scindia
NEW DELHI: Yashodhara Raje Scindia, sister of deceased Congress leader Madhav Rao Scindia and a Minister in the Shivraj Singh Chauhan Government in Madhya Pradesh, will be the Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate for the Gwalior Lok Sabha seat. ...
Manipur second phase Assembly polls today
IMPHAL: All arrangements are in place for the second phase of Manipur Assembly polls on Wednesday, covering 29 constituencies, according to Chief Electoral Officer R.R. Rashmi. Imphal East, Imphal West and Bishnupur districts come under this ...
Karnataka naxal movement splits
HYDERABAD: Sharp differences over the Maoist strategy of area-wise seizure of power led to a split in the naxalite party operating in Karnataka. The ideologues, who disagreed with the Maoist principle of intensifying the revolution in rural ...