A time-tested friend • Evaluating support prices • Obama says nations have to fight just wars • Ramakrishnan receives Chemistry Nobel • Is Vidarbha next in line? • India, New Zealand to begin free trade agreement talks next year • Resettlement of IDPs by January-end: Colombo • Portrait sculpture of Krishnadeva Raya found at Kancheepuram temple • Food parks may get SEZ benefits • Air show in Tiruchi next month • India will seek Headley’s extradition • Food inflation up again • Pact with India eased tensions: Sri Lanka • Ill-thought announcement & backlash • Resolution on Telangana must get majority support: Rosaiah • Statehood not a solution: CPI (M) • Move to ban alcohol in Vidarbha districts draws flak • Independent report raises many questions on the Shopian incident • Limiting nuclear liability is a violation of rights: Sorabjee • Gorkhaland demand gets a boost • Telangana echo in Assam • Wen calls up Manmohan on Copenhagen • Poet Dilip Chitre passes away • Pakistan situation has direct impact on Kashmir: Omar • Amendments to Energy Act cleared • Tasks for a Prime Minister • Ocean acidification rates accelerating • Lesson from life