Chikmagalur: Buses parked at a depot during a strike by KSRTC in Chikmagalur in Karnataka on Thursday.Employees of all state transport corporations have launched indefinite strike, demanding pay revision and regularisation of around 33,000 trainee employees. - Images by PTI

Transport strike paralyses Karnataka 

Kochi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh applauds after laying the foundation stone of Metro rail in Kochi on Thursday. Kerala Governor HR Bhardwaj, CM Oommen Chandy and Union ministers A K Antony, Vayalar Ravi and Kamal Nath are also seen.

PM lays the foundation stone of Kochi Metro Rail 

New Delhi: Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles Anand Sharma with NMCC Chairman V Krishnamurthy and Arun Maira, a member of Planning Commission, during the meeting of State Chief Secretaries and Industry Secretaries on Manufacturing in New Delhi on Thursday.

Sharma said under NMP, the govt aims to increase the share of the sector to at least 25% by 2020 from the present 16%.

Centre urges states to create land banks for manufacturing zones

Mumbai : Newly acquired Air India B-787 Dreamliner aircraft being given water cannon salute after it landed at the airport in Mumbai on Thursday.

Dreamliner aircraft gets canon salute in Mumbai

Chandigarh: Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil at the draw ceremony of the India - NZ Davis Cup tie in Chandigarh on Thursday.