Srinagar, Nov 16 : Cold wave gripped Jammu and Kashmir after the region witnessed the season''s first snowfall, causing a steep dip in temperature in the valley.

The region received season''s first rainfall on Friday breaking the dry spell that the region was grappling with for the past few months.

The snowfall has affected the life in the region, as people prefer to stay indoors considering the dipping temperature.

Locals could be seen huddled together on roads as they warmed themselves in front of fire.

The snowfall and the sudden change in weather has taken the locals by surprise.

Onboard Air India One, Nov 16 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh batted for developing economies at the G-20 summit.

Addressing a news conference onboard Air India One, while returning from Washington on Sunday, Singh said, the present economic crisis was threatening to spill over to the developing countries as well and that the developed countries must not lose sight of the impact of the crisis on the developing countries.

Coimbatore/Chennai, Nov 16 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi on Sunday reiterated his demand of ceasefire between the Sri Lankan forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Sri Lanakan President Mahinda Rajapakse on November 13 in New Delhi ruled out any possibility of ceasefire till the rebels laid down their arms.

The Tigers say they are fighting to establish a separate homeland for Sri Lanka''s Tamil minority, which has complained of marginalisation by successive governments led by the Sinhalese majority since independence from Britain in 1948.

Onboard Air India One, Nov 16 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Sunday called for coordinated fiscal stimulus to deal with present economic crisis.

Addressing a news conference onboard Air India One today, while on his way back from Washington where he attended the G-20 summit, Singh said, all the countries were in complete agreement that there was need for considerable fiscal stimulation.

He also said that international financial institutions should come out with facilities to increase their assistance to developing countries to help them tide over the crisis and added that the international financial institutions must be provided with adequate resources to meet the challenge of the crisis as far as developing countries are concerned.

Reims, France  - France's opposition Socialist Party failed to decide on a candidate for the post of party leader Sunday after lengthy negotiations that lasted through the night.

Baghdad  - A car bomb attack on a police patrol in north-east Iraq killed 10 civilians and injured 14 on Sunday, a security source in Diala province said.

The explosion took place near a courthouse in the al-Wihda neighborhood of Jalawlaa, 212 kilometres north-east of Baghdad, the al-Buratha news agency reported.

Earlier, a bomb went off in north-eastern Baghdad, killing three

people and wounding seven, police said.

The bomb was detonated near near a checkpoint in al-Shaab manned by members of a pro-US tribal force known as the Awakening Councils.

A civilian and two tribal members died. Seven tribal members were among the wounded, a police source told Voices Of Iraq (VOI) news agency.