Asked how many such visas they issue every year, the
Chinese Embassy official put the number at less than 100.

G K Nair

Commenting on the development, Jammu and Kashmir
Congress president Saifuddin Soz termed it as a "mischief" by
China and said Kashmiri travellers should not accept such

New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) The Indian Air Force (IAF) is
upgrading six airstrips in Arunachal Pradesh bordering China
to improve its capabilities to move troops there quickly, Air

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister told reporters at the
Government general hospital at Kochi that arrangements have
been made to transport the embalmed bodies of the victims

By P. Vijian

New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Five Tibetans were Thursday
detained during a protest against 60 years of Chinese rule in
Tibet in front of that country's embassy here.

New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Warning of a second wave of swine
flu pandemic which might be highly pathogenic and have a high
fatality rate, experts have asked the Government to be

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 1 (PTI) A judicial probe would
be held into the boat tragedy at Thekkady in Kerala's Idukki
district which claimed 36 lives, Chief Minister V S

New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Eleven people from Delhi,
including three each from two neighbouring families, were
among 39 people killed in a boat capsize in Kerala's Idukki