New Delhi, Dec 19 : The Delhi High Court today granted three-week interim bail to Sanjeev Nanda, undergoing five years jail term in the BMW hit-and-run case.

Justice Kailash Gambhir granted three weeks interim bail to Nanda so that he could meet his ailing grandfather, former Naval Chief S M Nanda.

"It is well-known that Admiral Nanda, had served the nation and was a 1971 war hero. In order to help the 1971 war hero to meet his grandson, three weeks interim bail is granted to Nanda," the court said.

On December 16, the court had issued notice to the Delhi Police on contentions of Nanda''s counsel and senior advocate Ram Jethmalani that the convict''s grandfather was not well and wanted to see him.

New Delhi, Dec. 19 : Many intellectuals feel that India cannot be too dependent on the United States to make Pakistan take action against the terrorists in that country.

Shashi Tharoor, the former Under Secretary in the United Nations, on Thursday stated that ultimately India would have to attend to its problems on its own. He said: " No one will do the ultimate job for India".

However Tharoor said that United States, which used the ISI after 1979 when the Soviets occupied Afghanistan , can reach out to the Pakistan Military, as it is has pumped in 11 billion dollars in the last seven years into that country. And, the US is planning to invest in Pakistan millions of dollars more for fighting terrorism.

Lahore, Dec. 19 : After snubbing the offer of a joint probe in the Mumbai terror attacks by the United Kingdom, Pakistan is now reconsidering its decision.

"The final decision about the Pakistan-UK joint probe would be made by parliament," the Daily Times quoted President Asif Ali Zardari, as saying.

Earlier, on his visit to Islamabad, the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had offered a joint investigation of the suspects arrested following a crackdown after the Mumbai attacks.

But Pakistan denied of any joint probe on the issue. It formally informed the UK about the offer's rejection, the paper reported.

New Delhi, Dec 19: American socialite Paris Hilton's dream of owning a car like the one children''s toy doll Barbie has, has finally come true.

Hilton, who has always wanted a Pink Bentley, got one as a Christmas present to herself.

The car has been customized to her liking, and is estimated to be worth 200,000 dollars, reports the China Daily.

"I've just always wanted a pink car. I think when you''re a little girl and you have the Barbie corvette you''re always like, `Oh I wish I had a car like this one day', so I think it just comes from being a fan of Barbie for so long," she said.

New Delhi, Dec 19 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said that Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) has contributed significantly to India''s destiny to become a knowledge power.

Inaugurating the 6th annual PAN IIT Global Conference here, Dr. Singh said the UPA government is committed to provide access to quality education to the poor and the disadvantaged.

New Delhi, Dec 19 : Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee here last evening.

India and Iran had held talks on the proposed 7.4 billion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project on Wednesday.

According to reports, the two sides discussed ways to break the deadlock over the project during a high-level meeting.

The Indian side was led by Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon while the Iranian side was led by Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh.

Earlier, both sides had decided to set up a trilateral Ministerial mechanism to resolve various issues related to the project.