Animal rights organisation Humane Society International Thursday appealed to the government to prohibit the genetic engineering and cloning of farm animals for increasing egg, meat, or milk production.

A week before he meets Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday struck a realistic note, saying one should not pre-judge the outcome of the new
initiative that seeks to bridge trust deficit.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah led the state Thursday in paying tributes to his predecessor Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on his birth anniversary. YSR was killed in a helicopter crash last year.

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Thursday said one should not pre-judge the outcome of the new initiative for talks between India and Pakistan, asserting that the talks between the two neighbours during the upcoming foreign minister-level talks are primarily aimed at reducing the trust deficit.

In a case of gross administrative negligence, grain stock worth millions of rupees has been left to rot at the Rana Pratap Railway Station in Rajasthan's Udaipur city.

The second day of the Maoist-called 'All India Shutdown' continued to disrupt general life in Ranchi city, even as the rebels blasted a railway track in the State's Dhanbad district.

The outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) Thursday struck in Assam triggering three explosions, including a blast on a passenger train that killed a five-year-old, officials said.

Two Indian women have claimed that their brother, Dwarkanath Kotnis, a doctor, saved the lives of many Chinese fighters during the second Sino-Japanese war (1937-45). 

The army was Thursday called for rescue and relief work in Haryana's Kaithal district Thursday as fresh breaches in rivers and canals in Haryana and Punjab flooded more areas.

A fresh batch of 2,166 pilgrims left here on Thursday for their onward journey to the holy Amarnath cave shrine.