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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's meeting with the United States President Barack Obama on November 24 has assumed special importance in the context of the latest moves in the US administration on persuading India to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty(CTBT) as a follow up of the India-US Agreement on Civilian Nuclear Cooperation. The issue was dormant during the last US President Bush's tenure but with the Democratic Party in power at White House, there is pressure on President Obama to force the issue during the November meeting.

Political stability may have become a welcome byproduct of an otherwise disastrous situation when Andhra Pradesh had suddenly to cope with the worst flood in a century. It may have firmly ended an unsavoury political row for power over the last four weeks. The State was caught in a deluge as heavy rains battered parts of several districts and adjoining Northern Karnataka from October 1 for 72 hours.

New York: The rapidly growing information and communications technology (ICT) industry is set to see mobile subscriptions reach 4.6 billion worldwide by the end of the year, according to figures released by the United Nations telecommunications arm.

The breach in the relations between Trinamool Congress and Congress only a few months after they came together for the Lok Sabha elections has muddied West Bengal's already murky political waters even further. Those who had presumed that the success of the alliance in the parliamentary polls would pave the way for its victory in the 2011 assembly elections would have to revise their assessments.

NEW DELHI: A constitutionally provided employment programme like the NREGA, which is required to reach every household in six lakh villages in the country, would put to test any Government and its administrative capacity.

New York: The world's countries continue to record substantial improvements in human development but vast inequalities still exist between rich and poor States, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has warned as it unveiled its annual measure of progress in human well-being.

LUCKNOW: The by-elections to one Lok Sabha and 11 assembly seats in November are crucial for all political parties as the results will decide the future course of Uttar Pradesh politics. All major political. Since there is a mad rush of applicants for these 12 seats, it is becoming a difficult task for leadership of alll parties to finalise the candidates.

Are terrorists regrouping in Punjab? Yes, if the intelligence agencies and the state's police brass are to be believed. But Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal says, 'There is no possibility of militants regrouping in Punjab. The state police will not allow regrouping of terrorists'. Whom should the people believe?