New Delhi, Oct 1 : The Union Cabinet today approved the Ministry of Defence''s proposal for effecting the upgradation of 1,896 posts in the services.

The move is a major step to improve career mobility, to fulfill aspirations and to achieve combat effectiveness by bringing down the age profile of commanding officers.

Popularly known as Phase-II of the Ajay Vikram Singh Committee (AVSC), report the proposals approved today would reduce stagnation.

New Delhi, Oct 3 : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to notify interim enhancement of the rates of wages at the rate of 30 per cent of basic wage for the working journalists and other newsp

New Delhi, Oct 3: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said that India has a right to conduct a nuclear test, while others have a right to react.

Talking to the television channel CNN-IBN, Mukherjee said: "... India has the right to test, others have the right to react," when asked to comment on India's options to conduct an atomic test after signing the Indo-US nuclear deal.

Washington, Oct. 3: New research from the University of California, Berkeley, indicates the war on terror has less impact on presidential popularity than it did during President Bush's first term.

Contrary to earlier studies that found that the threat of terrorism favors conservative leaders, a new national field study conducted by UC Berkeley sociologists Robb Willer and Nick Adams shows that terror warnings delivered by such government agencies as the Department of Homeland Security may reduce support for John McCain among moderates or swing voters.