BANGALORE: A police team led by a senior official questioned the family of Sabeel Ahmed, one of the three Indian doctors detained in connection with the failed terror plot in Britain.

NEW DELHI: With the target to reverse the tide of HIV epidemic in the country by 2011, the third phase of the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP-III) is being launched

CHENNAI: Hundreds of villagers throng a cave temple in western Tamil Nadu every year, not knowing that the Goddess Amma idol they worship over the last two decades is in fact a sculpture of Mahavira dating to the seventh century.

NEW DELHI: The recently declassified US official records throw new light on the anger and frustration that seized President Richard Nixon during the 1971 Indo-Pak war and how Washington secretly pleaded with China to "menace" India by moving troops to the Indian border.

NEW DELHI: The NDA filed its complaint with the Election Commission that the Congress was using "undue influence" on voters in the presidential election and sought "appropriate action" against the party.

AHMEDABAD: Veteran Gandhians and school students staged a peaceful demonstration at the Gandhi Ashram here against the possible sale of Mahatma's letter by an auction house in London.

HYDERABAD: Outlining a roadmap for the world aerospace industry, President A P J Abdul Kalam called for international cooperation for developing a hypersonic, re-usable space vehicle with higher payload efficiency and lower cost which could revolutionize space transportation.

JAIPUR: Senior BJP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma died in a road accident in Alwar district of Rajasthan, nearly 165 kms from here.

NEW DELHI: The BJP downplayed the Shiv Sena's refusal to back Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat as an NDA-supported Presidential candidate, saying the ally's stand would have no impact on the chances of his success.

AMBALA: The Ambala Circle Saini Sabha annual function here was inaugurated by Kumari Shelja, Minister for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation.