Pakistan is a "fake" country which was created artificially by the Britishers who started the "bogus two-nation theory", Press Council of India Chairman Justice (retd) Markandey Katju said here on Tuesday.

Against the backdrop of over three crore cases pending in courts across India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday urged the lawyers and the judiciary to work together to provide speedy justice to the people.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday held the first meeting of his 77-member Council of Ministers at official residence, days after inducting 17 new faces and elevating five of them to the cabinet rank in a jumbo reshuffle.

Underlining that Pakistan and India are standing at the "crossroads of history", Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday said the bilateral peace process should be "uninterrupted" so that it can produce results.

Fresh from his third successive assembly poll victory, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was the cynosure of the media at the National Development Council meeting.

The walkout by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa from the National Development Council meeting for not being granted enough time to complete her speech evoked mixed reaction from various political leaders.

Amid the hike in university fee, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) is mulling to provide 25 percent reservation to the students belonging to economically weaker section.

Rajasthan Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution to create a Legislative Council in the state in order to provide "extensive" representation to the people.

A Press Council of India (PCI) committee, set up to probe an attack on a religious place and a media house in Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh, would now also inquire into other similar incidents in the rest of the district and nearby areas.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is retiring from the membership of legislative council, is all set to file nomination papers on April 11. Out of total 11 council members retiring, while 6 belong to JD(U) and 3 to BJP, two others belong to RJD and Congress.