MUMBAI - Classical music is elaborate and expressive and represents our culture in its purest form, yet the country doesn't promote it in the way it should, laments Indian classical singer and sitar player Hidayat Hussain, son of legendary musician Ustad Vilayat Hussain.

NEW DELHI - A Group of Ministers (GoM) will meet Jan 19 to decide on the form of auctioning for FM phase III radio, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said here Thursday.

KOLKATA - West Bengal Government on Thursday opposed a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the January 7 violence in Lalgarh's Netai village, where suspected armed CPI-M cadres killed seven villagers and injured over 20 others.

KOLKATA - West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan on Thursday summoned State Chief Secretary Samar Ghosh to discuss the law and order situation in the state following the January 7 violence in Lalgarh's Netai village, where suspected armed CPI-M cadres killed seven villagers.

KHAJURAHO - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Thursday said Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and noted writer Arundhati Roy should be prosecuted for questioning the status of Jammu and Kashmir.