GUWAHATI - Reiterating his party's demand for a joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the 2G spectrum scam, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) General Secretary Prakash Karat has said his party too wanted the smooth functioning of Parliament, but it would not give up the demand.

JAMMU - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will visit Jammu and Kashmir on February 3 to review the security situation and also to take stock of the political developments in the state.

RAIPUR - Activists of Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha Labourer's Committee carried out a protest rally here demanding the release of Human Rights activist Binayak Sen who is convicted under sedition charges.

NEVADA - In a remarkable interfaith gesture, a prominent Jewish synagogue of Nevada (USA) has invited distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed to discuss Hinduism.

NEW DELHI - In recent times while the world's attention was on events in FATA and North Waziristan, another brutal battle has been raging in Karachi, which is a microcosm of Pakistan, even if the soul they say, is in the Punjabi Lahore.