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Serial bomb blasts in Jaipur recently is suspected to have links with Indore as one of the sketchs released by Rajasthan police is believed to have been involved in the crime resembles with one of the absconding activists of the banned SIMI.

British tourists continue to repose faith in the holiday destination of Jaipur despite the recent terror attack that claimed over 60 lives.

Maintaining the stay imposed by it last year on admissions in professional and educational institutions in Andhra Pradesh under a controversial law providing four per cent reservations to Muslims, the Supreme Court on Friday reiterated that none of the candidates would be given admission till any final order was passed by it.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Haryana Government after latter's decision to provide 33 per cent reservation to women and 50 per cent to rural candidates in the appointment of teachers and lecturers in the educational institutions was challenged before the court.

The nose wheel gear of a Dubai-bound Air India Boeing 777 collapsed on Friday, two hours before it was bound to take off, the second incident involving the airline's aircraft in two days at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.

Less than a month after China's new nuclear submarine base came to light, latest satellite images show that Beijing is upgrading and extending its nuclear missile deployment site that is nearest to India.

Senior officers of state and city police went into a huddle on Friday after two from a gang of five suspected Islamic fundamentalists escaped detention on Thursday when the Q Branch of state police raided a house, close on the heels of Jaipur blasts.

When Mohammad Arif, a salesman at Cycle Haat, sold an Apollo bicycle on Tuesday afternoon it was just another sale for him.

The hearing in the Faizabad district court serial blasts' case could not begin on Thursday as the UP Police and the Anti-Terrorist Squad, which is the investigating agency in the case, failed to produce the prime witness Purushottam Pandey before Additional Sessions Judge R K Gautam.

An uneasy peace exists in Sringeri these days. The temple town founded by Sankaracharya on the banks of the river Tunga in Karnataka's Chikamagalur district now has a fortified police station to guard against armed Naxals.

A hallmark of the past century has been the huge technological advance. Unfortunately, the more we progress, the more we rely - sometimes blindly - on technology.

The second phase of polling in Karnataka for 66 seats in the 224-member legislative assembly recorded 60.3 per cent polling with Naxal-hit areas in the Western Ghats recording some of the highest polling figures.

Raichur district is a study in paradoxes. The Raichur rural constituency has produced three state ministers, but the region remains one of the most backward in Karnataka. Two rivers bound the district to the North and the South, but 50 per cent of land remains drought-prone.

Kshiti Goswami, the RSP minister for Public Works Department, is one of the most dissenting voices in Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's cabinet. • After such bitter clashes, how will you hold peace meetings with CPI(M) leaders? Isn't it a farce? Vietnam also resumed talks with the US to resolve problems.

Three years and many political storms later, nine men accused in the sensational Kanichukulangara highway killings were pronounced guilty by the Alappuzha district court on Thursday.

At a time when long detention of prisoners is becoming a sensitive issue between India and Pakistan, New Delhi and Islamabad are set to sign an agreement next week when External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukhrjee visits Pakistan on granting consular access to prisoners on both sides within a specified time frame.

A week after infiltration by heavily-armed militants into Samba sector from across the international border on Thursday night, Director General of Border Security Force A K Mitra on Friday said they (BSF) were short of resources in manning the country's frontiers.

The Union Government on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging a Madras High Court order, which has held that backward category students competing for the civil services examination on merit cannot be given the benefit of reservation and allocated higher services and cadres.

In a shot in the arm for the Centre, the Supreme Court on Friday vacated the Calcutta High Court order staying implementation of 27 per cent quota for OBCs in post-graduate courses at the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C).

Under fire from the Opposition BJP for the UPA Government's dismal track record on terrorism, especially in the wake of the recent serial blasts in Jaipur, the ruling Congress looks set to get some talking heads to counter these charges with the Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) headed by Veerappa Moily deliberating on a new set of proposals to tackle terrorism.