India

JALPAIGURI - Five elephants killed and two critically injured after a speeding goods train rammed a herd in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri District.

NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday reviewed the security arrangements for the Commonwealth Games.

AIZAWL - President Pratibha Devisingh Patil arrived here on Thursday on a day long visit, during which she will attend the convocation ceremony of Mizoram University.

NEW DELHI - Expressing disappointment over the delay in the handing over of the Games Village for the XIXth Commonwealth Games to security agencies, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has informed the Prime Minister's Office in an internal mail that the Home Ministry will not take responsibility for any untoward incident during the event, according to sources.

NEW DELHI - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said the Indian economy will post a better growth rate than the 8.75 per cent in the current fiscal as projected by the 'Economic Survey'.