NDTV.comBSP MP's kin held for bid to rape two girlsThe HinduTwo relatives of BSP MP Kadir Rana were arrested in Lucknow on Friday in connection with the alleged attempt to rape two Delhi girls. “Shazaib and Saddam were arrested in the city around…

Eurasia ReviewUS circulates 'thought paper' on Indian membership of NSGThe HinduProving the adage that good news and bad news tend to come together, the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) began consideration of an American proposal to enrol India as…

NDTV.comNation needs young PM: DigvijayTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has said that the country needs a young prime minister although he added there was no vacancy for now. Asked in a TV interview whether the country…

Reuters AfricaAshok Tuteja in IslamabadChandigarh TribuneIndia and Pakistan on Friday decided to initiate a series of nuclear and cross-LoC confidence building measures (CBMs) as the foreign secretaries of the two countries concluded their two-day talk…

Indian ExpressCentre distances itself from joint Lokpal Bill draftThe HinduThe Union government on Friday distanced itself from the joint Lokpal Bill draft prepared by its representatives and Team Anna and maintained that it had no role in the exercise…

The HinduRights panel's notice to UP government on Dr. Sachan's deathThe HinduPTI The body of Deputy Chief Medical Officer YS Sachan being taken for cremation in Lucknow on Friday. Dr. Sachan died under mysterious circumstances in Lucknow distr…

RK Singh takes over as OSD, Home MinistryThe HinduRaj Kumar Singh on Friday took over as Officer on Special Duty in the Union Home Ministry. He will succeed Gopal Krishna Pillai as Home Secretary, who demits office on June 30. Mr. Singh, an IAS officer…

The HinduRoad map for social welfare, developmentThe HinduThiruvananthapuram: Governor RS Gavai on Friday laid out the policy perspectives of the new United Democratic Front (UDF) government headed by Oommen Chandy, laying emphasis on the welfare measu…

Irked Gadkari cancels his dinner date with MundeHindustan TimesSenior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gopinath Munde will have to wait for his one-on-one meeting with the party's national president. Munde tirade against the Nitin Gadkari camp i…

Geo Television NetworkPakistani sailors set to return home on MondayThe HinduWhen the five Pakistani sailors, who were rescued by the Indian Navy from Somali pirates, set out for their homeland from here on Monday morning, a photographer will miss them…