ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today said no meeting has been scheduled between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, dismissing media reports that there could be Full Article at Times of India

NEW DELHI: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India today said it has invested Rs 290 crore in upgrading its hatchback WagonR that will be rolled out from a new platform with a new engine by end of this month. The company has stopped produci Full Article at Times of India

The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s latest order on ULIPs is expected to have far-reaching implications for the concerned life insurance companies as well as investors. SEBI has issued a directive to all private life insurance companies not to Full Article at Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Saina Nehwal faces a tricky draw in the Asian Badminton Championships as most of the shuttlers she is likely to play against have defeated her in the past, feels national coach Pullela Gopichand. "It is a very tricky draw for Saina. She pla Full Article at Times of India

LONDON: Essex police is likely to question Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria over a cricket betting scandal. The Sun reported Saturday that Kaneria and another Essex player are to be probed following incidents in one-day matches last summer. The Pakista Full Article at Times of India

NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil on Saturday asked the public sector units to partner the agricultural sector to enhance the country's farm productivity. "I would, in particular, like PSUs (public sector units) to innovate and see whether they can Full Article at Times of India

ISLAMABAD: More than 50,000 Pakistani troops backed by tanks and artillery and air force elements today began their biggest ever wargames codenamed Azm-e-Nau 3 along the eastern border with India. Azm-e-Nau (New Resolve) 3 exercise is aimed at trainin Full Article at Times of India

KOLKATA: Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today called for the next wave of reforms in the financial sector in tune with the changing needs. "Many financial sector norms are decades old and some are even 50 years old. It is high time that we should m Full Article at Times of India

It helps when eating a fresh fig to remember that you are eating a flower, not a fruit. What we think of as the fig is the flower's fleshy base which has grown over to envelop the small florets which then bloom in this enclosed, sunless space, giving fr Full Article at Economic Times

WASHINGTON: The US today warned that al-Qaida has stepped up clandestine hunt for a nuclear bomb lending urgency to the upcoming historic nuclear summit, where President Barack Obama wants countries, including India, to help lock down the world's vulne Full Article at Times of India

MELBOURNE: Amid Human Resource and Development Minister Kapil Sibal's visit to Melbourne to explore ways for collaboration in education sector, a top body of Indian students in Australia has claimed that the attacks on the community youths were still o Full Article at Economic Times

HYDERABAD: Insurance regulator IRDA on Saturday said that ULIP policies, under which a portion of funds is invested in the stock markets, are "safe and secure". "Policy holders of the Unit Linked Insurance Products (ULIPs) offered by different insuran Full Article at Economic Times

Bitter, erotic and difficult, modern Indian master FN Souza is being celebrated in the first retrospective after his death... "Renaissance painters painted men and women, making them look like angels. I paint for angels to show them what men and women Full Article at Times of India

KATHMANDU: Less than a fortnight after the killing of 76 security personnel in the deadliest Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, a pro-Naxal film will be screened in Kathmandu as part of the Indian government's Indian film festival. "Hazaar chaurasi ki maa Full Article at Times of India

Now that the convocation gown has been stripped of its hallowed status by one of our most prominent public figures, perhaps it's time to examine our mindless adoption of another relic of western dress code. It's the necktie, that suffocating hangover f Full Article at Times of India

NON-FICTION Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle By Dan Senor and Saul Singer Hachette 304 pages, Rs 695 Given the unending nature of the Israel-Palestine struggle, other aspects of the Israel story often tend to be drowned out. Full Article at Times of India

A good biographer is supposed to be a good detective, sniffing out secrets and filling in the gaps in the life and work of her subject. Rupika Chawla would probably get an appreciative nod from Hercule Poirot for her luscious and painstakingly-research Full Article at Times of India

MUMBAI: It is said but not universally accepted that a first-class sportsperson is as good as a first class student. Now comeâs a chance for a sportsperson to actually prove this. A one-year Diploma in Cricket is being offered in New Zealand. Passing Full Article at Times of India

NEW DELHI: The renovated Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, the gymnastics venue for this year's Commonwealth Games, was today inaugurated by Sports Minister M S Gill and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit here. The 14,500-seater state-of-the-art venue, w Full Article at Times of India