Three Kurdish rebels and one government-paid village guard were killed in two clashes in southeast Turkey, according to authorities and news reports Friday. Turkish troops killed two Kurdish rebels near the southeastern city of Sirnak late Thursday, the military said,

Hasbayya - An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter Scale was felt in the town of Hasbayya in southern Lebanon, near the borders with Israel

Welcoming the accord at a news conference here on Wednesday, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah described it as an 'historic agreement among the Lebanese parties' which, he said, would mark a new chapter in the

Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah said a committee supervised by the foreign ministry was preparing a 'comprehensive future plan' for harnessing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes in the country. He, however, stressed that it was

The latest was a musical night featuring well-known Ghazal singers Ahmed Hussain, Mohammed Hussain, Mohammad Vakil and Group. As Consul General Dr Ausaf Saeed said, it was 'a great moment' for Jeddah because the Indian Civil Society (ICS) delegation members

Both decrees will come into force on the day they are published in the Government Gazette.

But now it seems unlikely that the bill, that has been pending for many years, will be passed by this government. After two Cabinet meetings and a group of ministers discussing the issue of whether the Prime Minister should be

Mohammad Iqbal alias Abdur Rehman, wanted for his role in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast and the 2006 Varanasi blasts, was picked up by a Delhi Police special cell team minutes after he got down from a train from Howrah

Not only was the fund meant for relief and aid during calamities used for trivial ventures like cricket matches, documents from an RTI application show that the sanctions were given despite strong objections from state bureaucrats. Huge amount of money

There were different versions on the arrests with one saying both the parents were arrested but was no official statement from the police. Sources said while Talwar has been arrested, his wife Nupur and another doctor acquaintance of Rajesh have

Home Minister was totally misinterpreted and one must look into his statement before drawing any conclusions," AICC spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told reporters here. In controversial comments, Patil earlier this week said that how can the demand be made for the

Ruling Congress, however, wanted understanding of the situation caused by volatility in global crude prices and maintained that the Government was doing its duty to find a way out. Any hike in fuel prices is going to be a major

The 64.72 per cent of voting is slightly lower than the overall 64.9 per cent polling witnessed during 2004 assembly elections, according to official statistics released here. As many as 89 assembly segments in 11 districts faced polling in the

The ship managers in Sharjah have been repeatedly requested to provide the contact details of the 10 Indian seafarers on board the MV Victoria, but no response has been received so far," Directorate General of Shipping said in a statement

Dealers' commission effective midnight will be Rs 28 per kilolitre for petrol and Rs 31 per kilolitre for diesel, an Indian Oil Corporation official said. The effect of the increase in the commission will be rise in prices of petrol

We are not buying this argument. We are unable to understand how this shortage is taking place as the government estimates show there is enough uranium to produce 10,000 MW of power when the current production is only 4,000 MW,"

Exactly a week after the twin murder on Friday last week, police arrested Talwar saying he had made elaborate efforts to cover up the gruesome crime and also mislead investigators. Though Meerut Zone Inspector General Gurdarshan Singh did not say

Asked about US Ambassador India David Mulford's comments that the deal could be finalised under Bush, who is in his final year in office, State Department's deputy spokesperson Tom Casey said, ''There are internal political considerations in India which have

While releasing the guidelines to operationalise the Rs 71,680-crore loan waiver scheme for farmers, he said: "The scheme of this nature has never been attempted. The NDA government could not even contemplate a scheme of this kind during their six

The Election Commission has said that it is ready to conduct the Lok Sabha polls any time after August, according to the redrawn political map. The delimitation commission has completed the process for the entire country except for the five