India, Pak fail to sign visa accord
New Delhi, May 25
India today expressed disappointment that the liberalised visa agreement with Pakistan could not be signed during the Home/Interior secretary level talks which concluded in Islamabad.

Pak to speed up 26/11 probe

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Country’s first: Entire Mumbai to go under e-surveillance
Reliance Industries-backed consortium bags Rs 1,000-cr project
New Delhi, May 25
India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)-backed consortium has bagged the prestigious Rs 1,000-crore surveillance project for his home city Mumbai. This is the country’s first internal-security deal being awarded to the private sector.

Political storm brews over J-K report
Jammu, May 25
The political temperature in J&K has suddenly risen since the report of three interlocutors was released on Thursday. There are strong anti-report voices, some even terming it as a step towards state’s disintegration.

CBI quizzes Jagan in illegal assets case
Hyderabad, May 25
The CBI on Friday continued grilling of YSR Congress Party leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy in the illegal assets case amid speculation that he could be arrested.

YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy talks to the media after he was questioned by the CBI in Hyderabad on Friday. PTI

Repeal anti-conversion laws, Delhi told
New Delhi, May 25
The Vatican City and Italy yesterday impressed upon India to repeal anti-conversion laws which are in force in some of its states and  said such laws curbed religious freedom guaranteed by the Indian Constitution. The Netherlands sought greater religious freedom in India without mentioning any specifics.

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Sentencing of doctor
A US Senate committee on Thursday cut $33 million in aid to Pakistan to protest against the prison term for a Pakistani doctor in Peshawar who helped lead the CIA to Osama bin Laden. (Details on World page)