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Sharif to PM: Pehle aap

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Monday said he will invite Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to Pakistan for his oath-taking ceremony as the new Premier.

Will invite Manmohan Singh to my oath-taking ceremony: Nawaz

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif today said he will invite Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Pakistan for his oath-taking ceremony as the new premier.

Pakistan to hand over Sarabjit’s body to India

Pakistan today said the body of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh, who died in a Lahore hospital after a brutal assault in jail, will be handed over to Indian authorities after “the early completion of all formalities”.

Pak hands over body of Sarabjit to Indian officials

The body of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who died early today following a brutal assault by other inmates of a jail here, was handed over to officials of the Indian high commission by Pakistani authorities.

Sarabjit Singh slips into non-reversible coma

Indian national Sarabjit Singh, severely injured in a brutal assault last week, has slipped into a “non-reversible” coma and doctors in a hospital here are struggling to save his life, official sources said today.

Sarabjit’s condition deteriorates, says Pak doctors

Doctors treating Indian death row convict Sarbajit Singh, comatose in a hospital here in Pakistan after a brutal assault, today said his condition has deteriorated though he had not been declared brain dead.

Pak officials dismiss report about sending Sarabjit abroad

Pakistani officials today dismissed a report that a medical board was considering a proposal to send abroad Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh - comatose in a Lahore hospital after a brutal assault - for treatment.

The headlines said it all. The Man Booker International Prize had been awarded to Lydia Davis, the American author. But most Indian newspapers in English announced it as “U.R. Ananthamurthy loses out on Man Booker”. You could almost hear the collective sigh of millions of disappointed Indians.

Today, India’s prime actors who are making a bid for international visibility — in roles, major or minor — are amassing reams of publicity and flashbulb attention from the paparazzi. Amitabh Bachchan, despite a brief part in The Great Gatsby, stirred up news headlines and tumult at the extravaganza’s premiere in New York, and then on the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet. Irrfan Khan and Tabu have received an unconditional thumbs-up from the Oscar-celebrated Ang Lee after Life of Pi, Anil Kapoor is a known factor in international enclaves after Slumdog Millionaire, a cameo in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, as well as the TV series 24.