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India seeks `zero-tolerance` against terrorism
 Yekaterinburg , May 15: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday sought a "zero-tolerance" approach against terror and underscored the nodal role of the UN in combating international terrorism.
Speaking in the deliberations at the Russia-India-China (RIC) ministerial meet, Mukherjee also thanked Moscow and Beijing for solidarity and sympathies expressed by them in the wake of the Jaipur terror strike.
Mukherjee said there was an urgent need to adopt a comprehensive convention on combating international terrorism by the United Nations.
He rubbished attempts to spark debates on the root causes of terrorism. "Terrorism in any form or manifestation is unacceptable," he said.
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Nothing more to say, we don't want n-deal: Karat
New Delhi, May 15: With the clock ticking away for the UPA-Left meeting May 28, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat has said that his party has 'nothing new to say' and doesn't want the government to go ahead with the India-US civil nuclear deal.
'Our stand is very clear. There is nothing new to say,' Karat told IANS when asked if there is any hope of a breakthrough at the next meeting over the nuclear deal between leaders of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and its Communist allies. 'We have asked the government not to proceed with the deal.
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India extends ban on LTTE by two years  New Delhi, May 15: The Centre has extended the ban by two years on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), declaring it as an unlawful association.
The notification to this effect was issued yesterday, a Home Ministry release said today.
The LTTE, also known as Tamil Tigers, is a militant group that has waged a violent campaign against the Sri Lankan government since the 1970s in order to create a separate Tamil state in the northern and eastern part of the island nation.
The group-led by V Prabhakaran has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation by several countries including the United States.
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India will fight terror at all costs: Patil
Jaipur: On a visit here with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Thursday said India will fight terror at all costs and thwart the designs of terrorists to disturb peace and communal harmony in the country.
"The nefarious designs of terrorists will be thwarted boldly and their attempts will be foiled," Patil told reporters after visiting the injured in the serial blasts at the Sawai Man Singh hospital here along with Gandhi.
Assuring the Centre's help to Rajasthan in the wake of terror strike, Patil said, "the Centre would give all possible assistance and help to the state to meet any exigency on the terror front."
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