India and Bangladesh are gearing up to solve a protracted cross-border land conflict. Both nations are preparing for a land swap of enclaves or pieces of land which lie in each other's territories.

These enclaves are pieces of land that the Maharaja of Cooch Behar and Rangpur won or lost in gambling and have existed since 1947. But, soon after Bangladesh's liberation in 1971, a pact was drawn between New Delhi and Dhaka for exchange of these territories.

India has 111 enclaves or nearly 17,000 acres of land within Bangladesh.

Bangladesh, meanwhile, has 51 enclaves or 7,000 acres within India.

Since India has more land in Bangladesh than Bangladesh has in India, India is going to lose about 10,000 acres of land.

ON and off we all notice some advertisements of a few products and brands where a celebrity is seen endorsing that product or brand. Mostly, the celebrity is either from the popular fields like sports, movies or if the product is more clinical type then some person is shown sporting the doctor’s gown showing shining teeth or clean floor. Nothing bad about it as long as the consumers do get the tangible and intangible benefits as advertised and endorsed. Nothing wrong if a product or brand banks on the celebrity’s credibility to convince its customers of its own credibility. This is pure business and successful businesses help nations grow. 

New Delhi, Feb 4 ,

The Delhi court Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) about ,how  Swami Assemanand's confession on his alleged role in the Ajmer blast became public.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Bansal directed the CBI director, Additional Superintendent of Police T.R. Balaji, to explain how the statement was leaked to Tehelka magazine.

The court was hearing the plea of Devender Gupta.Gupta referred to a series of rulings by the apex court and high courts to demonstrate that the court has all the requisite powers to order a probe into the leakage of Aseemanand's confession made to a magisterial court.

Chennai, Feb 3,

STUDENT politics is often seen as a barometer for the general political temperature. Going by the last year’s record, the Congress needs to do a serious rethink on its strategy to attract young people to its fold. Statistics bear out that throughout the country, it is the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) which has been steadily gaining ground mostly at the cost of the Congress’ National Students Union of India (NSUI).