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Islamabad, Sep 9(ANI): Pakistan has urged Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to back up his call for re-engagement with concrete measures to address issues of concern between the two countries.
“Pakistan is ready for sustained and meaningful dialogue on all issues and it is for India to revisit its position on issues such as Jammu [...]

New Delhi, Sep 9 (ANI): Analysts say the relationship between India and China has always been a rocky one with little hope of any quick-fix solution to their long simmering tensions, which have flared up, in the recent past with China’’s support for India’’s arch-enemy Pakistan.
Diplomatic ties between both nations have become increasingly fraught over [...]

New Delhi, Sep 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will conduct a first quarter (April-June) review on the progress of five infrastructure sectors in a Cabinet meeting here today.
So far, the Planning Commission set annual targets for infrastructure ministries, which includes road transport and highways, railways, civil aviation and ports, and conducted internal review [...]

New Delhi, Sep 9 (ANI): Australia’’s High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese has said that Canberra has issued an advisory to its 2010 Commonwealth Games squad over the dengue outbreak in India.
Varghese, however, said he is hopeful that the upcoming event will be a success despite the travel advisories issued to the contingent from Down [...]

Raipur, Sep 8 (IANS) Heavy rains in Chhattisgarh have claimed six more lives, taking the death toll to nine, officials said Wednesday.
Three people died in Dhamtari district, two in Narayanpur and one in Kanker. Authorities in the Bastar region say over 500 houses caved in due to heavy rain and about 12,000 tribal residents [...]

Lucknow, Sep 8 (IANS) Rail traffic was disrupted on the busy Pilibhit-Bareilly route after a goods train derailed in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit district Wednesday, an official said. No casualty was reported in the accident.
The goods train derailed near the Lalaulikhera station, subsequently damaging the single-line rail tracks.
‘Though, mainly a wagon of the goods train derailed, [...]

Shimla, Sep 8 (IANS) Fruit bats, which play a critical role in controlling pests, have become a menace in the Jubbal-Rohru belt in the upper Shimla region of Himachal Pradesh, destroying a ripe apple crop.
Bats leave claw marks on most of the fruits, making these unfit for human consumption.
Roshan Lal Manta, an apple grower [...]

New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Technology evangelist Sam Pitroda has another innovation up his sleeve and this time, he says, it will change the way people the world over look at money and carry out transactions by putting a ‘digital wallet’ into mobile phones.
The inventor of the Casio Digital Diary, which was a rage [...]

Pali (Rajasthan), Sep 8 (IANS) It’s a shrine dedicated to the Motorbike Devta, also called Bullet Baba. The deity is indeed a motorcycle and such is faith that hundreds of devotees turn up every day to pray for a safe journey.
The unlikely shrine near Chotila village, around 20 km away from Pali en route [...]

Raipur, Sep 7 (IANS) Two days of continuous rains in parts of Chhattisgarh, mainly the southern region of Bastar, have led to the death of three people and left thousands of people marooned, officials said Tuesday.
The deaths were reported from Narayanpur district of Bastar region where three people were swept away by heavy rains [...]

Raipur, Sep 7 (IANS) A man facing arrest in a forgery case created a scene Monday just outside the official residence of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh as he attempted to set himself ablaze along with three family members.
The person, Gajanand, poured kerosene over himself. His three family members, including two women, followed his [...]

New Delhi, Sep 6 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Monday reacting to the directives of the Supreme Court on the issue of distribution of rotten foodgrains, said it is not possible to give foodgrains to all poor people.
Dr Singh told the apex court, which recently directed the government to distribute food grains [...]

New Delhi, Sep 6 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Monday said he would consider a cabinet reshuffle before the winter session of Parliament due to begin on November 7.
Talking to a group of editors at his residence here, Dr. Singh made it clear that he was not thinking of retiring and indicated [...]

Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir), Sep 6 (ANI): Residents in several remote villages located near river Ujh in Jammu and Kashmir’’s Kathua District have complained of poor connectivity and isolation due to lack of proper infrastructure.
Over 15,000 people live here and they say that despite bringing their plight to the of the government’’s notice, nothing has [...]

Leh (Jammu and Kashmir), Sep 6 (ANI): The Indian Army has flagged off its 15-day Trans-Himalayan motorbike expedition from here with the aim of developing leadership qualities and fostering a spirit of adventure among the bikers of the 1st Ladakh Scouts battalion.
The expedition that began from Karu in Leh will travel through three states covering [...]

Karachi, Sep 6(ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari reportedly telephoned Congress President United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi to congratulate her on her election as the party president for the fourth consecutive time.
According to a statement issued from Bilawal House, Gandhi thanked Zardari for the message of felicitation.
She also offered condolences and sympathies [...]

New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) He has donned the garb of an honest police officer in Hindi films like ‘Garv’ and ‘Wanted’. Now Salman Khan once again endorses the khaki uniform to entertain his fans, but this time as a corrupt one in ‘Dabangg’, releasing Friday.
Too many firsts are attached with the movie, set [...]

New Delhi, Sep.4 (ANI): Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the leader of the hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference in Kashmir, has, in a press conference in Srinagar on Aug, 31, laid down five pre-conditions which, he feels, would restore peace lead to re-initiation of the dialogue process.
While setting forth the preconditions , he was aware [...]

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Amid dissonance in relations with China, India is looking to expand strategic and economic ties with Japan as the two sides hold the final round of negotiations next week to finalise a key economic pact ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Tokyo in October.
Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar [...]

Jalandhar, Sep 4 (IANS) Jalandhar police have arrested a 25-year-old woman here for duping three young men of nearly Rs.32 lakh on the pretext of sending them to Portugal for employment, police said Saturday.
The woman has been identified as Nisha Gogna, whose father is settled in Portugal for the past many years. Police have also [...]