Mala Das With Inputs From Afp

The United States has said it is reviewing the circumstances surrounding the arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade which has sparked a major diplomatic row between the two nations.

A lawyer has challenged the contentious Food Security Ordinance in the Supreme Court, terming it as "illegal". The Centre's ambitious welfare programme is now a law after receiving President Pranab Mukherjee's assent on Friday.

Nawaz Sharif, set to be Pakistan's Prime Minister for a third time, has said he is happy to invite India's Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to Islamabad for his oath-taking ceremony, the latest in a series of bonhomous statements that seem to signal that both sides are keen to move forward on the dialogue process.

Pakistan's police have reached General Pervez Musharraf's farmhouse on the outskirts of Islamabad. Dozens of riot police carrying shields and batons massed outside the villa, but made no move to take the 69-year-old into custody.

The United States has said it is reviewing the circumstances surrounding the arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade which has sparked a major diplomatic row between the two nations.

A lawyer has challenged the contentious Food Security Ordinance in the Supreme Court, terming it as "illegal". The Centre's ambitious welfare programme is now a law after receiving President Pranab Mukherjee's assent on Friday.

Nawaz Sharif, set to be Pakistan's Prime Minister for a third time, has said he is happy to invite India's Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to Islamabad for his oath-taking ceremony, the latest in a series of bonhomous statements that seem to signal that both sides are keen to move forward on the dialogue process.

Pakistan's police have reached General Pervez Musharraf's farmhouse on the outskirts of Islamabad. Dozens of riot police carrying shields and batons massed outside the villa, but made no move to take the 69-year-old into custody.