PETA urges people to avoid fish-eating in Tamil Nadu Chennai, March 10 (ANI): Activists of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are running a campaign to appeal people in Tamil Nadu to desist from the h 3/10/2010   Delhi Police arrest three Peruvian nationals for alleged theft New Delhi, March 10 (ANI): Delhi Police arrested three Peruvian nationals, including a woman, on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in stealing foreigners'' belon 3/10/2010   BJP stages protest over price rise and 10 % reservation to Muslims in West Bengal Kolkata, March 10 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday staged a road blockade here against rising prices of essential commodities and 10 percent reservation to t 3/10/2010   Three top Naxals surrender in Orissa Kandhamal, Mar 10 (ANI): Orissa Police achieved a major success in counter Maoists operation as three hard core Naxalites put their arms down before senior state Gover 3/10/2010   India discuss measures to curb terrorism with neighbouring countries New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): The Union Government on Wednesday reiterated that it has consistently taken up the issue of use of their territories for terrorist/insurgent a 3/10/2010   Centre brings new policy to increase exports New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): The Central Government has revised its foreign trade policy to increase exports in labour intensive engineering goods. 3/10/2010   Militants kill five in Manshera Oghi (Manshera, Pakistan), Mar.10 (ANI): At least five people were killed here after suspected Islamist militants attacked the office of a U.S.-based Christian aid age 3/10/2010   Govt. implements committee recommendations on ex-soldiers pension   3/10/2010   Centre playing politics over Pratapgarh incident: Mayawati Lucknow, Mar 10 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kumari Mayawati on Wednesday expressed her grief over the Pratapgarh incident and criticised the Central Government for playing politics in the name of providing funds. "There was no hel 3/10/2010   Nawaz does a Salman, hunts protected deer in Sindh? Karachi, Mar.10 (ANI): Bollywood star Salman Khan may have former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his company. No, not for any new silver screen project but as a partner in crime in hunting down a protected species of deer. The st 3/10/2010   Government has made arrangements to ensure good quality meals: Sibal New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday in a written reply in the Lok Sabha said the government has made elaborate arrangements through the guidelines for Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) to ens 3/10/2010   Joshi underlines rural development cooperation between India, Lesotho New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): Union Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister C.P. Joshi on Wednesday underlined the need to promote cooperation between India and Lesotho in areas of rural development and local self governance. Minister of 3/10/2010   `India''s identification with US has clear limits,'' says expert New Delhi, Mar.10 (ANI): India’s identification with the United States has clear limits and it will resist any notion that it can be used as an instrument of US policy or as a counterweight to China, says leading international strategic expert, M 3/10/2010   Fennel, Chefs de Mission monitor Commonwealth Games preparations New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennel on Wednesday visited the Games Village along with the Chefs de Mission of Commonwealth Games to monitor the preparations for the forthcoming event. The Chefs 3/10/2010   Zardari signs anti-women harassment bill Islamabad, Mar.10 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has signed the Protection Against Harassment of Women Bill, 2010, which prohibits harassment of women at the workplace. Addressing a gathering of some distinguished women guests 3/10/2010   India meddling into Pak through Afghanistan: FO Islamabad, Mar.10 (ANI): Pakistan has once again blamed India of meddling in its internal issues through Afghanistan. In an interview with Geo News, Foreign Office spokesperson Abdul Basit said Islamabad would raise the issue of India’s i 3/10/2010   Shortage of 14,448 officers in Army, Navy and Air Force New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): The Armed Forces are no more considered a viable career option and implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission to make the Services more attractive has not been able to reduce the shortage of 14,448 officers in the Army, t 3/10/2010   PCB imposes life term ban on Yousuf, Younis, slaps hefty fine on others Lahore, Mar.10 (ANI): Acting on the recommendations of the inquiry committee probing the disastrous tour Down Under, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday