Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's recent claim that 'he is a son of India' was aimed at "trapping" New Delhi, the Chinese state media reported on Wednesday, adding that his tactics would not work as both India and China have evolved a "consensus" to develop friendly ties. "There is a key problem which needs to be resolved before the Dalai Lama claimed himself as 'the son of India'. That is no one accepts him as a son either from the government or the locals of India," a write up in the ruling Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily said.

US President Barack Obama has said leaked classified documents on the war in Afghanistan did not contain any issue that was not already part of debate, as he sought Congressional support for his Af-Pak policy that has come under increased scrutiny after the incident. Speaking for the first time
after Wikileaks released more than 92,000 classified documents on the war against terrorism in the region, Obama said he is concerned about the disclosure of sensitive information from the battlefield that could potentially jeopardise individuals or operations.

Gujarat's former home minister Amit Shah wants the special CBI court to grant him bail for the role he played in turning the state into the "best police state in the country". This is one of the main arguments on which the close aide of Chief Minister Narendra Modi has based his bail application in the fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and the subsequent murder of his wife, Kauser bi, case.

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has found alleged irregularities in several Commonwealth Games related works being carried out by civic and construction agencies in the national capital. The anti-graft watchdog, through its Chief Technical Examiner's Wing, made an assessment of such works
and found irregularities in 14 construction projects, official sources said on Wednesday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday said Pakistan could not be allowed to harbour militants and promote terror against India, Afghanistan and the rest of the world. Cameron, on his first visit to India after becoming prime minister in May, laid out the basis for a new “enhanced relationship” with India. Apart from Cameron’s own tough talk on terrorism, his business minister Vince Cable announced the UK was prepared to export civil nuclear technology to India, bringing Britain in line with the stance taken by the United States, Russia and France.

At least 152 people died on Wednesday morning as a private commercial airliner, Airblue, crashed into Islamabad's Margalla mountains after being denied landing on its first approach to Islamabad Airport. The crash of the Airblue aircraft took place as the A321 aircraft crashed into the mountains
that skirt Pakistan's federal capital with civil aviation authorities saying that this could possibly signal pilot error.