New Delhi, July 4 : The Left parties have sent a letter to the head of the Left-UPA nuclear deal panel Pranab Mukherjee asking him about the final decision of the United Progressive Alliance govern

New Delhi, July 4 : US Congressman Gary Ackerman met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today in the backdrop of the Bush administration support to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.

Ackerman, who is also the chairman of the House of Representatives panel on west and south Asia, was accompanied by five other delegates at the meeting. 

Ackerman had earlier expressed his doubts over getting the approval of the US Congress for the 123 Agreement, the final step towards operationalising the nuclear deal before the end of the term of George W Bush's administration.

New Delhi, July 4 : Bharatiya Janata Party's Prime Ministerial candidate L. K. Advani is all set to launch election campaign for the Lok Sabha due in the normal course for May 2009.

Advani would launch the campaign in his constituency in Gujarat on July 6. 

Advani, a five term Lok Sabha member has been associated with Gandhinagar since 1989.

The candidature of the leader of the opposition was announced in the first list of six candidates released by the party last week.

New Delhi, July 4: The three-day-old truckers strike has been called off following an agreement between the transporters and the government after marathon negotiations.

New Delhi - India's truck operators called off their countrywide strike to protest high taxes and rising fuel bills after talks with the government on Friday, officials said.

The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) which has the support of freight haulers with a fleet size of 4.8 million trucks went on strike Wednesday to press for the abolishment of the toll tax and rationalization of duties on diesel.

"We have called off our strike since the government has assured that our demands will be met," Charan Singh Lohara, president of AIMTC told reporters early on Friday.

He said the government had agreed to freeze the toll tax on highways for a year, resolve a service tax issue and set up a committee to look into their grievances.

New Delhi, July 4: The Left parties will meet here today to decide on the modalities of withdrawing support from the UPA government even as the Third Front i. e.