The Indian military brass is dead against granting permanent commission to women officers across the board due to what they call 'operational, practical and cultural problems'.

Whether it is loan waiver for farmers, NREGS, Rahul Gandhi working the youth or, now, the Women’s Bill, the Congress is wresting the initiative from both the Right and the Left. Will this guarantee 300-plus LS seats, so Rahul Gandhi can be king when he becomes PM?

"After largescale violence in which nearly 20 people, including an SP and some other policemen were injured, curfew has been extended to more areas. The situation is tense but under control," official sources said.

Ambulance workers kept the wife of Tiger Woods from riding with the injured golf star after his car crash over concerns of domestic violence, police records showed.

Hindu 'godmen', like Swami Nitayananda of Chennai and Ichadhari Sant Bhimanand, have for the past week been swathed in infamy for sex and sleaze, clearly blurring boundaries between the profound and the profane.

How do various countries with their disparate cultures deal with the ravages of divorce and separation? What are the tenets that define alimony and division of property?

Faulting the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines, the committee on public undertakings described it as a marriage between "incompatible individuals" that helped neither.

"The Lashkar's true goal is not Kashmir, it is India. And the LeT is not shy about announcing that its intention is to establish an Islamic state in all South Asia," US Congressman Gary Ackerman said.

Rivalry between Warne and Tendulkar is set for another grand renewal. The two legends will be back at Brabourne Stadium for their IPL-3 match.

Ambulance workers kept the wife of Tiger Woods from riding with the injured golf star after his car crash over concerns of domestic violence, police records showed.

Gilchrist's breezy 54 went in vain as Deccan Chargers suffered a 11-run defeat at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders in opening match of IPL-3.

Ex-President Kalam has great demand in the lecture circuit. In the past 2 years, he has gone on 20-25 foreign visits, averaging one trip a month, incurring a security cost of about $1,000 per day. So govt is now mulling a cap on such visits.

The transaction fee that air passengers had to pay to travel agents while booking flights on certain airlines, mostly foreign carriers, will soon be done away with.

The week started with the women's reservation bill being passed by the Rajya Sabha, and it is ending with a landmark court judgment that breaks another glass ceiling for women by allowing them permanent commission in the Indian armed forces.

Following "credible" intelligence inputs on Pak-supported terrorist plot to abduct Indian diplomats, the govt has rushed 40 ITBP personnel to ramp up security of its diplomatic corps in Afghanistan.

Seven blasts ripped Pak's 'cultural capital' Lahore on Friday killing 45 people and wounding over 100. Pak Taliban, that had perpetrated Monday's blast that gutted the FIA building, claimed responsibility for the serial terror attacks.

Faulting the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines, the committee on public undertakings described it as a marriage between "incompatible individuals" that helped neither.

India and Russia signed 19 pacts, including three in civil nuclear field and one for purchase of 29 MiG-29 fighters besides inking the revised agreement on Gorshkov aircraft carrier.

Overprotective parents slow their kids’ brain growth in an area linked to mental illness, a new study warns.

Seven blasts ripped Pak's 'cultural capital' Lahore on Friday killing 45 people and wounding over 100. Pak Taliban, that had perpetrated Monday's blast that gutted the FIA building, claimed responsibility for the serial terror attacks.

Malaysia, Lanka and Bangladesh deploy women on sea-faring warships. The US has even allowed them on submarines. Even Pak has 7 women fighter pilots. Why then does India remain extremely reluctant to allow women to serve on warships?

A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other on Friday, killing at least 45 people in Lahore and wounding about 100, police said.

Ex-President Kalam has great demand in the lecture circuit. In the past 2 years, he has gone on 20-25 foreign visits, averaging one trip a month, incurring a security cost of about $1,000 per day. So govt is now mulling a cap on such visits.

Fine performances by Kolkata Knight Riders' bowlers guided them to a fighting 11-run victory over Deccan Chargers in the IPL-3 opener.

India's disastrous hockey World Cup campaign ended with a 2-4 defeat against Argentina as the hosts finished a lowly eighth in the mega-event on Friday.

Two suicide bombers targeting the Pakistani military killed at least 45 people in Lahore on Friday, officials said, in a challenge to government assertions that crackdowns have weakened Taliban insurgents.

India and Russia signed 19 pacts, including three in civil nuclear field and one for purchase of 29 MiG-29 fighters besides inking the revised agreement on Gorshkov aircraft carrier.

Chasing 162, Deccan Chargers' skipper led from the front as he slammed a scorching 30-ball fifty against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL-3 opener.

Deccan Chargers' skipper Adam Gilchrist won the toss and decided to field against Kolkata Knight Riders in the third edition of the IPL opener.

The NHRC, approached by counsel of the accused in the Aarushi murder case alleging torture by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), said they "may or may not" take a view on the case.

China said US internet company was welcome to expand its business in China but it will have to face the consequence if it insists on doing things that violates China's laws.

Pakistan SC has directed the country's anti-corruption watchdog to reopen graft cases against president Asif Ali Zardari and 8,000 others that were quashed under the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance.

The Delhi HC directed the Centre to grant permanent commission to women officers in all three wings of the armed forces and ordered reinstatement of those who had approached the court on the matter.

Two powerful blasts went off near a crowded mosque within the heavily-guarded cantonment in Lahore on Friday, killing at least 20 people and injuring 40 others in the latest in a slew of terror attacks across Pakistan.

It's not just a winning start that KKR will be looking at when they face Deccan Chargers in the opening match of the IPL-3 at DY Patil Stadium.

India's cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar has been named a Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations Environment Programme.

Several US Congressmen have expressed concern that despite best of the efforts by the Obama administration, the ISI continues to maintain links with LeT and that Pak is not taking decisive action against the terror outfit.