imposed a life term  ban on captain Mohammed Yousuf and experienced middle-ord 3/10/2010   Chidambaram calls on CISF to start R and D unit By Shreeraj Gudi Ghaziabad, Mar 10 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday asked the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to come up with its own Research and Development (Rand D) wing to meet the growing demands of a c 3/10/2010   India had no hand in Lahore blast: Krishna New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Wednesday trashed allegations of the Research and Analysis Wing''s (RAW) involvement in Monday''s Lahore blast, asserting that India had 3/10/2010   Mamata Banerjee takes a dig at Left parties on Women Reservation Bill New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): Union Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday charged the Left parties of taking undue credit for the successful passage of the Women Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. 3/10/2010   Gurshan’s alleged killer may be living in Australia on a fake passport Canberra, Mar. 10 (ANI): Claims that the man charged with the manslaughter of three-year-old Gurshan Singh Channa is living in Australia on a fake passport is being investigated by Australian immigration officials. “Allegations have been 3/10/2010   Extremists kill five, injure six US-based NGO workers in gun, grenade attack in NWFP Islamabad, Mar.10 (ANI): Armed assailants stormed into a building housing the office of a US based non-governmental organisation (NGO) on Wednesday killing at least   five persons in Manshera region of North West Frontier Province (NWFP 3/10/2010   Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 p.m. New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): The Lok Sabha was on Wednesday adjourned till 12 p.m. due to the chaos created inside the House by members of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party and the Samajwadi Party over the successful passage of Women Reservation B 3/10/2010   Janata Dal-United split over Women Reservation Bill Patna (Bihar), Mar 10 (ANI): The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) is most likely to split over the Women Reservation Bill with reports coming up that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may form a new party now. Five JD-U members including Shivanan 3/10/2010   Lalu Yadav to withdraw support to UPA New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav is expected to hand over a letter to President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday withdrawing his party''s support to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Govern 3/10/2010   Karkardooma Court grants bail to Sajjan Kumar in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was on Wednesday granted bail by the Karkardooma Court in connection with cases registered against him in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. All the other nine accused were also granted ba 3/10/2010   Congress suspends Sadhu Yadav Patna (Bihar), Mar 10 (ANI): Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government on Tuesday suspended party member Sadhu Yadav for speaking against the government on the issue of the Women''s Reservation Bill. Sources said the 3/10/2010   Women across India hail passing of Women''s Reservation Bill New Delhi/Lucknow/Allahabad, Mar 10 (ANI): Women across India are celebrating the passing of the Women''s Reservation Bill. This Bill, once enacted as a law will, provide 33 percent reservation for women in parliament and various state le 3/10/2010   Pak water cry against India: Charade or Real? By Naveen Kapoor New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): Kashmir issue which has remained a main rallying point to galvanize support across the social, political and military spectrum of Pakistan for decades seems to be loosing its magical formulae of s 3/10/2010   Lahore High Court rejects Lakhvi’s aquittal plea Rawalpindi, Mar.10 (ANI): The Lahore High Court (LHC) has rejected the Lashkar-e-Taiba’s operation chief Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi’s acquittal plea sustaining the order of the trial court. However, the court observed that Lakhvi, the alleged m 3/10/2010   Ian Chappell casts doubt over Clarke''s suitability as future captain Sydney, Mar 10 (ANI): Australian cricket legend Ian Chappell has cast doubts over Michael Clarke''s suitability as a future Test captain, after he dashed back across the Tasman to be at the side of his controversy-prone fiancée in the middle of O 3/10/2010   Sonia expresses gratitude to Opposition for passage of Women’s Reservation Bill New Delhi, March 9 (ANI): United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi expressed her delight on the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha and expressed her gratitude to the Opposition for its cooperation on Tuesday. < 3/9/2010   