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The bandh call came after the city police gave permission to the pro-united AP state government employees to organise a public meeting in Hyderabad.

Pakistan said it was moving forward with eliminating the negative list on trade with India as part of its overall trade policy.

The world's fourth-biggest energy user is considering a Rs 3 to 5 increase in the price of diesel.

Two masked men shot and killed store owner Jagtar Singh, and his employee Pawan Preet at Middlebury Street in Elkhart.

The sport is bidding to return to the 2020 Olympics after losing its spot in February before making it back to a shortlist with squash and softball/baseball.

Vettel posted the fastest time in the second practice, more than six-tenths of a second faster than team-mate Mark Webber.

Meanwhile, the police said they are yet to receive video clip denying the existence of any CD that could hold evidence against Asaram.

Lack of political consensus forced the government to put the decision on hold.

Sushil Kumar said the sport would come out stronger after the IOC's Executive Board backs it in their meeting in Buenos Aires on September 8.

After a delay of nearly a decade, Parliament, on Friday, passed a key economic reforms legislation, the Pension Bill, that aims to create a regulator for the sector and allows at least 26 per cent FDI.

Production at the Kudankulam Nuclear Plant is expected to start within 15-20 days as the trials runs have been completed, Union Minister V Narayanasamy  said on Friday.

India is in touch with Afghanistan over the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee by suspected Taliban militants in that country, Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid said on Friday.

The Chhattisgarh government has decided to constitute a School Education Commission with an aim to improve the standard of education in the tribal state, besides addressing the needs of aggrieved teachers.

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari will inaugurate the 12th international meet of SAARC Engineers Forum in Chandigarh on Saturday.

Djokovic quickly overcame a one-set lull against 21st-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia before finishing off a 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 victory.

President Barack Obama pressed fellow world leaders on Thursday to support a US-led strike on Syria, but he ran into opposition from Russia, China and even the European Union - which condemned the deadly recent chemical weapons attack in Bashar Assad's co...