BANGALORE: Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has announced the commencement of the integrated trial phase at the Bengaluru International Airport. This stage signals the final trial phase of the airport and involves integrating various processes to simulate real life airport operation.

NEW DELHI: In a bid to attract more Chinese tourists, India is set to launch an aggressive campaign in the neighboring country to showcase its historical and cultural sites.

NEW DELHI: The demand is feeble, not even listed in the charter of demands that they would present to the Railway Minister. But they plan to broach the issue at an appropriate time- why call us 'coolie'? "It is one of our several demands including a forth grade employee status to coolies and a pension scheme for those coolies attaining age of 60," says Mangat Ram Saini, Chairman, All India Railway Coolie Organization.

UDAIPUR, Tripura: The Congress is the only party which is serious about peace and development of North-eastern states, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh claimed here, while criticizing the Left Front government in Tripura for the "tardy" pace of development.

NAGPUR: Slamming judicial activism yet again, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee cautioned that any efforts by the judiciary to take on itself the "onerous responsibility" of the governance of the country will have "serious implications."

NEW DELHI: It was a chance encounter with a leprosy patient, in the last stages of the disease, lying huddled in a bundle of rags and exposed to the rain, that became a turning point in the life of Baba Amte and initiated him into the service of leprosy patients.

RANCHI: Hitting out at the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and Shiv Sena for making provocative statements against north Indians, RJD chief Lalu Prasad said the supporters of the Sangh parivar were posing a "challenge" to national unity.