Srinagar, Oct 11: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will today flag off the first train connecting Srinagar with central parts of Kashmir Valley.

The train would run on the Anantnag-Srinagar-Rajwansher rail route.

As a symbolic gesture, the PM will board the Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) train from Nowgam station.

The inauguration of the train service is a part of the plan to connect Baramulla to Qazigund. However, connecting the Kashmir Valley with the rest of the country still remains a distant dream.

New Delhi - The Dalai Lama was Friday operated on to remove gallbladder stones in the Indian capital of Delhi, according to the Tibetan spiritual leader's spokesman.

The operations was swift, simple and "everything went without a hitch," said spokesman Tenzin Takhla, adding that the
73-year-old Buddhist leader should be discharged within a day or two.

At the end of August the Dalai Lama spent four days in hospital in the west Indian city Mumbai, after he had complained about abdominal pains. After numerous medical tests the physicians had given him an all-clear signal.

New Delhi - Indian equities markets tanked with the key Sensex index plunging nearly 10 per cent shortly after opening on Friday as foreign funds sold blue-chip stocks due to the global financial crisis and declining Indian rupee.

The 30-share Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange which lost nearly 1,730 points in the past five sessions, plunged by 1,088.60 points, or 9.8 per cent, soon after opening.

It later pared its losses and was down 7.4 per cent at 10,496.16 points - its lowest level in more than two years - at noon (0630 GMT).

In what seemed to be a surprise for many, poltical party TDP announced its plan to form a separate state of Telangana from the present province, Andhra Pradesh. The news was quite unexpected as the same party has been working for years to prevent Andhra from being bifurcated.

The TDP Chief, Chandrababu Naidu on its changed stance commented on Thursday that, "The Core committee has decided this on basis of the sentiment of the Telangana people. They have recommended a separate Telangana."

Lahara village (UP), Oct 10: Rescuers are battling hard to save a child who fell in a deep narrow well in a village about
45 kilometers from Agra.

Two-year-old Sonu was playing near the 150 feet deep borewell, which was left uncovered, when he fell inside.

The rescue operation was in full swing till late in the night to save Sonu, who is trapped at a depth of around 70 feet.

Mumbai, Oct 10: The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark Sensex on Friday tumbled by nearly 10 per cent to 10,239.76 in opening trade.

The 30-share index, which had nearly lost 1,730 points in the past five straight sessions, plunged by 1,088.60 points, or 9.8 percent, little away from hitting the lower level circuit of 10 per cent, fixed by authorities.

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) index Nifty moved down by 314.70 points, or 9 per cent to 3,198.95 with all the heavy-weight stocks trading in negative zone.

Infosys Technologies fell by Rs 54.35 at Rs 1,200 despite better quarterly earnings.