Buta Singh Resigns
The Supreme Court (SC) indicted Bihar Governor Buta Singh resigned after taking the traditional Republic Day salute but refused to accept any blame.<More>

India Refutes Mulford’s Remarks
The Indian foreign office summoned the United States Ambassador to tell him that his comments on the Indo-US nuclear deal and the Iran vote were “inappropriate and not conducive to building a strong partnership between our two independent democracies.” <More>

Clemenceau Owner Challenges Greenpeace
The owner of the condemned French aircraft carrier Clemenceau has challenged the environmental group Green peace to prove its claims of level of asbestos in that ship.<More>

Hamas Wins Palestinian Elections
The terrorist group Hamas won 76 of the 132 members Parliament making it eligible to form the Government. The ruling Fattah ended up with 43 seats and conceded defeat.<More>

Interpol Wants 15 Pak Accounts Frozen
On the request of Interpol, Pakistan froze 15 bank accounts of Afghan trading houses that are suspected to have links with the Taliban.<More>

Iran Withdraws from LNG Deal
Iran’s National Iranian Gas Export Corporation (NIGEC) has said it will reserve the right to withdraw supply of 2.5 million tons of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) if the crude oil prices crosses USD $80 a barrel.<More>

IT & ITES to Bring USD 130B Revenue
A Forrester Research study predicted that Indian and Information Technology (IT) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) would fetch the country USD 130 billion this year.<More>

Mush Wants Demilitarized Kashmir
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf urged the Indian Government to respond positively to his plan of demilitarization and "self-governance" in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K).<More>

Naxals Kills 1 RPF in Ranchi
Indian Maoist Naxal terrorists killed a Railway Protection Force employee and derailed a goods train and blasted a small bridge disrupting traffic on a national highway near Ranchi, Jharkhand.<More>

Opposition Parties Call Bundh
In response to a strike call by the 7-political-party alliance, Nepal was virtually shut down forcing it to defer its 57th Republic Day celebrations to Saturday.<More>