Press Trust Of India February 1 2011 New Delhi

• Sonia anguished on blind race for power and pelf

  In the backdrop of a series of scams hitting the government, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today expressed anguish over the race for power and pelf which after a certain limit translates into mere pursuit of greed. "Today, people are engaged in a blind race for gaining wealth and a high post," she said at a function to release a stamp in t...

• Egypt crisis internal affair: Krishna

  Describing the anti-government protests in Egypt as an "internal affair", India today hoped that the African nation finds a solution, acceptable to the protesters, to end the crisis there. "With reference to what is happening there, it is an internal affair of that country. We hope that a resolution would be found which would be acceptable to...

• Govt not in a hurry to resume onion export: Thomas

  Though the government stopped subsidized sale of onions in the national capital from today with the softening of the kitchen staple prices, it said it is not in a hurry to lift ban on export of the veggie. "Though the price of the onion has eased but we have not reached the stage to restart export of the vegetable. We are not in any hurry," Fo...