New Delhi, Mar 20 : Election Commission officials from Pilibhit visited former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi''s residence here on Friday to enquire about the hate speech delivered by her son Varun Gandhi.

The officials, who were accompanied by a Delhi Police team, handed over a copy of the CD.

A K Mishra, a Tehsildar rank officer of the UP Government, who led a two-member team, said: "We have come here in connection with the CD case. We have handed over a copy of the CD."

New Delhi  - Bank manager Sudhir has never heard of credit derivates and has no clue about investment funds. He is just about capable of doing basic arithmetic and calculating interest rates.

But while his counterparts in posh Western office towers worry about gaping holes in their balance sheets, the 13-year-old's business is going strong.

Still, the bank's staff and customers are far from free of fear of losing their livelihoods. They are street children in India's capital, New Delhi.

New Delhi, Mar 19 : On the second day of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week here on Thursday, Indian Fashion designers showcased creativity in various forms of exuberant fabrics and in varied enchanting colours.

Designer Prashant Verma in his collection `Meat' represented aesthetic concepts nurtured by the story of human courage and vitality.

New Delhi  - Suspected Maoist rebels gunned down a Hindu leader in the Kandhamal district of India's eastern Orissa state that saw weeks of bloody Hindu-Christian riots in 2008, news reports said Thursday.

A group of 15 to 20 armed Maoists killed Prabhat Panigrahi Wednesday night in Rudiguma village of communally-sensitive Kandhamal, about 200 kilometres west of state capital Bhubaneshwar, IANS news agency reported, citing police.

Panigrahi was a local leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu hardline organization.

New Delhi - United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Leon Panetta held talks with Indian Home Minister P Chdiambaram Thursday on various issues including terrorism and the situation in neighbouring Pakistan, officials and news reports said.

Panetta is on his first overseas visit since being appointed head of the CIA by US President Barack Obama.

He is scheduled to leave for Pakistan later in the day.

Indian and US diplomatic officials described Panetta's meeting with the home minister as a courtesy call.