BEIJING - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will pay official visits to India and Pakistan from Dec 15 to 19 for enhancing bilateral ties with both countries, a senior official here has said.

NEW DELHI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the deadlock in parliament over the demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum scam and criticised the "corruption in BJP-ruled states".

KUALA LUMPUR - Ethnic Indian politician S. Samy Vellu will be Malaysia's special envoy to promote infrastructure projects in India and four other South Asian nations, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has announced.