PM Manmohan Singh held a meeting with L K Advani and discussed the internal security situation.

Days after Rahul Gandhi cited her as a microcosmic representative of the agrarian crisis in Vidharba, she got this help.

Nicholas Burns, one of the architects of the Indo-US nuclear deal, feels that Pakistan cannot expect a similar pact.

The family of a 44-year-old NRI killed in a road accident has been awarded Rs 1.75 crore as compensation.

JD-S chief H D Deve Gowda said he was not against BSP chief Mayawati becoming the Prime Minister.

Cong cautioned the Left that it would be helping the NDA if they failed to come out openly in support of the UPA after the next elections.

The downgrade would mean they would have no buyers for their debt papers. It would also impact borrowing from overseas banks," said a Mumbai-based analyst.

In a new report, the agency said the gross non-performing assets for the sector will rise to around 4 per cent on an asset size of over Rs 5,50,000 crore by March 2009, as against 2.7 per cent at the

However, portability services, which were earlier expected to be launched by the end of the year in the four metros -- Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai -- as well as Tamil Nadu, have now been delayed till February or March