Bishop Tutu a Living Gandhian: PM
Hailing Archbishop Desmond Tutu as a "living Gandhian", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said there was no better example of practicing the Mahatma's principles than the reconciliation effort in post-apartheid South Africa. "I say that Bishop Tutu is a living Gandhian because there has been no greater example of the practice of Gandhiji's principles than the reconciliation effort in post-apartheid South Africa," the prime minister said. Read On >>>

Unveil Credible Devolution, India Tells Sri Lanka 
Sri Lanka needs to unveil a credible devolution package to end the ethnic conflict and now is the time to do it, India told Colombo's new Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on his first foreign visit since taking office just three days ago. And Sri Lanka should remember that there could never be a military solution to the gory conflict that has turned messier since 2005-end after some years of relative calm ... Read On >>>

• Indian Navy Team Skis to South Pole 
• Chinese Student Wants to 'Rent' Girlfriend 
• King Watches Peacocks as South Nepal Burns
• India Beat West Indies by 160 Runs 
• It's Started: US is Going Football Crazy 
• Swamped in Sadness, Ronaldo leaves Madrid 
• African Summit Ends, No Progress on Darfur 
• Decks Cleared for Formation of Greater Hyderabad 
• Rail Link Brings Prostitutes, Beggars to Lhasa: Dalai Lama  

Tata Steel Wins Bid for Corus  
The Tatas pulled off India's biggest ever takeover of an overseas company Wednesday by outbidding a Brazilian rival to buy Anglo-Dutch steel-maker Corus in a $12 billion deal that will make the combined entity the world's fifth largest producer of the commodity. Read On >>>
Moment of Fulfillment for India: Ratan Tata 

US Government Meddles in Climate Science 
US President George W. Bush's administration has systematically pressed climate researchers to play down the threat of global warming, watchdog groups have said. A survey of 308 scientists at agencies with US government funding found that 46 percent felt or experienced pressure to remove words like "climate change" or "global warming" from their writing, the Union of Concerned Scientists said Tuesday. Read On >>>

'Gotheborg' Arrives to Promote Swedish-India Trade 
A replica of Swedish ship 'Gotheborg', which sailed to India in the 18th century but floundered at its journey's end, arrived here Wednesday to promote trade. The original Gotheborg had made three trips to Asia in the 18th century. Laden with 700 tonnes of spices and silk from India and China, Gotheborg sank off Sweden's coast in 1745. Read On >>>

IITians Do Some Soul-searching 
They are corporate honchos, technologists, engineers, editors, politicians, major players in Silicon Valley...but in their core lies the good old 'IITian'.  Half a century after the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) were launched, their products came together at IIT-Bombay to look back at their achievements - and shortcomings. Read On >>>

Agreement on Police Reforms Could be Elusive
Consensus will again prove a tricky issue when chief secretaries and advisors of union territories meet here Thursday to discuss concrete steps to expedite compliance with a Supreme Court directive on police reforms and to frame a model police act.  Read On >>>

'Blood Diamond' Rattles African Gem Trade
"Diamonds are forever," Shirley Bassey once sang, and the diamond industry wants it to stay that way. The potential threat now is the film "Blood Diamond", which has revived controversy over so-called 'conflict diamonds' used to fund civil wars in Africa. Read On >>>

• Kashmir to Promote Buddhist Monasteries  
• Christians Reject Minority Panel Report 
• Gold can cause allergy, says German scientist 
• Bhutanese Students Pack Oranges to Study
• Old Himachal Hill Road to be Revived

Let Music Play, Stop Legal Changes 
Proposed changes in India's copyright laws could badly affect diversity in music and also push smaller players out of the market, a prominent legal researcher and campaigner has warned. New changes proposed in India's Copyright Act would make it more difficult to allow for 'remixes' of music, argues Liang, a National Law School-graduate. Read On >>>

HIV Tests May Become Must for Karnataka Couples, Politicians 
Karnataka is planning to enact legislation to make HIV tests mandatory for couples planning to marry and for politicians seeking to enter the state legislature. "There is a consensus within the government on the need to bring in such a legislation within a year," Health Minister R. Ashok told IANS. Karnataka is one of six high-prevalence HIV states in the country. Read On >>>

Pakistani PM sees Improved Atmosphere with India
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Tuesday that the composite dialogue with India is making progress and "improving the atmosphere" between the two countries. "A combination of efforts is improving the atmosphere. We have to move forward,'' said Aziz, addressing the foreign relations committee of the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels. "The two countries need to move beyond dispute management to dispute resolution,'' he said. Read On >>>