Single-brand FDI map stays, may be step by step now for multi-brand (Indian Express)
Govt likely to recalibrate retail foreign investment strategy and bridge divide with allies. Read

China frees 13 Indians from jail, Modi claims credit (The Times of India)

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was quick to claim credit and thanked China for acting on his request made during his visit to China last month. Read

Asif Ali Zardari out? Rumours of coup swirl in Pakistan (The Times of India)

Reports of a military coup swirled across Pakistan on Wednesday, a day after President Asif Ali Zardari quietly flew out to Dubai, ostensibly for treatment. Read

Harvard scraps Swamy's courses (The Hindu)

Harvard University has decided to remove courses taught by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy, terming his views as "reprehensible" in a controversial piece he wrote on Islamic terrorism in India. Read

Will Chidambaram be brought into the dock in 2G case? (The Hindustan Times)
A Delhi trial court will today pronounce its order on a petition filed by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy demanding that Union home minister P Chidambaram be made a co-accused in the 2G case. Read

Mamata Banerjee gets Rs 8,750 cr bailout after FDI hit (The Hindustan Times)
The bailout package, in the form of the backward regions grant fund (BRGF), comes just three days after Mamata Banerjee, the chief of the second-largest ally in the UPA-2, spiked the FDI in multi-brand retail policy. Read

Pak ministry thanks Taliban (The Hindustan Times)
Pakistani interior minister Rehman Malik has thanked the Taliban for not attacking Shia Muslims during their religious rituals yesterday. Read