Sonia Gandhi meets Chinese Premier Wen As both Sonia and Wen met here at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound, they went down the memory lane recalling late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's ground-breaking visit to China in 1988, which normalised Sino-Indian relations. Rahul Gandhi, centre, son of Sonia Gandhi, the head of India's ruling Congress party (right), during a meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (left), at the Zhongnanhai government compound in Beijing on Friday.
'US wants nuclear deal to move forward'
We are still very supportive of the deal. We still would like to see it move forward, but the Indian government and the political system is engaged in a debate, and we'll see what the outcome out of that debate is," US States Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.
IT sleuths raid Janardhan Reddy's residence, office and mines
Over 100 officials from Davanagere, with the assistance of local police, began conducting raids simultaneously on the Houses of many of the relatives of Mr Reddy, his Rukmini Steels and Obalapur Mines in the district bordering Andhra Pradesh.
JDS heading towards a split: Dharam Singh Former Karantaka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh claimed on Friday that the initiative taken by M P Prakash on knocking on the doors of the Congress for formation of a government indicated that the JDS was heading towards a split.
Railways in speed zone
After increasing the speed of Bhopal Shatabdi Express between Delhi-Agra to 150km per hour, Indian railways is planning the same on Delhi-Kanpur segment for Lucknow Shatabdi Express.
Nine new members join UNESCO's World Heritage Committee
Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Brazil, China, Egypt, Jordan, Nigeria and Sweden were elected to four-year term each by the General Assembly of the 184 states parties to the UNESCO convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage, held in Paris.
Canada creates world's biggest water reserve
Canadian prime Minister has announced the creation of the largest freshwater marine protected area in the world. The new Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area will include the lakebed, islands and north shorelands within its 10,000-square kilometre boundaries.
Toyota Corolla car, presented to local hero and Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni by Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda (R) in Ranchi on Thursday. PTI Photo
Sonia Gandhi, the head of India's ruling Congress party (left), shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday. Gandhi began a five-day visit to China on Thursday and will meet with Chinese leaders in Beijing before traveling to Xi'an, a former imperial capital, and the economic hub of Shanghai. AP Photo.
NOTE issues legal notice to Shahrukh for smoking in public
NOTE, an anti-tobacco NGO, which is already into a legal battle with megastar Amitabh Bachchan over his movie posters showing him smoking cigar, issued legal notice through its lawyer to Khan.
Diana said 'Oh my God' in last moments
Princess Diana repeatedly said "oh my God" as she lay beside her boyfriend Dodi Fayed in the crashed car, the inquest into their death heard.
'Kabul Express' to be screened at Casablanca film festival
Yash Raj Films' offering 'Kabul Express' would be screened at the Casablanca Film Festival, which is Africa's most prestigious film festival. Along with a selection of movies, CASA CINE would this year pay special tributes to Indian actor John Abraham, French actor and filmmaker Roschdy Zem, Morrocan filmmaker Saâd... Eros acquires international distribution rights of commercial entertainer 'Krazzy 4' I was ahead of my times, says Javed Jaffrey
''...I was a good dancer and a decent looker and I was suited for lead roles. Things would have been different, had I planned my career properly,'' says Javed Jaffrey. Akshay Kumar's Bhool Bhulaiyaa rocks overseas box office
What is remarkable that the film had the second highest per screen average among the films on the UK top ten, ahead of Hollywood films like 'Resident Evil: Extinction' and 'The Invasion'. In US, the film had excellent earnings 512,000 Pounds from just 55 screens... LYCRA-MTV AWARDS: Shah Rukh, Hrithik and Dhoom:2 strike gold
While Shah Rukh Khan was presented with the ' Maha Style Icon Award', Hrithik scored more than an hat-trick as he was judged as 'The Most Stylish Body', 'Most stylish look' and 'Most Stylish Actor'.
Left: A display of dolls in Yog Anand's house in Glen Waverly, Melbourne, Australia. Though Dasara is over, the display will be on till Kannada Rajyotsava which will be organised by Kannada Sangha in Melbourne. Photo by Yog Anand Right: Another display at Asha Gokul's residence in Bishan, Singapore.
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Minister Rajiv Gandhi's ground-breaking visit to China in 1988, which normalised Sino-Indian relations. 
Railways in speed zone
Nine new members join UNESCO's World Heritage Committee
British airways lists India as second largest market 
a legal battle with megastar Amitabh Bachchan over his movie posters showing him smoking cigar, issued legal notice through its lawyer to Khan. 
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career properly,'' says Javed Jaffrey.
Left: A display of dolls in Yog Anand's house in Glen Waverly, Melbourne, Australia. Though Dasara is over, the display will be on till Kannada Rajyotsava which will be organised by Kannada Sangha in Melbourne. Photo by Yog Anand Right: Another display at Asha Gokul's residence in Bishan, Singapore.
