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Manmohan sets new terms of endearment for Pakistan
Talks off if another 26/11-type attack; will visit Pak only for ‘solid business’
Raj Chengappa, Editor-in-Chief, On Board PM’s Aircraft
November 12
Two days after a feel-good meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani on the sidelines of the SAARC summit in Maldives, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today clarified the new terms of endearment.


Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addresses his onboard Press conference on Saturday.

  What the PM said

Punjab to get first taste of proxy voting
CEC rules out advancement of elections
Ludhiana, November 12
For the first time in Punjab, persons, who are not able to cast their votes because they are posted at faraway places, will be able to do so, courtesy proxy voting.

  What is proxy voting

India-Maldives friendship
Why the largest democracy needs the smallest
Male, November 12
The two heads of states are a study in contrast - one a gray eminence, the other a youthful rebel. While Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heads the world’s largest democracy, Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed rules the smallest in South Asia - it has a population of just 3 lakh, or a little less than third of that of Chandigarh. Yet the relationship is symbiotic and India cannot afford to neglect its smallest neighbour.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressing the Maldivian Majlis (Parliament) in Male on Saturday. — PTI

India, Pak to ease cross-border travel
New Delhi, November 12
Travelling across the border to Pakistan will become easier once the new visa agreement between India and Pakistan comes into force soon.  (Details on Nation page)

Will slash VAT on petrol: Badal
Rakhra (Patiala), November 12
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the state government will slash Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol to cushion the impact of price hikes by oil companies. Badal said that reduction in VAT would be discussed during the next Cabinet meeting. He, however, did not set a time-frame for the VAT cut.