BJP predicts snap polls Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Thursday predicted a mid-term poll by the middle of 2008 following the standoff between the UPA Government and the Left on the Indo-US nuclear deal and the latest Ramar Sethu controversy.
MK dares debate on Ram Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday stuck to his controversial remarks on Lord Rama and said he had not said anything more derogatory about Rama than what Valmiki, author of Ramayana, had said.
Soni gets clean chit The AICC firmly told everyone concerned that the matter was "closed" soon after she met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday to explain her position.
No borders from space: Sunita Ms Williams claimed that the earth appeared a beautiful hue of red, green and purple from space.
It's UPA or US dictates: Karat The CPM on Thursday night suggested the the central government has to choose between the commitments given to UPA or go by dictates of the United States on the issue of the Indo-US nuclear deal.
U.S. Astronaut Sunita Williams waves to students during her visit to Gandhi Ashram in Ahmadabad on Thursday. Indian American astronaut Williams, who set a record for the longest stay by a woman in space arrived on a week long visit to her home state. AP
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