Lucknow, Nov 11 (PTI) The assault on Samajwadi Party
lagislator Abu Asim Azmi in the Maharashtra assembly has come
in for severe criticism by Hindi litterateurs and political

Delinking the Nepalese Maoists from the Indian Maoists,
Prachanda said on Saturday that "we had personal contacts with
them during the decade-long People's War (in Nepal), which

Shirish B Pradhan
Kathmandu, Nov 11 (PTI) Nepal's opposition Maoists
Wednesday insisted that they had no involvement with the

Former Indian minister P R Dasmunsi's wife Deepa
Dasmunsi had vacated the seat after she was elected to the Lok
Sabha.

Mukherjee said the message of voters was clear. "It is
proof of the people's confidence in the leadership of Mamata
Banerjee and their support for the TC-Congress alliance."

Kolkata, Nov 11 (PTI) The results of the 10 assembly
by-elections in India's eastern state of West Bengal once
again proved that the people wanted the Trinamool

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Nov 11 (PTI) Heeding to FBI's call to grant
it some more time to probe a failed LeT terror plot in India,

"Additionally, further investigations regarding the full
scope of the two defendants' activity is ongoing and includes

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Nov 11 (PTI) President Barack Obama has
nominated Indian-American Rajiv Shah to head US Agency for
International Development (USAID).

New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI) As the country embarked upon
setting up new IITs, IIMs and Central universities, Prime
Minister of India Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said attracting