Rituparna Bhuyan Posted: Saturday, Nov 28, 2009 at 2353 hrs IST Updated: Saturday, Nov 28, 2009 at 2353 hrs IST New Delhi: Exports, which saw the steepest fall of 39.2% in May at the height of the global financial crisis, only contracted 6.6% in October.

"I don't think," said Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma when asked whether the confidence erosion in Dubai would have ripple effect in India.

MUMBAI: Amid reports about Mumbai Police Crime Branch Chief Rakesh Maria's offer to resign if Home Ministry does not clarify allegations levelled against him by Vinita Kamte, the slain IPS officer Ashok Kamte's widow today said she stands by each and every word in the book written by her.

New Delhi: Overseas affairs minister Vayalar Ravi on Thursday said the government was in the final stage of establishing a 'Return and Resettlement Fund' that will provide "reasonable level of financial security" to overseas returnees.

Kutch , Nov.26 : Indian paramilitary forces have heightened vigil along the Sir Creek area, 100 kilometres estuary that lies between Gujarat and the Pakistani province of Sindh.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said Pakistan will produce evidence of India's alleged involvement in fomenting unrest in the tribal areas and Balochistan when there is a need to do so.

At least two terrorists were killed Thursday in a gun battle with security forces in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The government's reluctance to respond to Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani's demand for coordinated action by various agencies to provide relief to people affected by 26/11 led to a heated exchange between Leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee and Bharatiya Janata Party MPs in Lok Sabha Thursday.

A memorial for 18 security personnel, including National Security Guards commander Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, is to be unveiled by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram [ Images ] in Mumbai.

Photograph from the Facebook album of Michaele Salahi, showing Vice President Joe Biden , Tareq and Michaele Salahi who appear to have crashed the White House state dinner on Tuesday.

On the eve of the first anniversary of the deadly terror attacks that paralyzed Mumbai for 60 terrifying hours, groups around the city held vigils, calling for police reform and painting murals to remember the 166 killed.

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati warned Wednesday that her government would take "strict action" against anyone creating law and order problems over the Ayodhya temple-mosque row.

Pune, Nov 25 President Pratibha Patil, who made history Wednesday by becoming the world's first woman president to fly in a fighter jet, descended from an Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30 MKI in a G-suit instead of her trademark sari.

MUMBAI, India - A year after the deadly assault here by Pakistan-based militants that killed 163 people, this sprawling mega-city is a more cautious and safer place, but it remains vulnerable despite government pledges to overhaul security.

Press Trust of India Posted: Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 at 2152 hrs IST Updated: Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 at 2152 hrs IST Mumbai: Two days before the first anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes, Maharashtra's counter terror unit, Force One, an elite force formed on the lines of National Security Guards , became operational here on Tuesday.

Retired judge's report indicts 68 people for events leading up to destruction of 16th-century Babri mosque by Hindu mob Hindu youths on the Babri mosque hours before its destruction in 1992.

Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering buffalo calves by hacking off their heads.

Kalyan Singh, who was the Uttar Pradesh chief minister when the Babri mosque was razed, said he suspected a "political conspiracy" behind the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry that has severely indicted leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party for the demolition.

Bhubaneswar, India: India carried out a night-time test of a nuclear-capable, medium-range ballistic missile off its eastern coast on Monday, a defence official said.

NEW DELHI, 23 NOV: Japanese auto major Toyota today said it is considering to set up an engine and transmission plant in India as it looks to use more vehicle parts made here in its cars than import them.