Kathmandu, Nov 21 (IANS) Two senior officials of oral care giant Colgate Palmolive India Ltd’s Nepal subsidiary, who were captured by a wing of a ruling political party Thursday, have been freed and are on their way to India, Nepal police said Friday.

Kathmandu, Nov 21 (IANS) Two senior officials of oral care giant Colgate Palmolive India Ltd’s Nepal subsidiary, who were captured by a wing of a ruling political party Thursday, have been freed and are on their way to India, Nepal police said Friday.

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said it had become possible for him to realise his personal dreams because of the opportunities the nation had given him and said his “greatest ambition” was to see a fully-educated and knowledge-empowered India.

Shimla, Nov 21 (IANS) A hydropower firm in Himachal Pradesh has been penalised for violating environmental laws, the government said Friday.

Guwahati, Nov 21 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the serial explosions in Assam is likely to carry out narco analysis tests on two blast suspects, officials said Friday.

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Congress party president Sonia Gandhi expressed concern here Friday that the current global economic upheaval could grievously affect the most vulnerable sections of India, but at the same time maintained there was no need for the country to get back to the era of controls.

United Nations, Nov 21 (IANS) The UN has approached India and several other nations to send more troops to the conflict-prone African nation of Congo, where the world body has a peacekeeping mission. India is now the largest troop contributor to the UN’s mission in Congo, accounting for more than one-fourth of the over 17,000 UN peacekeeping forces in Congo.

United Nations, Nov 21 (IANS) A UN body has received complaints about the presence of child soldiers in certain militancy and Maoist-affected parts of India and has started the process to verify them, officials said.