New Delhi, Sept 12 : Naval relations between India and Seychelles have taken one more step forward with the Indian Navy agreeing to undertake major repairs of that country’s frontline patrol ship “Topaz”.

An Indian Naval Warship, waiting outside Seychelles territorial waters, will bring the “Topaz” into Indian waters on September 13.

This is the ship''s first port of call after the Indian Govt gifted her to the SCG in February 2005.

New Delhi, Sept. 12 : A replica of a mobile toilet that was used by Mahatma Gandhi will now be placed again at a prominent spot in the Sabarmati ashram-turned-museum in Ahmedabad.

According to a report in The Telegraph, the toilet was removed from the ashram over two decades ago after it was deemed inappropriate for the surroundings.

The museum authorities believed it "spoilt" the ashram''''s ambience.

Gandhi was known for his obsessive attention to personal health and hygiene and had a rigorous daily routine of ablutions of which bowel movements were a vital part.

New Delhi, Sept. 12 : Though Indo-US bilateral relations have come a long way in the last decade, there are many underlying issues that the two countries need to tackle together, said Ambassador Frank Wisner, Vice-Chairman, American International Group, at a session on ‘After US Elections: Next Steps in the US-India relationship’, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Aspen Institute India in New Delhi today.

New Delhi, Sep 12 : Minister of State for Defence MM Pallam Raju today met the Army contingent deployed in Lebanon on an UN peacekeeping mission.

The Indian contingent comprises of nearly nine hundred personnel deployed in the UN peacekeeping operations.

Raju reviewed the contribution and role of Indian troops in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). This is the first visit in more than five years by a Union Minister to any Indian peacekeeping mission abroad.

New Delhi, Sep 12 : The Army today dealt a severe blow to the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) by killing self styled Lieutenant Shashankar Baruah, its organising secretary, in upper Assam’s Tinsukia District along the state’s border with Arunachal Pradesh.

Acting on a tip off about Baruah entering Assam from Arunachal Pradesh, soldiers of 19 Kumaon Regiment surrounded Dirak and launched an operation to nab him.

Baruah was killed on the spot, and an AK-47 assault rifle was recovered from the slain militant, sources said.

New Delhi, Sept. 12 : Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith met here today and discussed bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interest and importance.

A joint statement issued by the governments of the two countries said the discussions covered a wide-range of subjects, reflecting the increasingly close ties between India and Australia.