COIMBATORE: Ayurveda symbolized the best of India's traditions for many people in the outside world and was seen as a relief from the regimen of allopathic system of medicine, M K Narayanan, National Security Advisor, said here.

NEW DELHI: The Home Ministry attributed to "human error" by an immigration official the discreet departure of Ken Haywood, a US national whose internet connection was used to send terror e-mail minutes before Ahmedabad blasts.

JAMMU: The festering Amarnath land row was resolved with the state government and the group spearheading the movement entering into an agreement following which the over two-month-long agitation in Jammu was called off but reaction in the Valley was not fully receptive to the accord.

CORK, Ireland: Once upon a time that beautiful spread of land by the River Lee housed a swimming pool. They called it the Lee Baths, a pool that people have been swarming to do their butterflies and breaststrokes since 1934.

Afghan President, Hamid Karzai's visit to India on August 4 following the SAARC summit held in Colombo, was significant to India in many respects. Karzai was the first to hold the Pakistani spy agency responsible for the July 7 suicide attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul.

Originality is one of the special fea-tures of Sri Guru Granth Sahib which makes it distinct from other holy scriptures.

NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympics contingent, including the three medal winners Abhinav Bindra, Sushil Kumar and Vijender Singh were felicitated by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) at a grand ceremony here.