Russia will back India and other member countries of the G-4 including Germany, Japan and Brazil as well as some other African nations for a permanent berth in the UN Security Council on the basis of 'widest consensus'.

Minimum wage for Indian workers seeking jobs abroad not yet fixed: Ravi.

Indian officials are struggling to contain a serious outbreak of bird flu that has spread across nearly half of the eastern state of West Bengal.

The tiny coastal state of Goa has become the first state in India to rescind the creation of special economic zones - putting it into conflict with the central government and powerful developers across the country. Environmentalists and other opponents argue the zones only enrich land speculators and are of dubious economic value to the public. VOA's Steve Herman has more from Goa.

The Prime Minister has spoken of the "new and deepening relationship" between the UK and India at the conclusion of his two-day visit to the country.

Kostas said that with agreements for Protection and Promotion of Investments and Scientific and Technological Cooperation in place, institutional frameworks are getting firmly established between the two countries, he said. The countries are targeting doubling bilateral trade to one billion euros by 2010.

NEW DELHI, January 10 (RIA Novosti) - Kamaz, one of Russia's largest truck makers, plans to sign an agreement on a joint venture with India's Tatra Vectra in February, which could make it the largest Kamaz plant outside of the country.

Wasim Jaffer missed his ton as he was out to score 92.However India's stylish batsman Yuvraj score 02 runs falied to impress as his poor form continued. India made 9-325 and declared on the first day of their three-day game against an ACT Invitational XI

Ford Motor Company today announced plans to invest US$500 million to expand its India operations, reaffirming its commitment to developing and implementing an aggressive growth strategy in the country.

Car industry's one of the largest events the Indian Auto Expo gears up for 25 automobile launches and the spotlight is on Tata's RS 1 Lakh Car.

Australian Skipper Ponting unable to score and fell victim to Harbhajan eight times. Tricks adopted to put flimsy charge and debar him for the game a great Aussie spirit the media reports.

Sonia Gandhi,Italian born wife of Late Rajiv Gandhi the former Prime Minister of India,the daughter in Law of Late Indira Gandhi former Prime Minister,the daughter of First prime Minister of India Mr Jawahar Lal Nehru,the family of Nehru legacy.