India has been given access to David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American LeT operative who has confessed his role in the Mumbai attacks, US national security adviser James Jones said on Saturday.

Defence minister A.K. Antony on Saturday advised against jumping to conclusion on allegation of misconduct against a top Army officer as the matter was under investigation. “Don’t jump to the conclusion, they (Army) are investigating,” he told reporters when asked about engineer-in-chief Lt. Gen. A.K. Nanda facing allegation of misconduct. He was here to inaugurate housing project for Armymen.

India on Saturday cautioned G-20 nations against rushing to withdraw stimulus measures, although many countries were seeing the worrying trend of expenditure far outstripping income.

India on Saturday dismissed concerns about threats to its nuclear assets by Left-wing extremists and said that it is an internal issue of the country which will be dealt with law and order.

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has thrown open government data to the public as part of a radical plan to usher in more transparency in public affairs.
In a letter sent to all government departments, Mr Cameron set out ambitious plans to open up data and set challenging deadlines to public bodies for the publication of information on topics including crime, hospital infections and government spending.

Elders in a village in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province arranged the weddings of men and women of marriageable age to check a growing trend of elopement.
One elder proposed to the panchayat of the village in Sanghar district that all men and women who had reached marriageable age should be married off after obtaining t

In order to secure the release of its female operative arrested by Saudi forces, Al Qaeda has threatened to kidnap Saudi princes and ministers, a television report has said.

Bond star Daniel Craig, who is presently free following suspension of production of the 23rd 007 film, is reportedly all set to star as a journalist in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Bilateral deals and international issues apart, US President Barack Obama will have an important culinary agenda when he travels to India in November 2010.
He is not only eager to savour the “Hillary Platter” — the dish Bukhara restaurant at ITC’s Maurya hotel in New Delhi created for the secretary of state — he also wants an “Obama Platter” named after him.

US President Barack Obama and external affairs minister S.M.