Krishna to visit Pak
* Anticipates ‘meaningful’ dialogue with Qureshi on July 15
* Prior to that, Chidambaram to visit Islamabad on June 26
New Delhi, May 11
Taking a significant step towards the formal resumption of dialogue between their two countries suspended since the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi spoke to each other on telephone today.

Jindal draws flak from Cong
No bowing to khap pressure, says Moily
New Delhi, May 11
Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily on Tuesday ruled out amending the Hindu Marriage Act in order to accommodate the Khap Panchayat's demands. "We have suggested to amend the simple marriage act, not the Hindu Marriage Act,” he added.

Brown quits, Cameron to take over
London, May 11
Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister of Britain today and said Conservative leader David Cameron would take over, ending 13 years of rule by the centre-left Labour Party.                             David Cameron

World page: Slow rise and abrupt fall of Brown

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown along with his wife Sarah and kids John and Fraser walks past 10 Downing Street in London after announcing his resignation on Tuesday. — Reuters

Shivalik Hills up for grabs!
Land mafia felling trees to pave way for roads
Chandigarh, May 11
Eco-fragile Shivalik Hills in Chandigarh’s periphery are up for sale! Sounds incredible but that’s true. For, a handful of local politicians-turned-property dealers are, in a bid to make a fast buck, allegedly selling farmhouse sites after illegally carving roads through undulating hillocks that form the part of Punjab’s protected forest cover.

Voluble Jairam now wants to keep mum
New Delhi, May 11
A normally voluble Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh was surprisingly quiet on Tuesday as he refused to utter even one word on his recent statements on the government’s policy on China and the political outcome thereof.

Emissions up, but way lower than US, China
Satellite to monitor situation

Muivah Visit
Pillai in Manipur to defuse crisis
Guwahati, May 11
The Centre today rushed Union Home Secretary GK Pillai to Manipur to hold discussions with senior government functionaries on the situation arising from the economic blockade by Naga students and NSCN-IM leader Thuingaleng Muivah’s attempt to enter the state to visit his ancestral village.

Bill Gates offers to turn Amethi, Rae Bareli into IT hubs Lucknow, May 11 Microsoft chairman Bill Gates today extended an invitation to the US to those who are willing to learn computers. During his visit to Amethi, in the midst of a scorching Indian summer, Gates promised to develop Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s constituency and neighbouring Rae Bareli represented by Congress president Sonia Gandhi as IT hubs.