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NDTV Correspondent, Thursday November 19, 2009, London

Police have released all the six persons on bail, who were arrested on Wednesday for the alleged killing of Geeta Aulakh. The 28-year-old was found dead with her hand cut off in West London.

Who was Geeta Aulakh?

NDTV Correspondent, Thursday November 19, 2009, New Delhi

The British-born Punjabi woman, Geeta Aulakh, was working as a receptionist at Sunrise Radio in London. The Sunrise Radio is a community radio station at Southall owned by Indian-origin businessman Avtar Lit.

India priority, not China: US

NDTV Correspondent, Thursday November 19, 2009, Washington

There is damage control in DC... just days before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit. Senior American diplomats assured India that their relationship with China would not be at India's expense.

US House welcomes Manmohan Singh

NDTV Correspondent, Thursday November 19, 2009, Washington

The US House of Representatives adopted unanimously by voice vote H Res 890 to commend the maturing of India-US relations and to welcome Prime Minister to the United States.

Queen sounds poll bugle

NDTV Correspondent, Thursday November 19, 2009, London

Rarely has the Queen's speech at the annual state opening of Parliament in Britain attracted such controversy. But with barely 6 months left for the next general elections, the opposition says the PM Gordon Brown has resorted to desperate measures using the speech to draw out the election battle lines.

26/11 documentaries ready for 1-yr mark

Mike Hale, New York Times News Service, Thursday November 19, 2009, New York

"The first 360-degree view of terrorism" – that’s the promise the writer Fareed Zakaria makes at the beginning of "Terror in Mumbai," a new HBO documentary about the attacks in that city last November that left more than 170 people dead.

Krishna, Qureshi meet at lunch in Kabul

NDTV Correspondent, Thursday November 19, 2009, Kabul

The Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers along with Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik met over lunch in Kabul on Thursday, after Hamid Karzai was sworn-in as Afghanistan president for a second term.

Makeover that went wrong for Palin

Lauren Lipton, New York Times News Service, Thursday November 19, 2009, New York

The most elusive fashion stylist in America was nervous. Sitting on a reporter’s sofa, dressed in yoga pants and a hoodie, she tucked her slender legs underneath her, averted her eyes and explained why she had decided to out herself after avoiding the spotlight for so long.

Taliban strikes in Peshawar again with new blast

NDTV Correspondent, Thursday November 19, 2009, Peshawar

Eighteen people have been killed and 44 others injured in the latest terror attack in Peshawar in North West Pakistan. 3 policemen and a lawyer are also among the dead. The blast, a suicide attack, targeted the court on Khyber Road. The bomber blew himself up when he was being frisked at the gate of the judicial complex. The blast on Thursday morning was so powerful that several cars parked nearby were destroyed. Security forces immediately cordoned off the area and neighbouring schools were closed down.

Bangladesh's verdict on assassination of its founder

NDTV Correspondent, Thursday November 19, 2009, Dhaka

The Bangladesh Supreme Court has upheld the death penalties for five ex-Army officers convicted for killing the country’s first president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.