Washington: Prime minister Manmohan Singh, who begins his four-day US visit tomorrow, would not stay at the historic Blair House, the designated guest house of the US president where all his state guests are traditionally known to have stayed. Instead, Singh would be staying at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel, located three blocks away from .. more »

Suspected Lashkar operative David Coleman Headley got his Caucasian looks  and western-sounding name, which blinded intelligence agencies of two countries to his terror links, from his mother. Before the Federal Bureau of Investigation stumbled upon Headley’s terror links, Headley had a free run of India and Denmark, two countries that .. more »

"There are about 700 terrorists of different outfits operating in the state and these may include some who had surrendered earlier," Khoda said, when asked by reporters whether militants who had surrendered in the past have again taken to arms. When asked if there had been an increase in infiltration bids from across the International .. more »

Jammu: Security personnel tonight foiled an infiltration bid after a brief encounter with the militants along the Line Of Control in Balakote area, around 190km from here. Troops who were patrolling forward area along the LOC in Balakote in Poonch district observed some movement of militants and opened fire on them, Brigadier General Staff (BGS), .. more »

Jammu: Two terrorists and a soldier were killed in a gunbattle after Indian troops foiled an infiltration bid from across the Line of Control (LoC) - in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district late Saturday, according to reports... more »

Jammu: There are nearly 700 terrorists operating in Jammu and Kashmir and the infiltrating militants in the state are getting funds and equipment from Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir director general of police Kuldeep Khoda today said. "There are about 700 terrorists of different outfits operating in the state and these may include some who had .. more »

Two militants and an army jawan were killed in a fierce gunbattle between security forces and Ultras in a forest area of Jammu and Kashmir's [ A jawan was also wounded in the firefight, which was still continuing at Dhandot-Kanga Gali, nearly 180 km from Jammu, official sources said. Some four to five militants were still hiding in the area, .. more »

KANPUR, India (Reuters) - Muttiah Muralitharan will be hoping the bowlers get more favourable conditions when Sri Lanka face India in the second test from Tuesday after a flat pitch consigned the first to a high-scoring draw. The 37-year-old Sri Lanka spinner, 14 short of extending his world record test wicket haul to 800, claimed just three .. more »

The islanders, who have never won a Test on Indian soil in six previous series, gave themselves a fair chance of scripting history at Ahmedabad by stacking up a huge 760/7 declared in their first innings. But India wiped out a 334-run deficit on first innings, thanks to a docile pitch and some resolute batting by their top-order batsmen. Sri .. more »

The 37-year-old Sri Lanka spinner, 14 short of extending his world record test wicket haul to 800, claimed just three wickets in 63.5 overs in the first test in Ahmedabad. Muralitharan will also be looking to improve his modest record in India in his final away test series, having announced in July his plan to retire from tests next year. Sri .. more »

Geneva: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left on Sunday for Washington on a State Visit to the US during which the two countries are expected to take their bilateral relationship to a new level. After a over-night stay here, Singh left for the US capital, where a red carpet welcome awaits him as he lands at the Andrews Air Force Base. On Monday, .. more »

Days ahead of the state visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a resolution commemorating the Indo-US relationship has been schedule to be taken up for debate in the US House of Representative on Wednesday. The resolution (H res No 890) moved by Congressman Jim McDermott and co-sponsored by 14 other lawmakers has been placed sixth the agenda item .. more »

Six people were on Sunday killed and 54 others injured, including 34 seriously, in the two blasts suspected to have been triggered by ULFA near a police station here, five days ahead of the banned militant outfit's raising day. A high alert has been sounded across Assam after the blasts and patrolling intensified in the affected area. Nalbari .. more »

Six people were on Sunday killed and 54 others injured, including 34 seriously, in the two blasts suspected to have been triggered by ULFA near a police station in Nalbari, five days ahead of the banned militant outfit's Raising Day. A high alert has been sounded across Assam after the blasts and patrolling intensified in the affected area. .. more »

Suspected ULFA militants triggered two back to back blasts near a police station in Assam's Nalbari district today, killing seven persons and injuring 53 others. The bombs strapped to bicycles exploded 15 minutes of each other and 50 metres apart, Nalbari police superintendent Jitmol Doley said. The first blast which was of mild intensity .. more »