New Delhi, Nov 21 : The External Affairs Ministry on Friday expressed reservations over Indian cricket team touring Pakistan.

The series to be played from January 5 to February 19 includes three Tests, five One-day Internationals and one Twenty20 International but is in doubt because the Indian government is yet to clear the tour.

The Ministry fears that any untoward eventuality during the tour can decimate all the efforts made in building up the Indo-Pak relations.

New Delhi - The Indian Navy has been given formal approval for "hot pursuit" of pirates in Somali waters and will be deploying another warship to tackle piracy in the region, officials and news reports said Friday.

The United Nations has recently authorized the Indian Navy to enter Somali territorial waters to take anti-piracy measures, a navy official said on condition of anonymity.

So far a UN resolution had restricted the hot pursuit permission to the navies of US and French, the CNN-IBN network reported.

Teen Bigha (West Bengal), Nov 21 : Thousands of families living in enclaves along the porous India-Bangladesh border lament that the steps taken by the governments on either side of the border are not sufficient to meet their development needs.

They also complained that their enclaves are victims of indifferent attitude from authorities on both sides.

Mostly located in the district of Cooch Behar of West Bengal, there are as many as 111 Bangladeshi enclaves, which fall in the Indian territory and 58 Indian enclaves falling in the Bangladesh territory.

Bheramari (West Bengal), Nov 21 : A Communist Party of India-Marxists (CPI-M) supporter was killed at Bheramari village in Birbhum district of West Bengal on Friday in a feud over a plot of a cultivable land.

The plot is said to be belonging to a Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporter, who was originally a CPI (M) supporter and has recently joined the TMC.

Around 300 CPI (M) supporters armed with sticks, guns and country bombs allegedly attacked the TMC supporters to capture the plot of land.

New Delhi, Nov 21 : Union Minister for Science and Technology Kabil Sibal addressing a business meet in the presence of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey is a strategic country that can prove to be a bridge between Europe and Asia.

At a joint Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI),

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) meeting in New Delhi, Sibal observed that Turkey can cash in the opportunities that both Europe and Asia provide.

New Delhi, Nov 21 : Welcoming Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram''s appeal of cutting real estate prices to stimulate domestic demand, real estate developers'' association in New Delhi on Friday announced up to five percent discount on the existing projects.

Earlier this week, Chidambaram urged companies to cut real estate prices to stimulate domestic demand. He highlighted the fact that the state-run banks had assured him that they were ready to lend to borrowers.

Some real state consultants say that prices of homes in National Capital Region (NCR) have fallen by 10-15 per cent due to a fall in demand.