New Delhi, Nov. 21 : The alleged involvement of homegrown Hindu militant Pragya Thakur and Lt. Col. Purohit can reverberate in the Indo Pak talks, which begins next week.

There are fears in the South Block that India has to face some embarrassing questions regarding the probe in the Samjauhtha blasts when Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi arrives here in New Delhi next week.

New Delhi, Nov. 21 : Regional parties have the possibility coming together to form the next government, Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Yadav said on Friday.

Revealing that he was in touch with leaders of various regional parties, Yadav told participants at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here that he would not disclose the details just yet.

He said there was no doubt about coalition politics remaining embedded in India, and added that new political parties are cropping up every now and then.”

New Delhi, Nov 21 : The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a prominent corporate group of Oman: Omar Zawawi Establishment LLC (OMZEST) to promote an institute of cost and management accountants in Oman.

OMZEST has diverse commercial interests including promoting higher education in Oman

New Delhi, Nov 21 : Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who arrived on a five day visit to India to enhance bilateral ties met President Pratibha Patil here today.

Talking to media after his ceremonial reception at President House this morning, Erdogan said that the two countries have come closer and deeper during the last five years to further their commercial and cultural ties.

Erdogan is accompanied by a high level delegation including three ministers as well as lawmakers and business leaders.

New Delhi, Nov. 21 : An article appearing in “The Other Side”, a journal of socialist thought and action, has warned that faking political resignations could fan a form of regionalism that could irreversibly damage the democratic fabric of the country.

It describes such attempted steps taken by Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and lawmakers of the Janata Dal (United) in response to the attack on North Indians and Biharis by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) as nothing but a case of “political one-upmanship”.

The article says that what is sad about the whole episode is the fact that former Defense Minister George Fernandes was forced to be party to resignation episode, when he may not have wanted to be.

New Delhi, Nov 21 : Scarlett Johansson and hubby Ryan Reynolds are desperately trying to start a family.

The couple, who got married in an intimate ceremony in September, are even discussing the best time for Scarlett to conceive, reports China Daily.

"Scarlett and Ryan are madly in love and want to start a family sooner rather than later. Scarlett is keen to be a young mom and does not plan to be the sort of women who leaves motherhood too late and starts worrying about her biological clock ticking,” a source told the Chicago Sun Times newspaper.

The 23-year-old actress has recently completed filming her new movie ''He''s Not That Into You''.