New Delhi, Mar 30 : Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will start his party's campaign for the upcoming general elections from Bihar's Buxar District on Wednesday.
According to party sources, Rahul will address a public meeting in Buxar. From here, former Central Minister K K Tiwari is a candidate from Congress.
Later in second week of April, Congress president Sonia Gandhi will also begin her campaign for the party.
New Delhi - India on Monday appointed a lawyer for the lone gunman captured during the Mumbai terrorist attacks that killed over 170 people in November, media reports said.
Judge ML Tahiliyani told Ajmal Amir Kasab via video conferencing in the high-security Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai that Anjali Waghmare, a lawyer from the state legal authority had been appointed to represent him, the PTI news agency reported.
Another lawyer would be appointed to assist Waghmare, the report said.
New Delhi - India on Monday condemned the terrorist attack near the Pakistani city of Lahore even as its defence forces said they were prepared to tackle any "spillover" of the terrorist threat, since the assault took place near the border.
"We do not have full information. We are deeply concerned. We condemn the terrorist attacks," India's Federal Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told reporters in New Delhi.
"We condemn all terrorist attacks. We offer our sympathy to the the people of Pakistan," he said.
New Delhi - Indian stock markets slipped into the red in morning trade on Monday with the benchmark Sensex index trading about 3.5 per cent lower than its previous close.
The 30-share sensitive Sensex index of the Bombay Stock Exchange was trading at 9,698 points at 12:20 pm (0650 GMT) 350.49 points lower than its 10,048.49 point close on Friday.
The Sensex had gained 1,081.81 points or 12.06 per cent during a five-day long bull run last week.
New Delhi, Mar. 30 : The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex has plunged below 10,000 points by losing 250.43 points in opening trade due to profit-selling by funds amid weak trends on the global markets.
The 30-share Sensex, which had gained nearly 1,070 points, or 12.06 per cent in last week, slipped by 251.43 points, or 2.45 per cent in opening trade as funds and retail investors preferred to book profits at prevailing attractive levels.
All the sectoral indices were trading in negative zone with losses up to 3.48 percent.
New Delhi, Mar. 30 : The newly appointed chief of paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles, Mainul Islam, is arriving here on Monday to discuss border issues between the two neighboring countries.
Islam, who was appointed as Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) chief following the killing of Major General Shakil Ahmed in a mutiny last month, is scheduled to meet India''s Border Security Force (BSF) head M L Kumawat during his three-day trip, a foreign ministry official n Dhaka said.
New Delhi, Mar 30 : Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will start his party's campaign for the upcoming general elections from Bihar's Buxar District on Wednesday. 
New Delhi - India on Monday appointed a lawyer for the lone gunman captured during the Mumbai terrorist attacks that killed over 170 people in November, media reports said. 
New Delhi - India on Monday condemned the terrorist attack near the Pakistani city of Lahore even as its defence forces said they were prepared to tackle any "spillover" of the terrorist threat, since the assault took place near the border. 
New Delhi - Indian stock markets slipped into the red in morning trade on Monday with the benchmark Sensex index trading about 3.5 per cent lower than its previous close.
New Delhi, Mar. 30 : The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex has plunged below 10,000 points by losing 250.43 points in opening trade due to profit-selling by funds amid weak trends on the global markets.
New Delhi, Mar. 30 : The newly appointed chief of paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles, Mainul Islam, is arriving here on Monday to discuss border issues between the two neighboring countries.
