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India on
Top with Jaffer's Ton
Ban Takes Over as UN Chief
British Tourist Killed in Konkan Village
High Alert at Allahabad Kumbh Site
Parents of Dead Nithari Kids are Given
Money
Army to Try Errant Officers, Soldiers:
Police
PM to Open Indian Science Congress
 Will Rajnath Singh
Deliver? By Ramesh Menon
Elected now for a three year term
as president of the Bharatiya Janata Party starting in November
2006, Rajnath Singh knows that his immediate task is ensure a BJP
win in the coming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections that sends 80
members to the Lok Sabha. If UP is with the BJP, its chances of
once again sitting on the throne in New Delhi will get brighter.
Read On >>>
2007, A Threshold Year for Science in
India by Papri Sri Raman
As the temple town of Chidambaram gets ready to welcome Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh to the Annamalai University where the 94th
Science Congress begins Wednesday, questions are being asked:
whither Indian science? India has not been able to manage even
simple natural calamities like floods and droughts, which continue
to spell disaster for thousands across the country, year after year,
season after season, and there is enough reason to discuss climate
change and monsoon forecast. Read On
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Bhutan's Tryst with Democracy Begins
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Bhutan's tryst with democracy has begun with elected
representatives questioning royal commands even before the Himalayan
kingdom formally shifts from absolute monarchy to parliamentary
democracy. The ongoing session ...
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Himachal to Invest
Rs.800 bn in Power Sector
Himachal Pradesh plans to invest Rs.800 billion ($18 billion) in the
next decade to exploit the untapped hydel power potential of the
state and also rope in top private and state-run companies.
Read On >>>
A Woman Changes
Lepers' World in China
A 60-year-old woman has brought about a revolution in the lives of
lepers in China. Fu Pochu, an energetic
and determined retiree from Hong Kong, decided one day to live in a
leper colony and offer free care to people there. That momentous
decision has made a huge difference to hundreds of lepers in south
China. Read On >>>
Battle Against Polio
Far From Over in
Bihar
The battle against polio is far from over in Bihar, which recorded
51 new cases in 2006.
"The situation is not good. New polio cases surfaced in the state
even though millions were spent on a series of immunization drives,"
said a health official. Read On
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Sleeping Past Catches Up
with Charles Sobhraj
Fighting his last battle for
freedom in Nepal, where he has been jailed for life, yesteryear
crime maestro Charles Sobhraj finds himself pitted against two men
from his buried past who may hold the key to his freedom. Making
legal history in Nepal if not in Asia, a police officer returned to
court three decades after the crime to testify that he had seen
Sobhraj -
once dubbed by the tabloid press the Bikini Killer and the Serpent -
in
Kathmandu posing as a Dutch tourist in 1975.
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Kerala Marxists
Still Fighting Amongst Themselves
Kerala's ruling Marxists have
not stopped fighting among themselves, that too at the highest
level, even after being in office for seven months. Without doubt
2006 belonged to 83-year-old Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, who
pulled off a surprise coup by fighting his way ... But factionalism
in the (CPI-M) has only reached new levels. It remains to be seen
who will have the last laugh in 2007.
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Minister Quits after Kumaraswamy Doesn't
Attend Eid Prayers
Karnataka Minister for Wakf and Haj Affairs Zameer Ahmed Tuesday
resigned to protest Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy staying away
from the Eid-ul-Zuha prayers at the Idgah Maidan here. Ahmed gave
his resignation letter to Governor T.N. Chaturvedi at the Raj Bhavan
here. Read On >>> |
Moninder Pandher: A Disturbed Childhood By Baldev
S. Chauhan
Moninder Singh Pandher, the businessman accused of sexually
assaulting and killing at least 17 children in his home in Uttar
Pradesh's Noida town, was a normal, nice boy while in school here
... Read On >>>
Lula
becomes Brazil President for Second Term
Wreckage of Indonesian Plane Found, 90
Dead
Courts to Deliver Crucial Judgements This
month
Kashmir Valley Residents Escape Cold and
Fear
Television Will Mature with Time: Neena
Gupta
Bollywood Songs Are Often Distracting
Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy Strike it Rich in
'Salaam-e-Ishq'
India Headed for Explosive Growth in
Mobile Telephony
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