New Delhi - Tibetan exiles ended a crucial meeting on their future in the northern Indian town of Dharamsala Saturday, agreeing to take a firmer stand in dealings with China, delegates said.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama called the special meeting after admitting in October that his "middle way" policy of securing greater autonomy for Tibetans within China had failed.

More than 600 Tibetan exiles attended the week-long meeting which saw intense discussions on whether there should be a shift of policy to advocate independence, a move which many of the younger generation advocated.

New Delhi - Two young men were killed Saturday when police and paramilitary forces fired at a demonstration against holding elections in India's northern Jammu and Kashmir, news reports said.

The incident took place in Baramullah town, about 55 kilometres north-west of state capital Srinagar, IANS news agency reported quoting police and witnesses.

A seven-phase election to the Jammu and Kashmir state legislative assembly began on Monday and the second phase is due to be held on Sunday. Constituencies in Baramullah are slated to vote December 7.

New Delhi, Nov 22 : Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil today asked the states to raise special forces to counter terrorism which is fast spreading its tentacles across the country.

Virgin Mobile surely deserves lots of congratulations for expanding its range of mobile phones, with the launching of its latest addition ‘vKewl’ in the Indian market.

Targeting youth, vKewl comes packed with a 1.3 megapixel camera having video recording capability, an MP3 player, FM radio, MMS, speakers and headsets.

The CDMA-capable phone features vBytes and WAP connection, 1.8-inch display screen with resolution of 176 x 220 pixels , 256 MB flash memory together with 64 MB SRAM.

New Delhi, Nov 22: Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil will inaugurate a two- day annual Directors General and the Inspectors General of Police Conference here today.

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will address the conference on Sunday.

During the conference, police chiefs from all states, chiefs of para-military forces and security agencies will try to work out a joint strategy on countering threats from militant and fundamentalist groups.

New Delhi  - India and Turkey Friday decided to boost trade and energy cooperation and discussed ways to deal with global challenges like the deepening financial crisis and terrorism.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh in New Delhi after meeting with President Pratibha Patil and other Indian leaders.

"The discussions with Prime Minister Erdogan will contribute to the upgrading of our relations to a new level that befits the 21st century," Singh said after the talks, adding the two sides had chalked out a "concrete action programme".