NEW DELHI - State-owned oil marketing company Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Wednesday raised aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices by 3.6 percent, taking them up by Rs.1,636.58 a kilolitre to Rs.46,876.58 in the national capital.

NEW DELHI - Heeding to pressure from schools, the Delhi government Wednesday allowed them to set the criteria for nursery admissions but said they must reserve a quarter of their seats for poor families. Parents, however, feared the freedom will be misused.

NEW DELHI - "India-China friends forever" was the message sent out by Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao when he visited the Tagore International School here Wednesday to interact with its students.

NEW DELHI - The Delhi government Wednesday left schools free to devise their own criteria for nursery admissions but said they must reserve a quarter of the seats for poor families.

NEW DELHI - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived at the Tagore International School here Wednesday afternoon to interact with students and talk on Mandarin, Chinese culture and calligraphy.