New Delhi, Sept 20: Armed with a permit for global nuclear trade, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will leave next week for the United States and France hoping to seal atomic energy deals and discuss cooperation in defence and counter-terrorism.

Dr. Singh will fly out on Monday for what will be India''s first top-level diplomatic engagement since a global nuclear cartel allowed it access to nuclear fuel and technology, overturning a 34-year-long ban for testing nuclear devices.

The memories of Mulder and Scully can never fade from the mind. The exciting show dealt with the most horrifying realities on Earth. 

The X-Files; I Want To Believe’ is being released by Fox Star Studios India, and is a joint venture between Twentieth Century Fox and Star India. The film will be in India on 26 September. 

Directed by Chris Carter, who also co wrote the screenplay with Frank Spotnitz, promises to be scary, creepy and mysterious .The movie has been filmed in Vancouver and Pemberton in British Columbia under strict secrecy to avoid any leakage of the real plot. 

New Delhi, Sept 20: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the Congress-led Central Government of not acting tough on terrorism.

"Four-year term of Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi has not only encouraged terrorism, but also allowed the terrorists from the other side of the border to execute their plans in India. In the name of Indian Mujahideen and SIMI, has given birth to such terrorists in India, the biggest crime is of this government," said senior party leader LK Advani in a public rally in Karol Bagh, a blast site of September 13 attacks, which left at least 23 dead.

Surendranagar (Gujarat), Sept 20 : Authorities in Surendranagar in Gujarat are gearing up to evacuate marooned villagers after floodwaters submerged over 20 villages in the last three days.

Many places in the area have turned into virtual islands making movement difficult.

The local administration along with fire brigade team has chipped in for rescuing hundreds of stranded villagers who are deprived of daily requirements.

"We are providing food materials to the affected families. Once the water starts receding, we will set up camps to check the spread of diseases. We are sending chemicals for the disposal of dead cattle," said Anandi Ben Patel, state Revenue Minister.

New Delhi, Sept 20 : A two-day national executive meeting of the Communist Party of India will begin here from today to finalise strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Besides taking stock of the political developments, the meeting is expected to pass resolutions expressing the party’s view on the recent Delhi bomb blasts, Bihar floods, attacks on minorities in various parts of the country, and the deepening global financial crisis.

Washington - The United States on Friday condemned violence against Christians in India that has escalated in recent weeks, leaving about 20 dead and thousands homeless.

"We urge all parties to refrain from violence and urge government officials to protect religious freedom throughout India and thus preserve India's longstanding tradition of religious tolerance," Thomas Hanford, ambassador at large for international religious freedom, said in Washington at the annual release of the State Department's International Religious Freedom Report.