Summit inconclusive, not a failure: Sattar
Contesting the assessment that the Agra summit was a ``failure'', Pakistan today calimed that the process of the normalisation of relations initiated at the historic city of the Taj Mahal was alive and kicking.

Cong., BJP blame Pak. for failure
The ,conciliatory tone of the Government notwithstanding, the two principal parties - the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress - today blamed Pakistan for the failure of the Agra summit.

PoWs: Musharraf orders probe
The Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has ordered a probe into allegations that Indian prisoners of war (PoWs) have been languishing in jails here for 30 years.

Defence deal with Israel
India and Israel yesterday signed a defence deal worth $ 2 billion, the newspaper Haaretz reported today.

Group to review I-T Act
The Government would soon set up a group to review the Income Tax Act to make it taxpayer-friendly and improve compliance.

Floods hit train services
Train services on the Howrah-Mumbai trunk route and Jharsuguda-Sambalpur-Talcher section of the South-Eastern Railway have been affected due to overflowing of flood water over the tracks in Ib valley, Jharsuguda, Lapanga, Brindamal and breaches on Sambalpur-Talcher section.