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Train anti-collision device trials not satisfactory: CAG

New Delhi, May 25 The Comptroller and Auditor General has pulled up the Indian Railways for not being able to come up with a reliable safety system despite carrying out field trials of the anti-collision devices (ACDs) since 2001 and spending Rs.158 crore.

Iranian minister to visit India with NAM invite

New Delhi, May 25 Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi comes here next week to extend an invitation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit Iran for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in August.

Advani, Sushma's absence at rally pre-decided, no rift: BJP (Lead)

Mumbai, May 25 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders L.K. Advani and Sushma Swaraj will not attend the key party rally in Mumbai Friday evening due to prior engagements, party leaders said, denying that their absence was due to any discontent.

Decision on petrol price rollback in a few days: Reddy

New Delhi, May 25 Just two days after the state-run oil marketing companies announced the steepest hike so far in petrol price, Petroleum Minister S. Jaipal Reddy Friday said the government was monitoring the situation and would take a “definitive” view in a few days.

Italian Marines shifted to reformatory in Kochi

Kollam (Kerala), May 25 The two jailed Italian Marines in Kerala who were put up at the Trivandrum Central Prison since February have been shifted to a Borstal School in Kochi Friday, officials said.

Doctors among four charged with rape

Chandigarh, May 25 Four people, including two government doctors, have been booked for gang-raping a teenage girl for nine days in Haryana's Mewat district, police said Friday.

India disappointed as visa accord with Pakistan put off

New Delhi/Islamabad, May 25 India has aired its disappointment that the much-waited liberalised visa regime agreement could not be signed in Islamabad as the Pakistani officials were yet to complete their procedures.

BJP trying to woo Trinamool Congress back to NDA?

Mumbai, May 25 A day after Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari called for expanding the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the party Friday lavished praise on Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.

Be ready for future challenges, Kalam tells IIT graduates

Guwahati, May 25 Former president APJ Abdul Kalam Friday appealed to the graduates of the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) to get themselves ready for future challenges so that India could be transformed into a developed nation.

NHRC seeks solution on Mayanmarese asylum seekers

New Delhi, May 25 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked Myanmar's rights panel to engage with the government at Yangon to press for a solution to the issue of hundreds of Mayanmarese asylum seekers in India, an official said Friday.