New Delhi, Mar 9 : BJP spokesperson Siddharth Nath Singh announced on Monday that party''s prime ministerial candidate L K Advani would not celebrate Holi this year in solidarity of Mumbai attack victims.

Talking to the reporters in New Delhi, Singh said "Advani has decided in his individual capacity that he will not be celebrating Holi as a mark of respect to those killed in the November 26 Mumbai terror attack."

New Delhi, Mar 9 : United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that the country looked forward to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's continued service.

She also said that many leaders in the Congress party were favouring Rahul Gandhi as PM in the near future.

New Delhi, Mar 9 : Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who was in a four-day visit to India, returned to Pakistan on Monday.

Just before his departure he paid a visit to the historic Qutab Minar here.

During his visit, Musharraf Called for enhancing people-to-people contacts between New Delhi and Islamabad to boost bilateral trade and economy. He also said economic integration would play a major role in achieving progress and well-being for both countries and other parts of the world.

New Delhi, Mar 9 : The three vital parties within the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress have reached an understanding on seat sharing in Jharkhand, JMM leader Teklal Mahto told reporters in New Delhi.

While the Congress will contest six seats in the state, JMM will contest five seats and RJD will field its candidates in three seats.

New Delhi, Mar 9 : India''s indigenous Ballistic Missile Defence System, which will be able to intercept and destroy enemy missile, will be ready for deployment by
2011.

India on Friday inched closer towards its endeavour to put in place its own home-grown ballistic missile defence system as it successfully carried out the third Interceptor test on March 6 from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island in Orissa.

New Delhi - Tibetan leaders and groups in India Monday said thousands of protestors will join anti-China demonstrations to commemorate the 50th anniversary of an uprising that forced 140,000 Tibetans into exile.

The protests for the 50th anniversary that falls Tuesday include rallies, marches and hunger-strikes in the northern hill-town of Dharamsala, home to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, and in the Indian capital New Delhi.