New Delhi, Nov 24 : President Pratibha Patil today left on a 10-day visit to Vietnam and Indonesia to expand India''s bilateral relations.

The high-level visit is expected to give a fresh impetus to bilateral relations encompassing political, economic and cultural ties.

During her four-day stay in Vietnam, Patil will have meetings with her Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Minh Triet and the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

The President would attend a business meeting being organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Vietnam Chambers of Commerce.

London, Nov. 24 : Second phase of elections in the Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir have finished with astonishing outcomes. If we look at the Pakistani media or views of those who support Pakistan, irrespective of what they have done to the Kashmir dispute, we find that there has been a total boycott of elections and that the Indian Army has only one mission and that is to kill innocent people.

Aizwal, Nov 24 : An increasing number of women candidates are joining the electoral fray in the forthcoming assembly elections in Mizoram, scheduled to be held on December 2.

Mizo women have not been getting due importance in the state electoral politics although their contribution to Mizo society, economy and the church of the Christian-dominated state has been immense.

This has been despite the women voters outnumbering the male voters.

According to records, out of the total of 611,124 voters, there are 308,884women voters as against the 302,240 male voters.

Amritsar, Nov 24 : Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta looks forward to addressing various security related aspects during the Home Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan which begin in Islamabad on Tuesday.

Gupta is leading the India delegation at the talks.

Speaking to reporters here on his way to Pakistan, he said New Delhi expects proactive cooperation from Islamabad in dealing with security matters.

New Delhi, Nov 24 : Chief Producer of films division Kuldeep Sinha today informed that the films division is exploring new vistas to popularise the documentary films in India. A policy is being worked out to market the films made by the Division for the larger audience.

New mediums like mobile phones, television and festivals are being considered.

Lahore, Nov 24 : Indus Water Commissioner (Pakistan) chief Jamaat Ali Shah has said that India would make Pakistan barren by 2014 by stopping its water and filling its Baglihar Dam at an increased pace.

Addressing a seminar at the Lahore Press Club, Shah said that India had constructed dams at various rivers and continued doing so.

Speakers from different farmers’ organisations said that India had violated the Indus Water Treaty by constructing Baglihar Dam. They said that if the Pakistani government remained silent, India would destroy Pakistan’s economy and ‘capture the country without a battle’.