The Commonwealth Express train that was flagged off from Delhi in June will reach here next week and travel through the state for three days before leaving for Goa.

Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday said Sikhs need not have fear in the Kashmir Valley, where some Sikh families have reportedly received anonymous letters from extremists asking them to either embrace Islam or leave.

Four Indian warships have been deployed on a goodwill visit to several maritime nations of Africa, an official said here Friday.

Under attack for her statement in Lalgarh questioning the killing of Maoist leader Azad, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said in the Rajya Sabha Friday that she would fight her political battles out of the house.

The Haryana government Friday announced that Oct 14 will be observed as a public holiday in the entire Gurgaon district in view of the closing ceremony of the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG).

The global positioning system (GPS) technology will be installed on trains in the next two years to avoid accidents, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said Friday.

Amid an uproar in both houses of parliament, the government said Friday that it was committed to the safety of the Sikhs in Kashmir Valley where some Sikh families have reportedly received anonymous letters from extremists asking them to either embrace Islam or pack up.

Less than a week after dragging Goa's erstwhile tallest leader Dayanand Bandodkar and first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru into a controversy, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat Friday claimed that the media misquoted him.

The Foreign Minister of Japan, Katsuya Okada, will undertake a two day visit of India, and will meet External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna on Saturday.

The National Solidarity Forum (NSF) has announced plans for holding a three-day "people's tribunal" from August 22 to 24 here to address and hear grievances of victims of communal violence in Orissa's Kandhamal District.