New Delhi, Aug 10 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday
refused to extend the July 31 deadline for phasing out
15-year-old diesel-powered commercial vehicles from east

New Delhi, Aug 10 (PTI) Seeking to give urban street
vendors a "new deal", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday
asked state governments to take steps like devising norms for

Mumbai, Aug 10 (PTI) Shedding early gains, the Bombay
Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Monday fell further by 150
points on brisk selling by funds on fears that weak monsoon

Ahmedabad, Aug 10 (PTI) A youth from this west Indian
city tested positive for Swine Flu on Monday, taking the total
positive cases to 14 in Gujarat, which recorded its first

New Delhi, Aug 10 (PTI) Describing caste system as the
"greatest tragedy to befall human race", Speaker of Lok Sabha
(Lower House of Indian Parliament) Meira Kumar on Monday said

New Delhi, Aug 10 (PTI) Government on Monday said it will
amend the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) every year to
improve country's acquisition policy for the armed forces.

New Delhi, Aug 10 (PTI) Navy Chief of India Admiral
Sureesh Mehta on Monday said India should have "credible
minimum deterrence" keeping in view its neighbourhood.

Los Angeles, Aug 10 (PTI) Twelve Indian films,
including Satyajit Ray's "Pather Panchali" and "Agantuk", and
critically-acclaimed "Rudali" and "Salaam Bombay" will be

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Melbourne, Aug 10 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S M
Krishna has said some "dubious" educational institutions in
Australia were ruining the lives of young Indians and asked