Chhattisgarh sets up committee to probe security lapse
Raipur, July 17 (UNI) The Chhattisgarh government has set up a two-member committee to probe into the ''security lapses'' leading to the naxalite attack on a relief camp at Erabor in tribal Bastar in ..

4,650 nominations filed for panchayat polls in Chittoor
Chittoor , July 17 (UNI) As many as 3,673 nominations were filed for sarpanch while 7,370 for ward members on the third day today for filing of nomination for panchayat polls, scheduled to be held in ..

UP govt transfers 6 IAS, 7 IPS officials
Lucknow, July 17 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh government today transferred 13 senior officials including six IAS and seven IPS..

US-led forces under heavy fire in Afghan south
KABUL, July 17 (Reuters) Taliban militants killed one US-led coalition soldier and wounded 11 others in heavy fighting in southern Afghanistan today, while a justice department chief was killed in a suicide bomb attack..

Hizbollah rocket hits near Israeli hospital, 6 hurt
JERUSALEM, July 17 (Reuters) A rocket fired by Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah landed next to a hospital in the northern Israeli town of Safed today, injuring at least six people, medics said..


Canada says quick force for Lebanon not likely
PARIS, July 18 (Reuters) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper suggested today it would be premature to send an international force to Lebanon right now..

Iraq, UN postpone launch of economic programme
BAGHDAD, July 18 (Reuters) The Iraqi government and United Nations have postponed the high-level launch of a major economic recovery programme for several weeks, officials said today..

Israel says Hizbollah smuggling weapons from Syria
JERUSALEM, July 18 (Reuters) Israel's army today said the Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah was smuggling weapons from Syria but added it did not regard Syria as a target for attack..

Sachin available for selection for the triangular series: More
Vadodara, July 18 (UNI) Selection committee chairman Kiran More today said he was happy with the Indian team physio John Gloster declaring Sachin Tendulkar fit, ahead of the triangular series in Sri Lanka..

Saha, Anita storm into finals in Chipalkatti badminton competition
Pune, July 18 (UNI) Unseeded Ratikanta Saha of West Bengal came back from behind to pip seventh seed P Vinay Kumar Reddy of Andhra Pradesh 17-21, 21-14, 21-11 today and set up a title clash against R ..