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New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) China has formally invited United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her "family members" to attend the August 8 inaugural ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. Sources said Chinese ambassador to India Zhang Yan called on Gandhi Thursday at her 10, Janpath residence and ... Read more...

By Divyesh Vayedu Porbandar (Gujarat), July 25 (ANI): The age-old enmity between cats and dogs is quite well-known. But in an unusual case in Gujarat''s Vaadi area, three dogs and two cats showcase a unique bond of friendship by living together with love. The five live together as a ... Read more...

New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Air Mauritius aircraft which caught fire while taking-off here Thursday afternoon will now fly to Mauritius capital Port Louis at 10.30 p.m. Friday night, the airlines said here. The plane will carry all the 241 passengers stranded in the national capital for over 24 ... Read more...

By Ami Sharma Ahmedabad, July 25 (ANI): Parents of a nine-year-old boy in Gujarat are utterly disappointed after failing to get his custody from his foster parent. The boy was missing since 2002 Gujarat riots and was traced by a voluntary organization here. The family that adopted the child, Vivek ... Read more...

Ahmedabad, July 25 (ANI): Four teams of CID Crime Branch on Friday raided the Ashram of Asharam Bapu in Ahmedabad. The ashram in the Gujarat town has been in the headlines ever since the death of two children at its Gurukul. Earlier on July 18, people of the city ... Read more...

By Rajni Khaitan Indore, July 25 (ANI): Not many people may know that some Indian scriptures, which were originally written in Sanskrit or Pali languages, are available in various foreign languages besides English. A visit to a special library here reveals that and much more. Aziz Indori''s private library, located ... Read more...

By Shivaji Salukhe Pune, July 25 (ANI): Several birds facing a difficult time due to absence of fully developed trees have been provided special tiny homes here at the Empress Botanical Garden by nature and bird lovers. Artificial nests have been set up on trees by utilizing items like petrol ... Read more...

New Delhi , July 25 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association President Suresh Kalmadi wants athletes to win medals in boxing, tennis and shooting in Beijing Olympics. Addressing a send-off ceremony for the first batch of the 57-member contingent, Kalmadi said here that he hoped the ''Indian Express'' pair of Leander Paes ... Read more...

By Divyesh Vayeda Porbandar (Gujarat), July 25 (ANI): In an unique initiative to motivate individuals for reducing dependency on petrol-driven vehicles, a Porbandar school in Gujarat has made it compulsory for its students and staff to use bicycles to come to school. The objective of the school known as Bharatiya ... Read more...

New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Signalling improvement in defence ties between the two countries, two Saudi Arabian naval warships will arrive in India on their maiden visit Monday, a Indian Navy official said here Friday. “The Saudi Arabian ships have been visiting Pakistan. But it is the first time that ... Read more...

Dehradun (Uttarakhand), July 25 (ANI): A record rainfall in Dehradun city of Uttarakhand has brought everything here to a standstill. Local residents observe it as a quite unusual occurrence for July in this part of the State. Dehradun has witnessed 596-millimetre rainfall this month, which is a record here ... Read more...

New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Indian national P.K. Abhilash who was kidnapped by guerrillas in Sudan in May has been released after 74 days in captivity, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said Friday. Ravi said that Abhilash was in "sound health and prepared to undertake the return journey ... Read more...

By Ashok Pal Gwalior, July 25 (ANI): A septuagenarian in Gwalior wishes to leave no stone unturned to get his name endorsed in the Guinness Book of World Records. To make his claim for inclusion in the record book, he plays an eleven-feet flute, designed by him. Ramkrishna Trivedi has ... Read more...

Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Specialised refractories manufacturing major IFGL Refractories Ltd (IFGL) posted a net profit of Rs.106 million in the first quarter of 2008-09, registering a growth of 121.76 percent compared to the corresponding period last year. "The company has earned a very good profit in the first quarter ... Read more...

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) Vivek Oberoi took a short break from his shooting schedule for a Tips film in South Africa to fly to India for the Delhi premiere of his film "Mission Istanbul". "I requested Tips to let me off just one day for the Delhi ... Read more...

New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) hardly had any problem in picking the competitors for the Beijing Olympic Games as most of them qualified on merit, but it is caught in a cleft stick while finalising the backup staff. The super stars in the contingent want ... Read more...

New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Indian cricket board has recommended one-day international and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. Under Dhoni's captaincy, India won the tri-series in Australia and also the World Twenty20 Championship in South Africa. If Dhoni bags the award, he will ... Read more...

Bangalore, July 25 (IANS) India's IT hub Bangalore, hit by serial blasts for the first time Friday, is known both as a peaceful city and a safe place for setting up sleeper cells by terror groups. It has not been rocked by terror attacks like several other major cities in ... Read more...

