UN Security Council Slaps New Sanctions on Iran
The UN Security Council has voted to impose additional sanctions on Iran for its continued refusal to abandon nuclear activities. The 15-nation council voted Monday 14-0, with Indonesia abstaining, to expand the ban on travel by individuals "engaged in, associated with providing support for Iran's proliferation of sensitive nuclear activities or for the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems". Read On

Colombia Calls Ecuador Border Violation
Self Defence
Colombia has said that its military strike across Ecuador's border Saturday was an act of self defence and that it had found evidence that Venezuela and Ecuador have been supporting the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) financially and militarily. Read On

• US Launches Strike Against Al Qaeda in Somalia 
• France and Germany Agree on Mediterranean Union
• At least 10 Killed in UN Chopper Crash in Nepal  
• Murthy Inducted into HSBC Board
  with Emerging Market Focus 

Kashmir Singh Walks Out of Pakistani Jail
a Free Man by Muhammad Najeeb
Kashmir Singh, an Indian who has languished in a Pakistani prison for 35 years on espionage charges, was released Monday evening from Lahore's Central Jail. He will walk to India across the Wagah border at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Read On

Russia's New President Will Face
New Economic Challenges
Russia's new president Dmitry Medvedev will have to tackle emerging economic challenges as the country is in danger of exhausting its growth potential, say economic analysts. The Russian economy has changed drastically since 2000, when Medvedev's predecessor Vladimir Putin assumed office Read On

US Slowdown Offers Opportunity
to Indian IT Industry by Arun Kumar
The economic slowdown in the US offers both a challenge and an opportunity to the Indian IT industry though a weakening dollar is already hurting their bottomlines, according to an industry leader Read On

• New Russian President
  to Continue Putin's Policies 
• Iran Under Pressure Over Weapons at IAEA Meeting
• Israel Withdraws Troops from Gaza,
  Hamas Declares Victory
• Nepal Digs Up 'Confession CD' to Nail Sobhraj
• Kashmir Singh Will Go Home Tuesday: Minister  
• Medvedev Wins Russian Presidential Elections

Now, Obama Exhorts You to Call Voters for him
by Parveen Chopra
Democratic presidential hopeful Obama's campaign, which has acquired the patina of a messianic movement, continues to come up with unconventional strategies to get mass support. Read On

Nepal PM's Daughter to Meet Pranab Mukherjee, Rajnath Singh by Sudeshna Sarkar
With the crucial election in Nepal only 5 weeks away, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's daughter Sujata Koirala, who is a minister without portfolio, is flying to New Delhi Monday for a meeting with Indian Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee. Read On

• Ecuador Expels Colombian Envoy
  Over Cross-border Action 
• China to Build 'Cultural City' to Revive Confucianism

Venezuela Sends Troops to Colombian Border, Closes Embassy
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has sent 10 battalions of troops to the country's border with Colombia and closed its embassy in Bogota to protest the killing of a high-ranking leftist rebel by Colombian troops inside Ecuador. Read On

From Where will Funds for Loan Waiver Come? asks Advani
Welcoming the Rs.600 billion loan waiver announced for farmers, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday asked the government from where it proposed to get the huge amount. Read On
► Badal Terms Central Government Farm Loan Waiver
    a 'Big Fraud'

• Peaceful Meghalaya Poll Records 70 Percent Turnout

India to Reduce Negative List
for Trade with Region's LDCs
India will allow 244 additional items to be freely traded with least developed countries in the region in what it said was a "unilateral" push to the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta). Read On

Indian Equities Log Second Steepest Fall of 2008
Registering the second steepest fall this year, India's bellwether index crashed over 900 points Monday on fears of a recession in the US, despite Finance Minister P. Chidambaram seeking to assuage sentiments by saying the country's growth story was intact. Read On

India to look for 'Broad Political Consensus'
on N-deal
In a last-ditch effort to persuade Left parties to back the India-US nuclear deal, the government said it was trying to build "broad political consensus" on the deal which will open doors of civil nuclear commerce also with other countries like Russia and France.. Read On
► India should wait for new US President
    for N-deal: CPI-M
► India, US to Discuss N-deal Progress
    During Boucher Visit  

India Eye History in Second Final against Australia
After winning the first of the best-of-three Commonwealth Bank Series finals in Sydney, India are all keyed up to clinch the tri-series and create history by winning Tuesday's second match at the Gabba. Read On

BJP Will Support Bills on Women's Quota, Telangana: Advani
Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani told the Lok Sabha Monday that his party will support bills presented in any form on women's reservation and on the creation of a separate state of Telangana. Read On

Lok Sabha Adjourned Thrice
over Maharashtra Violence 
The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the third time Monday when members from north Indian states had a verbal duel with union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on the issue of violence against north Indians in Maharashtra in February. Read On

• MPs Miss Their Chance
  to Question Government about Farmers 
• TRS MPs Quit Lok Sabha, Accuse UPA of Betrayal
• Nandigram Shuts Down Over Fresh Firing,
  Clashes Reported 
• Indian Steel Makers on Young Talent Hunt   
• Harbhajan is Targeted Again!  

Curious Tale of Missing Trees around Taj Mahal
A petition by Uttar Pradesh asking the Supreme Court's permission to cut over 2,000 non-existent trees for a road widening project near the Taj Mahal has landed the state government in a soup. Read On

• Fresh Firing Shatters Nandigram Peace 
• Mumbai, Delhi among World's Dirtiest Cities 

Domestic Helps Have Right to Work with Dignity
By Subhash K. Jha
The arrest of actress Huma Khan, who was seen as Laxmikant Berde's love interest in "Maine Pyar Kiya", on charges of abetting the abduction and rape of her 12-year-old maid, has sent shock waves through the Hindi film industry. Read On

TDP Threatens to Take Back
Auctioned Government Lands
Setting aside their differences for a time being, the opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh Sunday came together to stage 'maha dharna' (mega sit-in) against auction of govt lands, and warned both the government and bidders of serious consequences. Read On