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India's army tested a nuclear-capable Agni missile after sunset on Monday for the first time to demonstrate it could be fired whenever required, defence officials said.

India issued solar power targets on Monday, with plans to boost ouptut from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2022, but tied chances of the plan's success to availability of international finance and technology.

Bhopal, Nov 23(ANI): Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and chief of Bhartiya Janshakti Party, Uma Bharti, on Monday defended leaders of the BJP whose names have featured in a leaked report of the judicial commission that probed demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992.

The defence systems unit of India's top vehicle maker Mahindra & Mahindra will bid for domestic defence projects worth $3.5 billion over the next seven years, its chief executive said on Monday.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said Pakistan's objectives in Afghanistan are not necessarily those of the United States, a rare, harsh criticism of Islamabad by a man seen as trying to reduce tension between the arch rivals.

The Parliament was in uproar on Monday over a leaked government report blaming Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders for their role in the destruction of an ancient mosque that sparked widespread riots.

Kashmir's main separatist alliance has stirred controversy before resumed talks with New Delhi by saying China has a stake in peace in the region because a part of the disputed state is under Beijing's control.

Indian power projects of 4,000 megawatts (MW) capacity may miss their March commissioning date due to a shortage of engineers from Chinese firms that sold the equipment, junior power minister Bharatsinh Solanki said.

Opposition parties will meet Farm Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday to sort out procedural differences on sugarcane pricing issue, a top opposition leader said.

His brother is the suspect in the attack on Marathi channel IBN Lokmat?s office in Mumbai on Friday.

Ranchi, Nov 23 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh has described the leakage of the Liberhan Commission Report as an attempt to polarise voters during the forthcoming Jharkhand assembly polls.

Ranchi, Nov 23 (ANI): Police here have foiled a Maoist attempt to disrupt the Assembly polls in Jharkhand as they have arrested three people with electronic material used in landmine plants.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Sunday U.S. President Barack Obama was not soft on China and said he hoped he would discuss Tibet with the Indian prime minister in Washington this week.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday it was not clear if Pakistan's president was in control of the army and said Pakistan's objectives in Afghanistan were not necessarily those of the United States.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday there was no substitute to the U.S. dollar for replacement as the global reserve currency.

Nagpur, Nov. 22 (ANI): The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday demanded action against MNS chief Raj Thackeray for trying to divide the country in the name of language and humiliating the lingua franca.

Indore, Nov. 22 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Congress President Suresh Pachouri allegedly pushed and punched a party worker at the Indore airport after he was mobbed by a aspirants seeking nominations for upcoming civic polls in the state.

Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) on Sunday denied having any link to two men arrested in Chicago on terrorism charges.

China has a stake in peace in South Asia, and Kashmir in particular, as part of the disputed region is under Beijing's control, Kashmir's main separatist alliance said.

At least six people were killed and 40 wounded in two bomb blasts in Assam on Sunday, police said.
Bombs hidden in bicycles exploded in front of a police station and a shopping complex in Nalbari town, about 70 km (43 miles) west of state capital Dispur, Jitmol Doley, a senior police officer told Reuters by telephone.