Political crisis rocks AP
100 MLAs quit over statehood to Telangana
Hyderabad, December 10
Andhra Pradesh today plunged into a crisis following a spate of resignations by MPs and MLAs, across the political spectrum, in protest against the Centre’s decision to grant statehood to the Telangana region.

PC invites Rao to Delhi for talks TRS supporters meet party president K. Chandrasekhar Rao after he called off the hunger strike in Hyderabad. — PTI

UPA opens Pandora’s box with Telangana
New Delhi, December 10
The UPA government appears to have opened a Pandora’s box by agreeing to carve out Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh.

AP may head for 3-way split
Cong hopes TDP will bail it out
Editorial: Statehood for Telangana

Climate Summit
Chinese PM speaks to Manmohan
New Delhi, December 10
In a significant development, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao today telephoned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to exchange views on the Copenhagen Climate Change summit. Wen discussed with Manmohan Singh various issues connected with the summit, official sources said. The two leaders agreed that the two sides would remain in touch on the Copenhagen meet. They also discussed issues of bilateral interest, they added.

Assam blasts kill boy, injure 29
Guwahati, December 10
A seven-year-old boy was killed and 29 others injured, five of them seriously, when suspected militants of the anti-talks faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) lobbed two grenades, one at a crowded weekly market at Missamari and another at Rakshakmari near Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district of North Assam this afternoon.

Zardari wants US to mediate on Kashmir
New York, December 10
In an apparent bid to drag the United States into the long pending Kashmir issue, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said Washington should step in to mediate and help resolve the core issue between India and Pakistan. In his article in the New York Times, Zardari, while welcoming America’s $7.5 billion pledge over the next five years for non-military projects in Pakistan.