Mumbai, India News

Nearly a year after the 26/11 terror strikes, 'Force One', an elite force formed for the security of the states on the lines of National Security Guards , became operational on Tuesday.

Security improvements described as 'symbolic' A year has passed since the deadly Mumbai militant attack, but it remains a target, according to experts, who called for more to be done to improve security in the city and elsewhere in India to prevent another strike.

For Indian brides buying jewellery, the bigger the better is the general rule, but record gold prices during this year's wedding season are forcing many to compromise.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives at the White House Tuesday wondering if his country remains the US priority under President Obama that it became under President Bush.

By Nadeem Sarwar Islamabad, Nov 23 As the families of the hundreds of victims killed or injured in last year's terrorist attacks in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai wait for justice, the Pakistani Islamist groups believed to be behind the carnage are still alive and kicking.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday it was not clear if Pakistan's president was in control of the army and said Pakistan's objectives in Afghanistan were not necessarily those of the United States.

Is Elizabeth Hurley tiring of all things Indian? Mandrake asks only because the actress-turned-businesswoman was conspicuous by her absence at the launch of To India With Love, a fundraising book for the victims of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, to which she had contributed.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat Sunday criticised the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena for fuelling a language row by insisting on speaking only in Marathi even in the legislature.

Members of a Hindu hard-line political party on Friday ransacked the offices of an Indian television news channel in the western Indian city of Mumbai, using iron rods and baseball bats to beat employees and smash furniture.

An inquiry has revealed that the Indian Consulate in Chicago was guilty of a major security lapse while issuing visas to Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistani- Canadian arrested by the FBI for allegedly plotting terror strikes in India, and his wife.

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, best known for winning the British version of television show Celebrity Big Brother, married in a lavish ceremony in western India.

GENEVA: The US Saturday disclosed to India new information linking the terror plot hatched by expatriates David Coleman Headley and Tahawuur Rana with some elements in the ISI and said it will reveal the name of a key Pakistani national linked to the Mumbai carnage in a week's time.

Come Friday prayers in Lahore, it is not hard to find the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks.

READY TO FIRE: Indian soldiers take positions during a gun battle at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai last November Picture: REUTERS In almost every way, David Headley was the perfect neighbour.

Mumbai A local court on Saturday remanded all the 17 Shiv Sena members, arrested for attacking the IBN-Lokmat Marathi news channel office, to police custody till November 23.

Taking a cue from their colleagues in the Supreme Court, all the 54 judges of the Madras High Court led by Chief Justice HL Gokhale on Friday made their assets public on the court's website.

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said at a function that "locals must be given importance.

Indian troops stand guard near the Line of Control, the de facto India-Pakistan border earlier this year.

Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son accused of helping fund and providing logistical support for last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, authorities said.

The head of the IBN Lokmat, Nikhil Wagle, at his office after the attack by the Shiv Sena on Friday.