Nuke deal Left sticks to its stand
After a two-and-a-half hour meeting, the leaders of CPI-M, CPI, RSP and Forward Bloc issued a brief statement saying that the Left cannot go back on the deal.
Manmohan's govt will not last full term: Advani
In a reference to the Left hardening its stand, the former deputy prime minister said events over the past ten days have changed dramatically with regard to the government's survival.
Third Front seeks Parliamentary approval
Branding the Indo-US nuclear deal as a "slave treaty" and a "unilateral" decision taken by the Government, the UNPA demanded the setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to look into the matter.
Left, Oppn flay govt on Quattrocchi's release
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, BJP Deputy leader V K Malhotra said it was strange that Quattrocchi walked to freedom on the 60th anniversary of India's independence.
Newly carved districts to be inaugurated on August 23
With Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy formally inaugurating the newly carved districts of Ramnagar and Chikkaballpur on August 23, the number of districts in Karnataka will go up to 29 from 27.
IBM to collaborate with IIIT-Bangalore in research programmes
IBM's Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS), Bangalore will work with the institution in the exchange of technical talks, guidance for research students and scholars and for solving research problems of common interest.
Biden slams Bush over 'Musharraf policy' Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Senator Joseph R Biden slam Bush administration for having a "Musharraf policy" instead of a policy for Pakistan.
German hostage freed in Afghanistan Afghan police rescued Christina Meier, a German aid worker who was seized at gunpoint in broad daylight on Saturday at a Kabul restaurant.
Taiwanese jet explodes into flames at Okinawa airport
A huge fireball goes up from a China Airlines plane that exploded following its landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa on Monday. The China Airlines jet exploded into flames at an airport in Okinawa after arriving from Taiwan on Monday, but all 165 people aboard escaped alive.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chetterjee, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani after offering tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, on his 63rd birth anniversary, at the Central Hall of the Parliament in New Delhi on Monday. PTI.
Anand lifts World Rapid title for the 10th time The First three games against the Chess960 World Champion Levon Aronian were drawn and it was only in the crucial 4th game that Anand could beat Aronian and stamped his supremacy in the Rapid format.
Yousuf, Klusener join ICL bandwagon
Indian Cricket League unveiled a list of 50 players for its breakaway multi-million dollar league which will have Pakistan's prolific batsman Mohammad Yousuf and South African cricketers Lance Klusener and Nicky Boje as its star attractions. BCCI gears up to meet ICL threat
Rahul Dravid has drawn much flak for not enforcing follow on in the Oval test. But some ex-cricketers have also supported him. Was his decision justified?
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The First three games against the Chess960 World Champion Levon Aronian were drawn and it was only in the crucial 4th game that Anand could beat Aronian and stamped his supremacy in the Rapid format. 
Little more than a month after lifting a record-equalling fifth consecutive Wimbledon, the 26-year-old is in the chase for more runaway success. 
