Dalai Lama, the banished leader of Tibet, will visit Arunachal Pradesh, the Indian state sharing its border with China, according to an aide of the spiritual leader.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has made examinations for Class 10 optional from 2011.

  On January 22, 2009, Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Afghan President Hamid Karzai inaugurated a new Indian-built road in Western Afghanistan. The Delaram-Zaranj highway was built six months ahead of schedule, by the Border Roads Organisation.