New Delhi, Dec 7 : In the aftermath of the commando attack on Mumbai -- I refuse to treat it as a terror attack-- a war or words has been unleashed among those who should all have in the first instance protected Mumbai. The whole thing is unseemly. The media too has been dragged into the controversy; next time something similar happens, they want to arm themselves to gag the media?

A nation that does not remember history is bound to suffer. In its heyday, the Mughal Empire, particularly during the reign of Akbar, Jehangir and Shah Jehan, was the richest in the world. The whole world set out to find where India was. That is how so many countries; including the United States were discovered.

Lucknow/New Delhi, Dec 6 : Muslims of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh observed ''Black Day'' on the 16th anniversary of the demolition of Babri mosque.

Some of the members from the community gathered at a local mosque to give vent to their anguish over the demolition, which happened in 1992.

The main dome of the mosque was mast with a black flag and the forecourt reverberated with the feelings of the speakers.

New Delhi - Thousands of football-crazy fans lined the streets of the eastern Indian metropolis Kolkata on Saturday to welcome Diego Maradona, news reports said.

The Argentinian football legend is on a three-day trip to India's football capital to lay the foundation stone of the Indian Football School.

The 48-year-old newly appointed coach of Argentina, who was accompanied by his girlfriend Veronica, seemed pleased though a bit nonplussed by the response of his Indian fans, PTI news agency and NDTV television channel reported.

New Delhi , Dec. 6 :The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its bid to help out the ailing economy has announced a string of measures , including a one percent point cut in short-term rates (repo rate) at which it lends and borrows from banks.

It also decided to pump in an additional of Rs 11,000 crore to help the realty and small industry sectors.

A total of Rs 3,00,000 crores has been infused into the system, since October this financial year.

New Delhi, December 6 : The Chinese minister of the State Council Information Office, Wang Chen, has revealed that the Internet is being misused to spread rumours by most of the users.

He said so while delivering a speech during the 8th Forum on Internet Media of China in Chongqing on Friday, through which he urged the country’s online media to help foster a society of integrity and honesty.

Chen’s speech unveiled 10 "worrying trends" in the Chinese online community.

While ‘spreading rumours’ topped the list, exaggeration of news came in second.

New Delhi  - Only a handful of people joined Friday prayers at the quiet Judah Hyam Synagogue in New Delhi, with many opting to remain home, shocked over their community being targeted by terrorists in Mumbai.

The centre of the Chabad Lubavitch, an ultra-orthodox Jewish organization in south Mumbai, was the scene of the first attack on Jews in India in centuries - the only previously known case of anti-Semitism being the 16th-century inquisition by Portuguese colonialists in the south-western state of Goa.