NEW DELHI: India has told China that the Dalai Lama is an "honored guest" but assured that it will not allow any political activity by the Tibetan refugees that might affect relations with the neighboring country.

AHMEDABAD: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) said its "innovative" approach to give waiver of fees to needy students was the reason why the Union Human Resource Development Minister agreed to allow over 100 per cent fee hike at the top business school.

PANAJI: The Goa Police says the non- resident Indian (NRI) woman, who had alleged she was raped in a five-star hotel here last month, is not traceable.

JAMMU: India and Pakistan should facilitate people to people contact between Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the National Conference patron and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah has said.

DHAR, MP: Top leaders of banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), arrested from Indore and this neighboring district, were remanded in police custody till April 11 by a court here. .

NEW DELHI: In a bid to give an impetus to the higher education sector, the Government has decided to establish four new IITs and six IIMs in various states besides upgrading some of the state universities to the status of Central Universities.

NEW DELHI: In what could be a major bonanza for over four million central government employees, the Sixth Pay Commission has recommended an average hike of 40 per cent in salaries and doubling most allowances that would cost the exchequer Rs 12,561 crore in 2008-09.

NEW DELHI: Unhappy with the Pay commission recommendations for the Armed Forces, the three Service Chiefs met Defense Minister A K Antony and sought a 40 to 60 per cent increase over and above the hike suggested by the panel saying they deserved a better deal.

NEW DELHI: A former senior US official has echoed senior BJP leader L K Advani's views that American policy failed to recognize Pakistan as the epicenter of international terror. "I think it was the failure of the American policy," former US Ambassador Robert Blackwill told NDTV.