NEW DELHI: Team Anna today launched their indefinite fast here, raising the pitch against the UPA government on the issue of corruption.Anna Hazare's three close aides – Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Gopal Rai – sat on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar here while the 74-year-old activist is on a dharna.Hazare has served an ultimatum that he will...

WASHINGTON: In a scathing attack on US President Barack Obama's foreign policy, his Republican rival Mitt Romney has accused the administration of betraying the country by leaking national security secrets for political gains and failing to stand up to adversaries like China and Iran.Ahead of his six-day trip to Britain, Israel and Poland, Romney said Obama's policies have made...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Premier Raja Pervez Ashraf today got a temporary reprieve as the Supreme Court extended till August 8 the deadline for him to approach Swiss authorities to revive graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, a case that had cost his predecessor his job.The court had earlier directed the Premier to comply with its directive to reopen the...

DRASS, J&K: The Indian Army in its full military grandeur today began the two-day celebrations of the 13th anniversary of its victory in the 1999 Kargil war with the hoisting of a massive national flag at the War Memorial in Drass sub-sector of the district.General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Army's Northern Command Lt Gen K T Parnaik and Member of...

NEW DELHI: Known as the hunter of man-eating tigers and leopards, Jim Corbett has been chronicled in two new books, which takes readers through various adventures of the British conservationist some of them in his own words.Unpublished essays, diary entries, articles for newspapers and gazettes written by Corbett's contemporaries as well as letters between him and his editors at...

NEW DELHI: Former India captain Kapil Dev and the Indian Cricket Board today buried the hatchet following their differences over cricketers joining rebel ICL, and welcomed him back with immediate effect disbursing his one-time benefit payment of Rs 1.5 crore.The BCCI issued a media release, moments after the 1983 World Cup winning captain met president N Srinivasan at the...

NEW DELHI: Upping the ante, sulking NCP today warned the Congress that if its demands like coordination committee for UPA coalition and better treatment of allies were not resolved by tomorrow it would pull out from the government.The party led by Sharad Pawar has also indicated that any pull out in Delhi could have a cascading effect on the...

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has named four Indian-American scientists among 96 researchers as recipients of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.The awards bestowed on Sridevi Vedula Sarma, Pawan Sinha, Parag A Pathak and Biju Parekkadan is the highest honor given by the US Government to science and engineering professionals in the early stages of...

NEW DELHI: Stepping up pressure ahead of the indefinite fast from tomorrow, Anna Hazare today issued a new threat of a 'jail bharo' agitation if the government does not concede to their demands in three-four days.Hazare's video message came a day ahead of his Team's fast from tomorrow in Jantar Mantar demanding setting up of a Special Investigation Team...

ISLAMABAD: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will undertake a three-day visit to Pakistan from September 7 to review the second round of the bilateral dialogue process with his counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar.Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal met Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani yesterday and informed him about the dates for Krishna's visit, diplomatic sources told PTI.The dates...