New Delhi

NEW DELHI - To enhance the defence cooperation and military-to-military relations between the two armies, India and Russian joint military exercises focusing on counter- terrorism training began on Friday at Chaubattia in Uttarakhand.

NEW DELHI - With no commercial breaks' interruptions to spoil the mood as it did during the opening ceremony, for people sitting at home and watching today's fabulous and riveting closing ceremony of the XIX Commonwealth Games live on Doordarshan must have been a pleasant experience.

NEW DELHI - If India's rich and diverse culture was at a grand display at the opening ceremony, a magnificent, energetic and youthful ceremony awaited the audience at the closing show of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi on Thursday.

NEW DELHI - A magnificent laser show lit up the sky today evening during the 2010 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, mesmerising spectators, sitting inside the packed to capacity Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Delhi.

NEW DELHI - Sri Lankan Foreign minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris met his Indian counterpart SM Krishna to discuss issues of mutual concern here on Thursday.