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New Delhi: India's apex court on Thursday directed the government to respond to the proposals for setting up of an independent laboratory for carrying out relevant health and bio-safety tests of genetically modified (GM) crops and formation of a committee to address the problems of regulation for ensuring safety of GM crops.

Tamil Nadu politicians can be trusted to enact a soap opera. They can stage a dharna, pretend to resign, go on fast at will and suffer from amnesia when they want.

KOLKATA: Even without the restrictive effects of a searing heat wave, political parties in West Bengal have adapted themselves to making subtle changes in their campaign styles for the 2009 Lok sabha polls.

Never has the world confronted such a complex and interlinked series of security threats as we see today. The global economic crisis has reminded us that we live in a global age where global solutions are required. That is all the more true when it comes to security.

US President Barack Obama completes 100 days in office on April 29 amidst widespread acceptance of his initial performance by majority of American people. The Indian diaspora in US is generally pro-Obama, but still there are concerns among Indians about the fallout of some of the policies his administration is talking about.

BHOPAL: Polling for the second and final phase of General Elections in Madhya Pradesh takes place on April 30. The voters in 16 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state will elect their representatives in the second phase.

CHANDIGARH: Has Sukhbir Singh Badal conceded Akali Dal's defeat even before polling takes place for Punjab's 13 Lok Sabha seats on May 7 and 13?

New Delhi: The third phase of polling in the ongoing general election to the 15th Lok Sabha in India will be held on 30th April in nine States and two Union Territories.

New Delhi: News coming from all over the country point towards a situation in which neither Indian National Congress (INC) nor Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can form the government at the Centre. Then who may form the next government?

New Delhi: The second phase of the 15th Lok Sabha elections is scheduled for April 23. But in Manipur, the poll will be held on April 22 due to a holiday on April 23.