England take complete command against Bangladesh in Chittagong Test   Chittagong, Mar 14(ANI): England have put themselves in a winning position after declining to enforce the follow-on on day three of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong. England s 3/14/2010   Ex Servicemen stage rally in New Delhi   New Delhi, Mar 14 (ANI): Ex-servicemen from different parts of the country on Sunday staged a rally in the national capital to press for their demand for the implementation of one rank one pension system. 3/14/2010   Four CRPF personnel injured in Srinagar grenade attack   Srinagar, Mar 14 (ANI): At least four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured in a grenade attack in Jammu and Kashmir capital on Sunday afternoon. The CRPF sources told 3/14/2010   Kandahar Governor demands more troops after 12 explosions Kabul, Mar.14 (ANI): Tooryalai Wesa, the Governor of Afghanistan''s war-ravaged Kandahar province, has called for the deployment of more troops in and around the southern city in the wake of the twelve explosions that killed dozens of people on S 3/14/2010   Mumbai court grants police custody to two terrorists arrested by ATS Mumbai, Mar 14 (ANI): A Mumbai Court on Sunday granted police custody of two terrorists arrested till March 18 on charges of attempting to blow up the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plant here. The two terrorists, identified as La 3/14/2010   Pak intelligence claim India used Afghan soil to plot Lahore serial blasts Lahore, Mar.14 (ANI):  Pakistani intelligence agencies have claimed nabbing the mastermind of the Lahore serial blasts and one of his close associates in a raid in southern Punjab province, and the extremists have reportedly revealed that th 3/14/2010   Maneka Gandhi stopped from entering riot-hit Bareilly Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 14 (ANI): Noted animal-rights activist and Aonla MP Maneka Gandhi, who is heading the three member panel appointed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to monitor the situation in riot-hit Bareilly was on Sunday not a 3/14/2010   Maharashtra ATS nabs two terrorists Mumbai, Mar 14 (ANI): Maharashtra''s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Sunday arrested two terrorists from a suburb, who had come with the mission of blowing up the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plant here. Sources said the two had c 3/14/2010   India to conduct missile interceptor test Chandipur (Orissa), Mar 14 (ANI): The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will on Sunday conduct a missile interceptor test off the Orissa coast as part of building a two-layered Ballistic Missile Defence shields. An indi 3/14/2010   Gadkari sending team to riot-hit Bareilly Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 14 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari is sending a three-member team to riot-hit Bareilly to take note of the prevailing situation. Sources said the team that is headed by noted anima 3/14/2010   Commandoes deployed at Kochi''s ancient Jewish synagogue following terror threat Kochi, Mar 14 (ANI): Commandoes were deployed at the synagogue in Kochi, the oldest place of worship of the Jewish community in the country following a terror alert by the Union Home Ministry. Ten commandoes each and Quick Action Team of 3/14/2010   No ‘solid’ evidence about India’s hand in Lahore blasts : Qureshi Islamabad, Mar.14 (ANI): While political leaders in the country and some sections of the media wasted no time in pointing fingers towards ‘foreign involvement’, read India, in the series of Lahore blasts, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qu 3/14/2010   Pak won’t budge an inch from Kashmir stance : Qureshi Islamabad, Mar.14 (ANI): Raking up the Kashmir issue once again, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said Islamabad would not step down from its ‘principled’ stance on Kashmir and river water sharing issues with India. Addr 3/14/2010   Stronger political will required to achieve complete global non-proliferation: Kazakh FM Geneva, Mar.14 (ANI): Kazakhstan''s Foreign Minister, Kanat Saudabayev, has expressed grave concern over the international community''s lack of political will to achieve complete