Lahore, Nov 16 : A leading human rights activist in Pakistan has claimed that India will release another batch of more than 60 Pakistani prisoners, including women and children, on Wednesday. They will be handed over to the Pakistani border authorities, he said further while quoting official sources.

After the release of 28 Pakistanis from Indian jails, the Indian government had agreed to release more than 60 such prisoners in the 2nd phase in the coming week, The News quoted Ansar Burney as saying.

New Delhi  - Near 50 years after their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama fled Chinese occupation to set up base in India, leaders of the Tibetan exiled community are meeting in the northern hill town of Dharamsala on Monday to discuss their future.

A long-simmering debate on the best approach - greater autonomy within China or a call for independence - is expected to be the focus of discussions among the 500-plus delegates attending the meeting.

After negotiating with the Chinese government for a "meaningful autonomy" within China for three decades, the Dalai Lama now says he is increasingly losing faith in the Chinese leadership.

Washington - The world must not fail to protect developing countries from a recession that was not of their making, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned Saturday.

"Our willingness to take specific steps to support developing countries in this period of exceptional difficulty will be a test of our collective leadership," said Singh, an economist, former central bank governor and finance minister, and the architect of India's economic reforms programme in the 1990s.

Jammu, Nov 15 : The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Jammu and Kashmir, B. R. Sharma, on Saturday said that all arrangements for conducting the first phase of polls on November 17 in ten constituencies of Bandipora, Kargil, Leh and Poonch districts have been completed.

The campaigning for the first phase of elections concluded today.

While briefing the media about the contingency plan in light of snowfall, the CEO said that five helicopter sorties each have been made in Leh and Kargil districts to airlift the polling parties as well as the polling material today.

New Delhi, Nov 15 : The Afghan pavilion at the 28th ''India International Trade Fair (IITF) -2008'' in New Delhi, with a variety of traditional carpets, spices, garden products and handicrafts on sale, has become a major attraction for the visitors.

The 28th IITF -2008'', one of Asia''s largest trade expositions organized by India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) kick started on Friday.

At least 30 leading businessmen are participating in the fair with an aim to explore the market in India.

New Delhi, Nov 15 : Senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Lal Krishna Advani inaugurated website of V. K. Malhotra, party''s chief ministerial candidate of Delhi on Saturday.

Malhotra has been pitched against ruling congress Chief Minister of New Delhi Shiela Dikshit.

Five states including Delhi are going to polls during November and December to elect new Assemblies.

Advani on the occasion said that his party has always been technologically advanced.