Ford India launches much-awaited ''Figo'' in New Delhi New Delhi, Mar. 9 (ANI): Ford India launched its much-awaited compact car ''Figo'' at Taj Hotel here on Tuesday. The car was launched in both diesel and petrol versions. Priced at Rs 3,49,000, the diesel version has a 1.4-litre e 3/9/2010   Bring Women''s Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha, says Opposition New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): Even as the historic Women''s Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party now have decided that it will put pressure on the Congress-led United Progre 3/9/2010   Nine killed in UP rail accident Lucknow, Mar 9 (ANI): At least nine passengers were killed and around 12 others got injured in a rail accident in an unmanned railway crossing between Uttarpura and Barrajpura Railway Stations under Ijjatnagar Railway Division on Tuesday morning. 3/9/2010   Farooq Abdullah says India has never stopped flow of water to Pakistan New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): Reacting to the comments made by Hafiz Saeed, the chief of militant outfit Jamat-ud-Dawa, Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said that India has never stopped the flow of water to Pakistan. 3/9/2010   Rajya Sabha passes Women Reservation Bill New Delhi, March 9 (ANI): In a historic moment, the long-awaited Women''s Reservation Bill was passed finally on Tuesday evening in the Rajya Sabha, the upper House of the Parliament, with 186 being in favour of the Bill and just one voting again 3/9/2010   Manmohan Singh calls the Women’s Reservation Bill “a momentous development for women emancipation” Manmohan Singh calls the Women’s Reservation Bill “a momentous development for women emancipation” New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday described the Women’s Reservation Bill as “a momentous development” an 3/9/2010   Motion to vote on Women''s Reservation Bill passed in Rajya Sabha New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari on Tuesday passed the motion to vote on the Women''s Reservation Bill in the House. An adoption of motion was passed in the House to begin the voting process. For the bill 3/9/2010   Women''s Reservation Bill: Unruly Rajya Sabha MPs suspended for rest of session New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): Seven Rajya Sabha MPs, who had created a ruckus on Monday during the tabling of the Women''s Reservation Bill, were suspended for the rest of Parliament session on Tuesday.  The suspended MPs are: Nand Kishore 3/9/2010   Impasse over Women''s Reservation Bill: Rajya Sabha adjourned New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha was adjourned within minutes of reconvening on Tuesday as members began to shout slogans against the Women''s Reservation Bill. Vice President Hamid Ansari adjourned the House till noon. Ear 3/9/2010   Victoria Police seeking help from woman in Gurshan Singh’s death mystery Melbourne, Mar 9(ANI): Victoria Police has revealed that they are looking for a woman, who is believed to have assisted the three-year-old Indian toddler’s murder accused when his car broke down in Melbourne’s northern suburbs on last Thursday. 3/9/2010   Pak officials yet to confirm Al-Qaeda’s US-born spokesman’s arrest Islamabad, Mar.9 (ANI): Pakistani authorities are yet to confirm reports regarding the arrest of US-born Al-Qaeda spokesperson, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, who was apparently nabbed in Karachi a few days ago. Gadahn, who is 14th  on the FBI’ 3/9/2010   Government forced us to tear Women Reservation Bill: Mulayam New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav today said that the government forced them to behave badly in Parliament by tearing the Women Reservation Bill copy. Lawmakers of Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Rashtr 3/9/2010   Maoists release abducted teacher in West Bengal Midnapore (West Bengal), Mar 9 (ANI): School teacher and CPI (M) leader Ranjit Duley, who was kidnapped by the Maoists at gunpoint from a school in Bankura district on March 4, was released unharmed in West Midnapore district. Duley was r 3/9/2010   Pak leaders blame ‘foreign hands’, RAW for Lahore attack Islamabad, Mar.9 (ANI): Continuing their old policy of blaming ‘foreign powers’ for terror attacks in the country, Pakistani leaders have once again pointed fingers toward involvement of foreign hands in Monday’s suicide bombing at the office of 3/9/2010   PM to meet Lalu, Mulayam, Sharad over Women Reservation Bill New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will meet Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav today over the Women''s Reservation Bill. 3/9/2010   India convey willingness to open consulate in Jafna Colombo, Mar 8 (ANI): Indian Foreign Secretary Ni 3/8/2010   Prime Minister to meet select leaders over Women Reservation Bill tomorrow New Delhi, March 3/8/2010