Naga, govt talks this week:

NEW DELHI: Indian negotiators are set to meet leaders of the northeastern Naga separatist rebels this week for a new round of talks on ending one of the country’s longest-running insurgencies, an official said on Sunday. Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland leaders Thuingaleng Muivah and Isak Chishi Swu, in India at the invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, are to hold talks with government negotiators on Saturday in New Delhi “on substantial issues,” the official said. — AFP

Law mired in red tape:

New Delhi: A law that envisaged for the first time punishing people relieving themselves in public, is embroiled in red tape and civic authorities cannot say when it will be implemented. The New Delhi Municipal Council, the civic body governing areas in the core areas of the city, had proposed to levy a fine of Rs 1,000 on those found urinating in public places, a practice that foreign visitors to the capital find offensive. — HNS

Bush, Clinton in Lanka:

Colombo: Former US presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush arrived in Sri Lanka today for a tour of the tsunami-battered island nation where nearly 31,000 people perished on December 26. The pair landed at Bandaranaike international airport around 4:15 pm (1015 GMT) from Indonesia and were due to hold talks later in the day with President Chandrika Kumaratunga about tsunami relief operations. The two were received by Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar and two other ministers. — AFP