New Delhi, Jan 11: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will arrive on a two-day visit here this evening against the backdrop of chill in Indo-Pak relations.

During his visit, President Karzai will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and hold discussion on the latest developments related to the terror strikes.

The Prime Minister is expected to share evidence about involvement of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and other Pakistan-based elements in the Mumbai attacks.

New Delhi, Jan 11 : Vice President Hamid Ansari will inaugurate the fourteenth National Youth Festival at Amritisar tomorrow.

It is the first time that National Youth Festival would be held in Punjab till January 16.

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will preside over the function. Dr. M. S. Gill, Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports and Gulzar Singh Ranike, Sports Minister, Punjab , will be the ''Guests of Honour'' at the function.

New Delhi, Jan. 10 : Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on Saturday said that India is ready to grant Pakistan consular access to Ajmal Amir Kasab, lone surviving gunman involved in the November 2008 terror attack on Mumbai, provided Islamabad makes a request.

Talking to reporters in national capital, Sharma said that so far no requests have been made by Pakistan, but all help would be provided to them if they wanted it.

New Delhi, Jan. 10 : Merchant navy sailors and relations of Captain Jasprit Chawla and Chief Officer Shyam Chetan, the two convicted Indian shipping officers of vlcc
(very large crude carrier) ''Hebei Spirit'', staged a demonstration in New Delhi on Saturday seeking justice and their release by contending they were not guilty for the collision of the anchored tanker with a crane barge in Korea.

The protestors were seeking justice and release of the two jailed Indian marine officers by contending they were not primarily guilty for the collision of the tanker with a barge of Samsung in Korea.

Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Jan. 10 : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and the party''s prime ministerial candidate in the forthcoming general elections this year, L. K. Advani, on Saturday said ethics and values are inseparable elements of every business.

Advani was speaking at the global summit of the Jain International Trade Organization (JITO).

Commenting on the financial fraud of IT major Satyam Computer Services, he said business without ethics is a sin.

Kangra Valley (Himachal Pradesh), Jan. 10 : Fishermen in Himachal Pradesh''s Kangra Valley are searching for fish in the Pong reservoir.

About five tons of fish have disappeared from the water reservoir this year, according to Bodh Raj, the Manager of the Khatiar Fish Collection Society.

The fishermen are attributing it to migratory birds preying on the fish.

A disappointed fisherman, Dharam Pal, said that fishing is not a reliable profession to sustain one''s livelihood.