NEW DELHI: While looking to reduce border tensions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will seek to prioritize investment and business by easing norms for business and tourist visas during his visit to China next week.

 NEW DELHI: Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind leader Mehmood Madani's comment that Congress was invoking Narendra Modi to scare Muslims triggered a political war of words, with Congress slamming the statement and BJP claiming vindication.

PATNA: Eleven coaches of an express train heading to Assam derailed near Patna Sahib station under Danapur division of East Central Railway zone last night, but no casualty was reported.

WASHINGTON: US senators said they were closing in on a deal Monday that would reopen the government and push back a possible default for several months, though many hurdles remained as a Thursday deadline drew near.

GENEVA: The United States held out the prospect of quick sanctions relief for Iran on Monday if Tehran moves swiftly to allay concerns about its nuclear programme, although both countries said any deal would be complex and take time.

LOS ANGELES: Authorities say an explosion from a plastic bottle containing dry ice at a Los Angeles International Airport terminal caused up to four flights to be delayed.

CHATRAPUR(GANJAM): Cyclone Phailin has blown over, but Odisha government is bracing for the next big challenge: distributing relief to millions of people affected by the destruction the powerful storm has left in its wake.

NEW DELHI: Former Gujarat minister and CM Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah has denied all claims made by jailed IPS officer D G Vanzara, raising the bar for the CBI to prove the complicity of politicians in the string of fake encounters in the state.

NEW DELHI: Just a few days after the violent brawl between officers and jawans of an infantry battalion near Meerut, another officer-jawan face-off apparently took place in the National Cadet Corps (NCC) battalion at Batala in Punjab on Monday.

NEW DELHI: The mood was decidedly somber at a team meeting during India's 2007 tour of England. Yet another pedestrian day in the field left the squad led by Rahul Dravid staring at defeat as upbeat rivals scented victory.