Mulford tries to rescue N-pact US Ambassador David C Mulford met Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on Thursday for the second time in four days for consultations on the status of the troubled Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
Cong not to align with any party in K'taka "We have our own strong base and we will have no coalition. We will go into elections when they are held, and on our own," said the All India Congress Committee media chairman and senior leader from Karnataka Veerappa Moily.
Pranab was not frisked: Cong Chairperson of the Congress media department M Veerappa Moily, who was also in Moscow earlier this month, on Thursday dismissed the 'frisking" reports in the media. According to reports, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee underwent a "frisk" check by security personnel at an airport in Moscow while he was returning to New Delhi on Sunday.
Sonia to kick off campaign on Oct 30 Congress President Sonia Gandhi is likely to kick-off her election campaign for the upcoming Gujarat assembly polls beginning October 30.
Bobby Jindal could soon be governor of Louisiana A conservative Republican, Piyush "Bobby" Jindal, 36, was the second Indian-American to be elected to the US congress in 2004 following a failed bid to be governor of Louisiana, a socially conservative state which still clings to old prejudices in some places.
Meeting of minds... Vice Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith University Narayan Desai walks towards the stage with litterateur U R Ananthamurthy during the 54th convocation of the varsity in Ahmedabad on Thursday. PTI
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