US keen to take ties with India to new level: Hillary ClintonNEW DELHI - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rang up her Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee Friday, underlining the US’ desire to take the relationship with India to a new level. Britain is in recession, Brown denies IMF bailout claimLONDON - After months of speculation, Britain was officially declared to be in state of recession Friday, but Prime Minister Gordon Brown dismissed opposition claims that his government may need to be rescued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Israel rejects calls for truce, Gaza toll nears 370GAZA/TEL AVIV - Israel Tuesday rejected calls by the UN and European Union (EU) for an immediate ceasefire and instead prepared for what could be ‘long weeks of combat’, as a ferocious air offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip entered its fourth day. BJP ‘reconciling accounts’ after cash goes missing at headquartersNEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in a tizzy over the Rs.26 million (Rs.2.6 crore) that reportedly went missing on Christmas Day from its national headquarters. Though party workers were Tuesday furiously speculating about who could be the culprit, the spokesperson said accounts were being ‘reconciled’. |