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NDTV Correspondent, Friday November 6, 2009, New Delhi

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said there has been no input from Pakistan on the Lashkar-Headley terror plot against India. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the India EU summit, the Prime Minister said Pakistan had not given any information on Headley, who is allegedly linked to the Lashkar-e-Taiba. The plot was uncovered by the FBI recently. Tahawwur Hussain Rana and David Headley, Chicago-based businessmen who have been linked to a plot to attack the Danish newspaper that published controversial cartoons about the Prophet Muhammad, also discussed the possibility of attacking the National Defence College in New Delhi.

Pak link to Headley terror plot: Chidambaram

NDTV Correspondent, Friday November 6, 2009, Hyderabad

Home minister P Chidamabaram said on Friday that there was a clear Pakistan link in the Lashkar-Headley terror plot against India. The plot was uncovered by the FBI recently. Tahawwur Rana and David Headley, Chicago-based businessmen who have been linked to a plot to attack the Danish newspaper that published controversial cartoons about the Prophet Muhammad, also discussed the possibility of attacking the National Defence College in New Delhi. They have been arrested and are being interrogated.

Blocking the exit route for Koda's men

NDTV Correspondent, Friday November 6, 2009, Ranchi

The Enforcement Directorate has alerted airports across the country to prevent former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's aides - Binod Sinha and Sanjay Chaudhary - from fleeing the country. They have been barred from fleeing the country.

35 feared dead in Himachal bus mishap

NDTV Correspondent, Friday November 6, 2009, Kangra

Thirty-five passengers are feared dead after a bus fell into a gorge in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. Thirty-five passengers were feared when a local passenger bus rolled down into a deep gorge near Dehra in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. According to preliminary investigations, overloading caused of the accident. Relief and rescue operations are on.

Chavan may stake claim this evening

NDTV Correspondent, Friday November 6, 2009, Mumbai/Delhi

Maharashtra will finally have a new government. But the Congress won't have the kind of power it hoped to wield in the government, with NCP getting the better deal of portfolios.

Noted journalist Prabhash Joshi dies

Press Trust of India, Friday November 6, 2009, New Delhi, 1173131

Noted journalist Prabhash Joshi died of a heart attack in New Delhi on Thursday night. He was 72. He was admitted to a private hospital after he complained of chest pain at 11.30 pm where doctors declared him dead, family sources said. He is survived by wife Usha Joshi, two sons -- Sandeep and Sopan -- daughter Sonal and mother Leela Bai. Joshi, who began his career with Nayi Duniya, was the founder editor of leading Hindi daily "Jansatta" in 1983.

Gujarat riots trial: Witness 'blames' Modi

Rohit Bhan, Thursday November 5, 2009, Ahmedabad

On February 28, 2002, 69 people were massacred by rioters at Gulbarg Society in Ahmedabad. Among them Congress' Ex-MP Ehsan Jafri, who was burnt alive. Now, seven years later, Imtiyaz Pathan, a survivor, has told the court that as a mob started to gather outside, a desperate Jafri had called chief minister Narendra Modi for help.

Probing Koda: Bigger fish in murky sea?

Alok Pandey, Manish Kumar, Thursday November 5, 2009, Ranchi

The last thing that Madhu Koda probably wants is to be a free man. That’s because he’s in hospital, where he can’t be arrested on corruption charges. When the former chief minister is discharged, he’ll be taken into custody, an eventuality that’s closer now that he’s been moved out the Intensive Care Unit where he was admitted earlier this week, after complaining of a severe stomach ache.

Commonwealth Games budget doubled

NDTV Correspondent, Thursday November 5, 2009, New Delhi

The Commonwealth Games have got so much flak so far that it seems to have spooked even the government. They've decided not to take any chances and double the budget, which means that the Games will be costing us, the taxpayer, Rs 1,620 crore.

I will quit, if party asks: Shobha Karandlaje

Press Trust of India, Thursday November 5, 2009, Bangalore

Karnataka Minister Shobha Karandlaje, whose scalp is being demanded by the dissidents gunning for Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's ouster, on Thursday said she would resign "if the party asks for it".