Columbus (Ohio), July 25 (IANS) A nightmarish run over the last five holes saw Indian golfer Arjun Atwal put himself in a tight situation from where he will find it difficult to survive to play the weekend rounds at the inaugural Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational. Despite perfect conditions in the ... Read more...

New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Air India Express will operate with an all-woman crew the flight from Chennai to Singapore July 27 and will have Captain Chameli Krottapalli as its flight commander, an Air India statement said here Friday. Captain Krottapalli will be the first woman commander of Air India ... Read more...

Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) The IDBI Bank Ltd is planning to enter the mutual fund business, a top bank official said here Friday. Talking on the sidelines of a Banking Conclave here, Yogesh Agarwal, the bank's chairman and managing director, said: "We are talking to a few foreign companies for ... Read more...

Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) The Jindal South West (JSW) group is planning to invest Rs.15-20 billion to set up a deep seaport in Orissa, a top company official said here Friday. "We plan to invest Rs.15-20 billion to set up a deep seaport in Orissa, which will cater to our ... Read more...

Islamabad, July 25 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Reza Gillani said on Friday in unequivocal terms no one has the power to dissolve the country''s assemblies. Talking to reporters here, the Prime Minister said all the issues including judges restoration and Presidents impeachment will be resolved in the Parliament. He said ... Read more...

Chandigarh, July 25 (IANS) PTC News, a Punjabi news channel, is entering the European market through a tie up with Mumbai-based entertainment channel Music India, the channel's chief said here Friday. Music India will telecast to Europe news bulletins and current affairs shows produced by PTC News, said Rabindra Narayan, ... Read more...

New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) After a long wait of 14 years, a city court here finally recorded 91-year-old Amar Kaur's statement in a case probing the disappearance of her son and son-in-law who went missing from police custody in 1994. While recording her statement before Special Judge Vinod Goel, ... Read more...

New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Friday forwarded its guidelines for the digitization of cable television networks to the information and broadcasting ministry. If implemented, the guidelines would enable broadband Internet services to be beamed to 76 million cable homes across India. The telecom regulator ... Read more...

By K. Hussain Karachi, July 25 (IANS) Pakistan will take a decision next week on whether to take action against their key pacer Mohammad Asif on his drug-related misadventure in Dubai. A senior Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official told IANS that a fact-finding committee heard Asif's side of the story during ... Read more...

Colombo, July 25 (IANS) Following is the scoreboard at the close of third day's play of the first cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Cub ground here Friday. Sri Lanka 1st Innings (overnight 422 for four) Michael Van Dort c Karthik b Sharma 3 Malinda Warnapura c ... Read more...

New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday condemned the Bangalore serial bomb blasts and urged people to remain calm and maintain communal harmony. Prime Minister Singh expressed grief over the loss to life and sent his condolences to the bereaved family. He has sanctioned an ex-gratia payment ... Read more...

Bangalore, July 25 (IANS) A string of six blasts rocked Bangalore's central business district and other crowded areas within 75 minutes Friday afternoon, killing a woman seated at a deserted bus stop, injuring half a dozen people and leaving the country's IT hub scarred. Authorities in both New Delhi and ... Read more...

Khowai (Tripura), July 25, (ANI): One All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) militant was killed at Khowai in an encounter between the police and the militant group today. The encounter occurred around 4 a.m. The police party laid an ambush at Ganda Basti after receiving a tip off that a ... Read more...

Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) Vidya Balan and Shahid Kapur, said to have enjoyed great rapport during the making of "Kismat Konnection", are now not on talking terms. Their friendship ended with the release of the film, which got a lukewarm response at the box office. "Vidya and Shahid have not talked ... Read more...

Lucknow, July 25 (IANS) A defamation suit has been filed in the Lucknow District Court against Leader of Opposition Lal Krishna Advani and three BJP MPs who displayed wads of currency notes in the Lok Sabha July 22 alleging they had been bribed to abstain during the trust vote, an ... Read more...

Amtali (Tripura), July 25 (ANI): The Tripura Police in an anti-narcotic drive seized thousands of bottles of contraband cough syrup near Amtali being smuggled to Bangladesh . Sub-Inspector of Police Mihir Roy said, Based on secret information, we intercepted two lorries from Patna loaded with banned cough syrup bottles which ... Read more...

New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The union government Friday sought a report from the Karnataka government on the serial blasts in Bangalore that left one dead and six injured while Home Minister Shivraj Patil condemned the blasts in the country's IT capital, promising all help to the state government in ... Read more...