New Delhi, Mar 4 : India and the West African nation of Benin signed five agreements on Wednesday in the fields of small-scale industries, cultural and scientific cooperation and diplomatic exchange.

The agreements were signed after delegation level talks headed by the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and the visiting President of Benin, Boni Yayi.

New Delhi also offered Benin a liberalised line of credit for its developmental needs.

Earlier, Yayi was accorded a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.

New Delhi, Mar 4 : Jennifer Aniston has revealed that she never knew that she would be upstaged by the dogs that worked with her in her new movie ''Marley and Me''.

The former `Friends' star has confessed that she and co-star often had to struggle to steal the limelight from their canine co-stars while shooting for the film.

In the film, 22 different Golden Labradors played the character of Marley, reports the China Daily.

Joking about the dogs at the UK premiere of the film in London''s Leicester Square, the 40-year-old actress said: "They didn''t warn us about that. Those dogs in the movie were really good!"

New Delhi  - Jai Ho, the Oscar-winning song from Slumdog Millionaire, has been chosen by India's Congress Party as its theme song for the coming general election, news reports said Wednesday.

The right to use Jai Ho, which roughly translates as "let there be victory," has been bought from music distributor T-Series for an undisclosed sum, the Times of India newspaper reported.

The song from the rags-to-riches film based in Mumbai slums represented hope and possibility, which was what the Congress Party means to the people of India, party sources were quoted as saying.

New Delhi - In his first official engagement after undergoing a heart bypass surgery in January, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks with Benin President Bon Yayi in New Delhi Wednesday.

Singh joined the African nation's leader in a photo opportunity at his residence, after which the two men engaged in delegation-level talks.

The talks will be followed by the signing of several agreements for institutionalizing bilateral cooperation between the two countries, a release from India's External Affairs Ministry said.

Bon Yayi is on a three-day state visit to India.

Imphal, March 4 : The National Socialist Council of Nagaland -- Isak-Muivah or NSCN (IM) has admitted that one of its senior cadres was responsible for the killing of sub-divisional officer Dr. Thingnam Kishan and his two staffers in Ukhrul district.

Normal life in Manipur was affected for days as people protested against the killings.

The incident had raised big uproar among residents, as they wanted an end to violence and environment of terror.

New Delhi, Mar 4 : Attack on the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore on Tuesday is a ''''diabolical attempt'''' to divert the global focus from the Pakistan Army-ISI sponsored terror attack on Mumbai, according to the website Politicsparty. com.

Politicsparty. com said that the terror attack on Mumbai last year provided exhaustive evidence about the involvement of the Pakistan Army and made it difficult for the Army to face global pressure.