5 countries issue travel advisories against India (The Times of India)

One after another, five countries - US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - have issued advisories against travel to India during the festival season. The ostensible reason for the caution is terror threat at this time. Read

Kiran Bedi overcharged us for travel, says NGO (The Hindu)

A non-profit organisation has accused Kiran Bedi of claiming travel expenses far in excess of what she actually incurred to attend a programme organised by them in 2009. Read

Bedi says will pay balance, here are 18 more fake bills (Indian Express)
Air fare: Bedi announced that the 'balance amounts' were being returned 'forthwith'. Read

RBI to hike key rates again; auto, home loans to cost more (Hindustan Times)

The RBI is widely expected to again hike key policy rates today to curb stubbornly high inflation. The 13th hike since March 2010 will make home and auto loans costlier and put further pressure on economic growth. Read

Pakistan took security data from the Army chopper (Hindustan Times)

Indian security has been breached in the sensitive Siachen Glacier-Aksai Chin-Ladakh-Kargil sector as Pakistan Army downloaded the GPS coordinates of all helipads from the army helicopter that strayed across the Line of Control (LoC) into Skardu region on Sunday. Read

Tihars high-profile inmates to have a low-key Diwali (Hindustan Times)

While some are worried about whether their family will be allowed to meet them on Wednesday, others are curious about if they will get to light candles to usher in Diwali. Read

WikiLeaks fights back in the face of financial blockade, arm-twisting (The Hindu)
Over the past year, ever since Bank of America, VISA, MasterCard, PayPal and Western Union stopped processing financial transactions involving WikiLeaks, this organisation has lost tens of millions of pounds in donations. Read