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Chidambaram to inaugurate Economic Editors'' Conference today

P ChidambaramNew Delhi, Nov 24 : Finance Minister P. Chidambaram will inaugurate the three three-day annual Economic Editors'' Conference at the National Media Centre organized by the Press Information Bureau.

There will be separate sessions with the Ministers and senior officers of the key economic and infrastructure ministries participating in the conference.

The conference will enable economic editors and journalists, invited from all over the country to interact with them and get a detailed background of the government''s policies and programmes.

Western Air Command conference begins

Air Marshal PK BarboraNew Delhi, Nov 24 : The Commanders'' conference of Western Air Command (WAC) commenced here today.

The two day long commanders'' conference is being attended by the commanders of all the formations under the Western Air Command, Principal staff officers of WAC.

The conference is being presided over by Air Marshal PK Barbora, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief WAC.

President Patil leaves for Vietnam, Indonesia

Pratibha PatilNew Delhi, Nov 24 : President Pratibha Patil today left on a 10-day visit to Vietnam and Indonesia to expand India''s bilateral relations.

The high-level visit is expected to give a fresh impetus to bilateral relations encompassing political, economic and cultural ties.

During her four-day stay in Vietnam, Patil will have meetings with her Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Minh Triet and the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

The President would attend a business meeting being organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Vietnam Chambers of Commerce.

Films division looks for new avenues to popularise documentaries

‘The Warlords’ to be opening film at IFFINew Delhi, Nov 24 : Chief Producer of films division Kuldeep Sinha today informed that the films division is exploring new vistas to popularise the documentary films in India. A policy is being worked out to market the films made by the Division for the larger audience.

New mediums like mobile phones, television and festivals are being considered.

Robert Pattinson tops Entertainment Weekly’s ‘10 Breakout Stars’ list

Robert PattinsonNew Delhi, Nov 24 : American magazine Entertainment Weekly has compiled a list of “10 Breakout Stars of 2008” and English actor Robert Pattinson has topped it.

Pattinson, 22, had played the part of Edward Cullen in “Twilight”, the big screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s popular book series, reports the China Daily.

Included in the list is American teen actress Demi Lovato, who became famous after her Disney Channel’s “Camp Rock” television movie, starring alongside the Jonas Brothers.

Election battlefield heats up ahead of assembly polls in Delhi

Election battlefield heats up ahead of assembly polls in DelhiNew Delhi, Nov 23 : Congress-party led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government banked on the ''nuclear deal issue'' to woo voters in New Delhi on Sunday ahead of the upcoming assembly elections even as other political parties raise other issues to heat up the election battlefield.

Addressing an election rally, the Chairperson of the ruling UPA, Sonia Gandhi said that India-US civil nuclear deal would boost the power generation in the country.

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