Government must firefight growing threat of inflation Few will dispute Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that inflation ought not to be politicised. The figures released on Friday

New Delhi: Leader of the opposition L K Advani on Sunday reiterated BJP's opposition to the India-US nuclear deal, saying it barred New Delhi from further tests. But Brajesh Mishra, national security adviser in the previous NDA government, contradicted the stand in an interview to a TV channel.

Even as interested parties have approached the Supreme Court for clarification on its orders on shipbreaking safety norms, 88 ships have illegally beached at Alang in Gujarat without prior decontamination or requisite safety certificates. The court, in its order in September 2007, had ordered that all ships being beached in India should compulsorily carry the "Certificates for Gas Free for Hot Work'.

It's like Diwali for Pramila Bai, an anganwadi worker in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh. Since Saturday she has been busy whitewashing her single-storey house and doing it up, while also arranging for food and toasting freshly-plucked

The UPA government, it seems, has moved to implement a proposal backed by several key ministers, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and the Prime Minister's Office that Dow Chemicals' business be facilitated in India even while the government pursues a case against it in the Bhopal gas disaster.

New Delhi: A high-powered committee set up by the Planning Commission has said that people's discontent and failure of the system has led to the growth of Naxalism.

Rule Out Fault In Cold Chain System All four children who died after being administered the measles vaccine in Tamil Nadu on April 23 suffered severe brain haemorrhage resulting from an anaphylactic shock, an inquiry has found.

Out of a total of 98,908 deaths registered in 2006 in the national Capital, nearly 10 percent were due to heart ailments or heart attacks, a strong indication that Delhiites need to change their lifestyle.

Thiruvananthapuram: Stepping up the offensive on charges of nepotism by Union surface transport minister T R Baalu, leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, L K Advani, on Sunday demanded a statement by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

As per schedule, the Delhi Metro conducted trial runs on the first section of Phase II between Shahdara and Dilshad Garden, covering the 3.1 km stretch on Sunday.