Suu Kyi seeks India’s support for her struggle in Myanmar
Says Gandhi and Nehru were 
leaders she felt closest to
New Delhi, November 14
As New Delhi pulled out all the stops to accord her a warm welcome, Myanmar’s pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi today made an emotional appeal to the people of India to support the democratic movement in her country so that it could be taken to its logical conclusion.
Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi with Congress president Sonia Gandhi after the release of a book during Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture in New Delhi on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

After 25 years, it’s homecoming for Aung San Suu Kyi
New Delhi, November 14
When Nobel Peace laureate and Myanmar Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivered the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture today at the Vigyan Bhavan, she was probably not aware that she was a mere stone’s throw away from 24 Akbar Road, the sprawling bungalow where she grew up as a young girl, now housing the Congress party offices. The premises was allotted to the pro-democracy leader’s mother Daw Khin Kyi when she was appointed Myanmar’s Ambassador to India in the early sixties.

Bal Thackeray on life-support system 
Mumbai, November 14
The condition of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray turned critical tonight with the octogenarian leader suffering from multi-organ failure. Earlier, he had complained of extreme breathlessness and lack of appetite, according to party leaders.

12-year-old strangled to death, dumped in canal
Fatehabad, November 14
A youth kidnapped a 12-year-old schoolchild to pressure his sister into reviving her relations with him. He then killed him with the help of an accomplice out of fear of being caught. The two accused are in the police custody now. They have confessed to their crime and told the police they threw the boy’s body in the Bhakra main line canal after tying a weight with it.