global non-proliferation, and reiterated that this is an absolute m 3/14/2010   Australia steals the show and Hockey World Cup from Germany   New Delhi, March 13 (ANI): Aussie players proved a little too much for the Germans playing in the Hockey World Cup final on Saturday, as Team Australia with its speed and brilliant use of tactics managed to wi 3/13/2010   Australia steals the show and Hockey World Cup from Germany New Delhi, March 13 (ANI): Aussie players proved a little too much for the Germans playing in the Hockey World Cup final on Saturday, as Team Australia with its speed and brilliant use of tactics managed to win the cup after a 24 year hiatus with 3/13/2010   Rajasthan Royals win hearts with Pathan’s blitzkrieg despite losing to Mumbai Indians   3/13/2010   Vettel claims pole in Bahrain grand prix, Schumacher seventh Manama ( 3/13/2010   Maharashtra still favoured industrial destination, claims Ashok Chavan Pune, Mar 13 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minster Ashok Chavan claimed on Saturday that the State is still a favoured destination of industries. 3/13/2010   Kashmir PDP wants to bar citizenship to women who marry outsiders Jammu, Mar 13 (A 3/13/2010   Southee, Bond help Kiwis thrash Australia by 51 runs in Wellington ODI Wellington, Mar 13(ANI): 3/13/2010   Mayawati reportedly spending Rs 200 million on party rally Lucknow, Mar 13 3/13/2010   India scotches Pak allegations of involvement in Lahore serial blasts New Delhi, Mar 13 (ANI): India has rebuffed the statements emanating from Pakistan alleging Indian hands in series of attacks, which rocked Lahore on Friday. MEA in a statement said, "We categorically reject, once again, the allegations 3/13/2010   Telangana action committee expels Telugu Desam Party Hyderabad, Mar 13 (ANI): The Telangana All Party Joint Action Committee (JAC) on Saturday expelled main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) from the committee. According to JAC convenor Kodandaram, the TDP was expelled as its legislators 3/13/2010   16 Naxals surrender in Orissa Gajapati (Orissa), Mar 13 (ANI): The ongoing anti Naxal operation registered a major success when 16 ultras put their arms before the state police on Saturday in Orissa’s Gajapati District. Police said that the surrendered ultras are keen 3/13/2010   Pak SC asks accountability bureau to ‘stop playing hide and seek’ over Zardari’s immunity Islamabad, Mar.13 (ANI): Reprimanding the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) over its dilly-dallying attitude, the Pakistan Supreme Court has asked the bureau to “stop playing hide and seek” over the immunity status granted to President Asif Al 3/13/2010   Shia cleric oppose Women''s Reservation Bill Allahabad, Mar 13 (ANI): Leading Shia cleric and scholar Maulana Kalbe Jawwad has opposed Women''s Reservation Bill. Addressing reporters here on Friday, Jawwad said that God has created women to bring up their children in a better way, 3/13/2010   Pak cricket needs players who serve nation like India: Roebuck Sydney, Mar.13 (ANI): Describing ‘turmoil’ as the main feature of sport, particularly in cricket in Pakistan, noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck has said Pakistan needs players who play for the country much like India. “Pakistan desper 3/13/2010   US Congress told of unholy LET-ISI nexus By Naveen Kapoor New Delhi, Mar 13 (ANI): Majority of think tanks and experts have informed the US Congress of the close coordination between the Lashkar-e-Toiba and the Inter Services Intelligence organization of Pakistan in promoting Is 3/13/2010   Keep hands off my coach, Murray warns Brit tennis association London, Mar 13 (ANI): Britain''s Lawn Tennis Association has been asked by their No.1 player Andy Murray to keep their hands off his personal coach. Murray has sent a stark warning to the LTA as they hunt for a new Davis Cup captain. 