Three motorcycle-borne men joined Atal Bihari Vajpayee's motorcade when he was returning to his Race Course Road residence after an appointment with his dentist in Khan Market.
US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said the US will like to see relations between India and Pakistan improve.
'India will not find us wanting... it can start tomorrow, it can be in Islamabad, it can be in Delhi,' Foreign ministry spokesman Aziz Ahmed Khan said.
He told the Lok Sabha that in relation to offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act the superintendence of the CBI has been vested in the CVC.
Bottlenecks persisted on the Iranian proposal for a gas pipeline to India through Pakistan.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said there was a need to restore the small investors' confidence to channelise more savings into the capital market.
The chief minister distributed over 1,000 employment orders to youth in Srinagar.
In a major initiative to provide telecom services to rural people using Wireless in Local Loop technology, the Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on Tuesday, launched 'Grameen Sanchar Sewak' project.
Like Nehru, Modi is loathe to touch the public sector. His policy towards Israel leans towards 'non-alignment'. You can find other similarities: frequent public speeches, personalised leadership, total control over foreign and strategic policies, even stylised dressing, says Shekhar Gupta.
The BJP chief also announced the party's plans to hold a public rally in Lucknow on December 24, which he said would be addressed by Vajpayee to launch election campaign for Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
Setting at rest speculations of an vote-on-account next year, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Friday said the government will present a 'full budget,' as the prime minister had made it clear that there would be no early Lok Sabha elections.
Soon after assuming office, Meghwal declared that there was no confrontation with the judiciary and that his priority would be to ensure speedy justice for all.
A website recently carried his interview claiming that when Fernandes wanted to see the file, Vajpayee asked him to keep his hands off.
The Tamil Nadu chief minister said she was alloted a seat in a corner and not next to the prime minister.
In a letter to Chatterjee, Vajpayee endorsed the NDA's plans not to attend Lok Sabha for a day as a mark of protest against the speaker.
The Government of Maharashra, on Friday, sought Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) assistance from the Centre to tide over its immediate financial problems.
Launching the Rs 1,000 crore scheme to meet the water problem in different parts of the country, he asked the people to turn the mission of water conservation into a 'People's Movement'.
They adopted a resolution moved by NDA convenor George Fernandes where the parties vowed to dislodge 'the anti-poor, anti-kisan, corrupt, non-performing and an internally paralysed UPA government' and secure a decisive mandate for the NDA in the next elections, senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the Rs 17,840 crore Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri-Nhava Sheva Atal Setu, the longest bridge as well as the longest sea bridge in the country connecting south Mumbai with Nhava-Sheva in Navi Mumbai.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleges the government discourages foreign dignitaries from meeting the Leader of the Opposition due to insecurity, breaking established traditions.
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Divestment and Telecom Minister Arun Shourie will accompany Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to the Non-Aligned Summit in Kuala Lumpur.
'There is a limit to character assassination for winning election,' he said.
He criticised the Congress for its last-minute attempts to cobble alliances
Both Advani and Vajpayee are refusing to compromise on their respective stands.
Senior analyst B Raman assesses Brajesh Mishra's role as India's first National Security Advisor, his part in the 1998 nuclear tests, the Kargil conflict and more.
'I will wholeheartedly campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party under the leadership of Vajpayee,' the Bollywood star of yesteryears said.
'Those in the BJP are more keen to make India Hindia!' says MDMK Chairman L.Ganesan.
They have also released three sketches of those suspected to have killed Manish Mishra.
