Kabul, Oct 8 (PTI) A suicide bomber Thursday blew up his
car outside the compound of the Indian Embassy in the Afghan
capital killing at least 12 people and leaving 83 wounded,

Though no body claimed immediate responsibility for the
attack, Afghan officials said, it had all the hallmarks of a
Taliban strike. The city has recently been scene of a number

New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) The Indian government Wednesday
expressed disappointment over a French company snapping up
Mahatma Gandhi's Johannesburg house through Sotheby's auction

Natasha Chaku

The thatched-roof rondavel- style house was inhabited by
young lawyer Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi from 1908 to 1910,
was designed by Gandhi's confidant and architect Hermann

The woman, who called the ambulance said she had seen up
to 10 men crowding around the man before fleeing.

Prasun Sonwalkar

After his graduation in Physics from Baroda University
in 1971, Ramakrishnan left for the US where he did his Ph D in
the same subject from Ohio University in 1976 and has been

Lalit K Jha

Petraeus said it is now increasingly becoming clear that
al-Qaeda is now a diminished organisation.