3/13/2010   Pak Taliban warns of retaliatory attacks on security forces in Bajaur Islamabad, Mar.13 (ANI): The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has warned of intensifying attacks on security forces in Bajaur region of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) if does not stop the offensive against extremists in the region 3/13/2010   Bareilly curfew enters 13th day Bareilly (UP), Mar 13 (ANI): A large part of Uttar Pradesh''s Bareilly district is under curfew for the 13th day running today. On Friday, at least 15 people, including a senior police officer, were injured when members of a community cl 3/13/2010   Tearful memorial service for Gurshan held in Melbourne, body to be flown back to India Melbourne, Mar 13(ANI): Three-year-old Indian toddler Gurshan Singh’s memorial service was held on Saturday at a funeral chapel in Thomastown, Melbourne. Gurshan’s body lay in a white coffin with candles burning at either end, and it will 3/13/2010   Fear paralyses residents following series of low intensity blasts in Lahore Lahore, Mar.13 (ANI): Just hours after Lahore was rocked with two powerful bomb blasts which killed 42 persons and wounded over 100, the city was rattled with six low intensity blasts petrifying local citizens further. Though there were n 3/13/2010   Manmohan Singh to inaugurate new TN Assembly complex today New Delhi, Mar 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the Rs.425 crore new Tamil Nadu Assembly complex in Chennai this evening. Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala and several cen 3/13/2010   Sachin Tendulkar becomes UN''s goodwill ambassador Mumbai, Mar 12(ANI): Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been named the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 3/12/2010   Germany proposes to set up science and technology centre in India By Sandhya Sharma 3/12/2010   India, Russia signs long pending deals New Delhi, Mar 12(ANI): 3/12/2010   Putin meets Sonia Gandhi New Delhi, Mar 12 (ANI): Russian Prime Minister V 3/12/2010   India expresses concern over opium cultivation in neighbouring countries Vienna (Austria), Mar 12(ANI): India has expressed concern that more than 90 percent of the world''s opium production is taking place in its neighbourhood. 3/12/2010   Putin shares India''s concerns on AFPAK, but hails Pakistan''s counter-terror efforts By Naveen Kapoor 3/12/2010   Cook, Pietersen help England take complete command against Bangladesh Chittagong (Bangladesh), Mar 12(ANI): England skipper Alastair Cook scored an unbeaten century on his debut as Test captain and Kevin Pietersen hit 99 to help England 3/12/2010   India''s power production falls short by 2.7 percent New Delhi, Mar 12 (ANI): The Union Government on Friday said that electricity generation in the country is running 2.7 percent short of the set target of 720.88 Billio 3/12/2010   Pakistan is a difficult neighbour: Chidambaram   3/12/2010   Government has right to use force against Maoists: Chidambaram   3/12/2010   Free treatment of heart, kidney and bone diseases for BPL persons, says Government New Delhi, Mar 12 (ANI): The government on Friday declared that treatment for heart, kidney and bone diseases would be provided free of cost to all patients living below the poverty line (BPL) and at subsidized rates to others in the government h 3/12/2010   Women''s Reservation Bill should be passed without hiccups: Jayalalithaa Chennai, Mar 12 (ANI): All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief Jayalalithaa on Friday voicing her support to the Women''s Reservation Bill said all political parties should ''look beyond narrow divides'', thereby ensuring that the 3/12/2010   Trinmool M P ready to mediate with Maoists Kolkata, Mar 12(ANI): Singer-turned politician Kabir Suman on Thursday expressed his willingness to mediate between Maoists and Union Government. Earlier this month, Maoist leader Koteshwar Rao had said Maoists would shun violence if the 3/12/2010   Death toll in Lahore twin blast reaches 40, over 100 injured Lahore, Mar.12 (ANI): The death toll in twin bomb blasts which rocked Lahore’s cantonment area on Friday noon has reached 40 and over 100 injured as police officials confirmed that the target of the suicide attackers were the Pakistani army vehic 3/12/2010   Malegaon blast case: Bombay High Court rejects Sadhvi Thakur''s bail plea Mumbai, Mar 12 (ANI): The Bombay High Court on Friday turned down the bail plea of 2008 Malegaon blast prime accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur. Justice S C Dharmadhikari rejected her lawyer''s argument that she had been illegally detai 3/12/2010