BCCI nod to Pak team for Champions League
Chennai, May 12
In a decision which can have implications on the revival of Indo-Pak bilateral cricket ties, the BCCI today cleared the decks for the inclusion of a team from Pakistan in the Champions League Twenty20 for the first time since the event's inception.

Plan panel clears slew of schemes for Punjab
New Delhi, May 12
It’s a move that could obliterate many of Punjab’s woes. The Planning Commission has given an in-principle approval to a slew of schemes, which, once implemented, promise to usher in a much-needed change in the northern state.

PARLIAMENT AT 60: A PROFILE
House of the People is older, wiser
New Delhi, May 12
The Parliament of India has grown older and wiser in the 60 years it has lived and flourished. Constituted on May 13, 1952 after the first ever General Elections were held on the basis of adult suffrage, the Lok Sabha, House of the People, has undergone a massive transition — from young to old; little read to well read and elitist to egalitarian. (Details on Nation page)