Washington, Dec. 5 : Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has said that he does not visualize his country and India going to war, as they are democracies with representatives elected by a popular vote.

“Democracies do not go to war. War is not in our expression of thought.” the Dawn quoted Zardari as telling CNN’s Larry King.

He said that America went to war against Iraq only in retaliation to “the attack on America”.

Lenovo has rolled out a new PC, named ThinkCentre A62 in the Indian market.

The cost-effective, environment friendly and manageable desktop PC consumes 40% less electricity than its ThinkCentre predecessor because of the efficiency of the new AMD 15w CPU – Athlon 2650e, which is available on select models.

According to company, the newly launched PC offers enterprise and SMB clients with improved total cost of ownership throughout a longer PC lifecycle.

New Delhi, Dec 5 : Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was accorded a ceremonial reception at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan here today.

Medvedev was welcomed by his Indian counterpart Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

Medvedev, who arrived here on a three-day visit on Thursday, is to hold wide-ranging talks with Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

New Delhi, Dec. 5 : The Planning Commission, Government of India and the United Nations signed a Joint Programme on Convergence to help India’s backward districts achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by better utilization of government resources. The Programme document was signed by Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee (Principal Adviser, Planning Commission) and Dr. Maxine Olson (UN Resident Coordinator).

Srinagar, Dec 5: Elaborate arrangements have been made to ensure that the fourth phase of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir are held in a free and fair manner on Sunday.

In this phase, twelve constituencies of Baramulla and Buddgam districts along with six other constituencies in Reasi and Udhampur districts in Jammu will go to the polls.

The election campaign in Budgam and Baramulla districts will come to an end this afternoon.

On Thursday, a Election Commission of India team reviewed poll arrangements for the remaining four phases of elections at a meeting in Srinagar.

New Delhi, Dec 5 : Operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport returned to normalcy early on Friday after gunshots were heard there.

There were reports that two sharp sounds had sparked off a security scare at the airport at around 1:00 a. m.. However, a police check yielded nothing.

According to a visitor, he heard two sounds and was asked by the police to get inside the airport building.