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London, Aug 8 : British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for India-Pakistan talks to resolve their bilateral issues, including the killing of five Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir, a British daily said Thursday.

"Talks can resolve any issues in a democratic system," Cameron was quoted as saying by Manchester's Asian Lite newspaper.

Chicago, Aug 8 : Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 342,000 Toyota Tacoma trucks made during 2005-11 for faulty seat belts, the company said.

Toyota said screws that attach the seat belt pre-tensioner to the retractor within the assembly can become loose due to repeated and forceful closing of the access door, which may lead to detachment of the pre-tensioner and the retractor spring cover from the seat belt retractor, thus affecting seat belt performance, reported Xinhua.

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 8 : Middle East-based Keralaite businessman Ravi Pillai said here Thursday that tourism is the only viable business opportunity in Kerala and sought the private sector's entry into the titanium industry.

"In Kerala the cost of land and salaries is very high besides there are political issues also. Today tourism is the only viable business proposition in Kerala. Another one is the titanium industry, but that is not allowed in the private sector and it should be opened up," Pillai told reporters here.

New Delhi, Aug 8 : External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Thursday said it was not an appropriate time to say anything about the September meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, scheduled on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meet.

"Not in a position today to say anything because this is not the time or appropriate atmosphere in which we should be discussing talks. There will be lot of work necessary if we are to talk... but will it be conducive, we need to look at it," Khurshid said.

A Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) headed by senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has asked the Congress-led UPA government to review its decision on domestic natural gas prices.

In June, the government's cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) approved a plan to increase natural gas price from current $4.2 per mmBtu to more than $8 per mmBtu.

Government's net direct tax collection jumped more than 10 per cent year-on-year during the April-July period of the current financial year, according to fresh official stats.

Figures released on Wednesday by the Finance Ministry showed that net direct tax collections jumped 10.37 per cent to Rs 1.17 lakh crore in the four months ended July this year, from Rs 1.06 lakh crore in the corresponding period of FY2012-13.