An aide to Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he will seek military aid from India during a three-day visit this week.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived India on Sunday on a three-day state visit, his first overseas trip after assuming office in March, during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a string of issues including the recent border row.

Holding the Opposition's "disruptionary tactics" responsible for not allowing passage of the Food Security and Land Acquisition Bills in the Budget Session, the Congress on Saturday expressed its willingness for a Special Session.

Income Tax department has slapped a fresh USD 106 million (about Rs 582 crore) tax demand notice on Infosys, for 2009 fiscal, adding to the tax woes of India's second largest IT firm.

A one-man inquiry tribunal comprising Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi of Lahore High Court may visit India to complete the judicial inquiry into the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh.

With a view to attracting foreign investments, Finance Minister P Chidambaram will visit Dubai on May 26 and engage with sovereign wealth funds to sell the India growth story.

India is ready to write a new chapter of its relationship with China and the two countries should align their positions in many areas despite differences, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on the eve of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to India.

State Bank of India is projecting a deposit growth of 25 percent during the current fiscal compared to 14.85 percent in 2012-13.

Women find men with styled facial hair more attractive and look for partners with body grooming habits, underlined by the belief that excessive body hair is unattractive, says a survey conducted by Philips India in collaboration with research agency Hansa.

Leading stock exchange BSE has imposed restrictions on trading of 29 stocks for failing to convert at least half of the public shareholding into dematerialised format. The bourse would shift these scrips to the trade-to-trade segment or 'T' group category with effect from May 23, 2013.