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A three-member Pakistani judicial commission will visit India Feb 3-6 to record statements of witnesses and Indian investigators probing the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, the interior ministry said Friday.

The commission members are the head of t........

As the debt-laden civil aviation industry battles hard to stay afloat, the government said on Tuesday that it would kickstart the process to allow foreign airlines 49 per cent stake in Indian carriers, signalling a major shift in the UPA government&#........

The resilient Indian IT industry remains unaffected by the uncertainty in the macro-economic environment or the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, Wipro Chairman Azim Premji said Friday.

"Fortunately, uncertainty in the macro environment is not ........

Economic reforms were not working for everyone. A serious policy course correction based on "equity and justice," should replace the "growth" model in the forthcoming budget.

This is what representatives of several civil society groups under t........

Denouncing moves to let 100 percent FDI in single-brand retail, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday vowed to mobilise support to protect lakhs of shopkeepers.

"While the United Progressive Alliance government suspended its poli........

French Director Michel Hazanavicius joked that he was "speechless" after his audacious black-and-white silent film 'The Artist' on Tuesday swept the nominations for this year's Bafta (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) awards, r........

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday reiterated his commitment to follow the "13th Amendment plus approach" to achieve a political solution to the Tamils issue even as External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna urged Sri Lanka to move toward........

Salman Rushdie will not attend the Jaipur Literature Festival after authorities warned the controversial author he was a potential target of assassins at the event, following threats of protests from Muslim groups at his planned appearance.

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India's legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev Friday said he was ashamed with the cricket team's performance Down Under but felt that under-fire captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni deserved to be backed in troubled times.

"As a cricketer, I feel as........

The internally displaced persons (IDPs) in north Sri Lanka will soon be partners in building their own homes. The Tamils will build a majority of the 49,000 houses over the next few years. External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and his Sri Lankan cou........