Srinagar, Oct 7 (PTI) Three top Lashkar-e-Toiba militants
were among five ultras killed in three separate encounters
with security forces in Kashmir Valley Wednesday.

New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) The Delhi High Court Wednesday
admitted an appeal filed by the Supreme Court challenging its
order which had held that the office of Chief Justice of India

New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) Centre has released Rs 209.1 crore
from the Calamity Relief Fund to flood-hit southers states of
Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka to tackle the situation.

Personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF),
Army, Navy and Air Force have been deployed by the Centre to
help the state in the largescale rescue and evacuation

Hyderabad, Oct 7 (PTI) Over two dozen villages in
Krishna and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh continue to
face flood fury as Repalle town in Guntur district was

New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) Acclaimed Indian flutist Pandit
Hari Prasad Chaurasia, who was recently knighted by the French
government, will now be honoured with a special two-day-long

Born into a non-musical family in Allahabad, Chaurasia
went against the wishes of his father, who wanted him to be a
wrestler, to pursue his passion for music.

Developing nations are demanding greater voting rights
in both the IMF and World Bank. The G-20 nations last month
agreed to shift five per cent voting share in the IMF, against

Riyadh, Oct 6, SPA -- On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy
Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Dr Abdulaziz Khoja, the minister

New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Tuesday acknowledged the need to rationalise and simplify tax
structure for processed food sector, which grew at 14.7 per