Lahore, Jan 12 : Former cricketer and chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan, has called on the PML-N chairman Nawaz Sharif here at the latters' residence at Raiwind to discuss the possibility of a new alliance on a one-point agenda of the reinstatement of deposed judges.

Both leaders on Sunday agreed to convene a national conference on the issue, The Nation reported.

Lahore, Jan 12 : Peace activists from Pakistan and India met at the Attari border to defuse the growing tensions between the two countries in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks.

One-day peace moot between peace activists was held at Attari on Sunday, The News reported.

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairman Asma Jehangir and Secretary General South Asian Free Media Association (Safma) Imtiaz Alam crossed over the Wagah border, and visited Amritsar on a peace mission, addressing a peace conference at Attari.

Indian stocks opened the day on a weak note following worldwide signals.

The 30-share index, BSE Sensex belled the day after losing 90.14 points at 9,316.33, as against its last closure at 9,406.47, down 180.41 points, on Friday (Jan 09).

Realty, IT and power stocks were among the major losers, while metal and consumer durables edged higher on selective buying action.

BSE Midcap and Smallcap index fell 0.33% and 0.04% respectively, as not much buying was seen in these segments.

New Delhi, Jan 12 : A meeting of the State Transport Ministers will be held here today to solve the situation arising out of the truckers strike.

A State Transport Ministers'' meeting will discuss the prevailing situation and steps required to ensure uninterrupted movement of essential commodities across the country.

The Central Government will take up the issue of national permit with the States and would emphasise that it would help in smooth inter-State movement of goods.

As the strike entered the eighth day today, All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) Vice-President Amolak Singh Bhatia said: "The strike is on, and the solution lies completely in the hands of the Government."

London, January 12 : Prince Harry, who came under fire after a home video containing his racist remarks against fellow comrades emerged, has been "profoundly condemned" by the father of the "victimised" Pakistani officer cadet.

The third in line to the throne, who is honing his flying skills to become a pilot of the meanest attack machine in the British Army, was said to have invited trouble as he called Lt Ahmed Raza Khan "our little Paki friend".

London, January 12: Amy Winehouse's father is reportedly rushing to reach his holidaying daughter in the Caribbean after her "new man" moved out of the island.

The pop star, married to jailbird Blake Fielder-Civil, was said to have paired up with budding actor Josh Bowman after meeting on a holiday in St Lucia.

Josh had previously dismissed rumours about their romance, saying that the singer was "not his kind of girl".