OXFORD, Miss., At one wooden lectern stood the Republican nominee, tempestuous and tightly wound. A few steps across the red carpet stood his Democratic opponent, cerebral and condescending. “Is John McCain too hot?” Chris Matthews of “Hardball” broadcast from the Ole Miss campus before Friday night’s first general-election debate. “Is Barack Obama too cold?”

Amritsar, The unscheduled visit of Rahul Gandhi, general secretary of the All-India Congress Committee (AICC), to Golden Temple here today surprised the police, mediapersons as well as the public.

LONDON, - Pakistan’s new President Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday he did not believe the United States would carry out any more cross-border raids into Pakistan.

New Delhi, September 13: Five explosions rocked busy market places in New Delhi on Saturday evening, killing twenty people and injuring many others. The blasts at Ghaffar market in Karol Bagh, at Connaught Place and Greater Kailash took place in a quick succession, police said.

Chandigarh, Stripping former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh of the membership for the remaining term of the 13th Punjab Vidhan Sabha was one of the unprecedented decisions taken by the Punjab Assembly as the third and last sitting of the monsoon session came to a dramatic end here this afternoon.

After Capt Amarinder Singh claimed that political vendetta was responsible for his expulsion from the Punjab ssembly, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal lashed out, holding the Congress responsible for the former Punjab Chief Minister’s expulsion.

Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto, was today sworn in as the president of Pakistan. The ceremony completed the country’s transition to democracy and raised hopes that the political crisis would stabilise, enabling the new government to focus on tackling Islamist extremism.

Mumbai: In a fresh round of attack on Amitabh Bachchan’s family, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has announced a “ban” on films in Maharashtra which features the superstar and his family members

Detroit: Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to felony charges Thursday in a sex scandal and will step down after months of defiantly holding onto his job leading the nation’s 11th-largest city. He was ordered jailed for four months and fined $1 million

Jalandhar, The state runs rife with rosy stories of scores of NRIs who were accorded a warm welcome by the people and the ‘sarkar’ when after long stints abroad, they looked homewards for investment.