Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday discussed with food minister K V Thomas steps required to check price rise besides reviewing progress on the proposed food security legislation.

Hit by a series of strikes, Australian flag carrier Qantas on Saturday grounded its entire domestic and international fleet indefinitely, stranding thousands of passengers including 17 Commonwealth heads of state.

Unimpressed by Haryana native Satbir Singh's plea for registration of a FIR against Hazare, Metropolitan Magistrate Tyagita Singh asked him to first explain as to what criminal offence had been committed by them.

LK Advani said, "Tamil Nadu Police need to be complimented for recovery of the bomb and advising our people to change the route."

LK Advani said, "Tamil Nadu Police need to be complimented for recovery of the bomb and advising our people to change the route."

Praising India's "constructive" role in the reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, the Pentagon in a report told the US Congress that New Delhi has now expressed an interest to help strengthen the capabilities of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).

At least 12 children were killed and seven others injured when the bus in which they were travelling drove off a cliff in the Andes mountains of northern Ecuador, state media has reported.

Mexican authorities say at least 21 people have been killed in three shootouts between soldiers and gunmen and a fight between rival drug gangs.