Prachanda's Daughter makes her Poll Debut
By Sudeshna Sarkar
After Indira Gandhi in India, Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh, Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan and Chandrika Kumaratunga in Sri Lanka, another daughter has made her debut in South Asia's political skies: Renu Dahal, daughter of Nepal's Maoist leader Prachanda. Did she get nominated to the 601-member assembly because she was her father's daughter? Read On

Mideast Peace Deal Still Possible This Year: US
A peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians is still possible by the end of the year, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday after further talks with the two sides. Read On

• Chinese Officials Meet Dalai Envoys 
• 243 Dead as Cyclone Hits Myanmar 
• Every Government Under Threat,
  Gordon Brown Warns 
• Nepal King Owes $1 mn in Utility Bills
• Desi Pirates Steal a Billion from Bollywood 

Microsoft Withdraws Offer for Yahoo! 
Software giant Microsoft said it has withdrawn its offer for Yahoo after its higher offer failed to move the internet company. The collapse of talks between the companies ended Microsoft's hopes of buying the web portal to stiffen its competition with Google for internet advertising and software. Read On

Jalandhar-born Mayor is Most Popular Person
in English County by Jaideep Sarin
Gloucester Mayor Harjit Gill has pipped British royals, including Prince Charles, and several top celebrities to emerge as the most popular person in the county, according to an opinion poll ...Read On

Pakistan Erects Mobile Towers Near LoC,
Worries India
by Sahil Makkar 
In what Indian security officials find alarming, Pakistani mobile phone service providers are believed to have erected nine mobile towers in their territory along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu & Kashmir Read On

US Pimary Rivalry Livens
Former Spanish Colony Guam
by Gonzalo Espariz
Most US citizens do not know that the Stars and Stripes fly in Guam. Most people, in fact, do not know where to find Guam. However, thanks to the close race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, the small island in the Pacific has found its place on the map. Read On

• Olympic Torch Relay Kicks Off in Mainland China
• All Change for London as Boris Ousts 'Red Ken'  
• Obama Takes Narrow Lead in Guam Caucuses
• Microsoft Rescinds Offer for Yahoo!  

India-Iran Gas Pipeline "Infeasible" for Now:
US Expert by Mayank Chhaya
The proposed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline is "absolutely infeasible" in the foreseeable future because financial, political, legal and security circumstances do not support it, a well-informed American expert says. Read On

• Nepal PM Scrapes Through Crucial Poll
• Microsoft Raises Yahoo Bid as Talks Intensify
• Sarabjit's Execution Stayed Indefinitely:
  Pakistani Lawyer 
• Special Advisory Body Appointed
  for Sri Lanka's North

Protests Apart, India's Image Getting
a Boost Down Under by Kul Bhushan
Protests by Indian taxi drivers in Melbourne, Australia, have two sides. The young Indian drivers, have a genuine reason to be angry. Read On

Bush, Somnath Likely to Rock Lok Sabha Monday
The Lok Sabha is expected to have a stormy sitting Monday over US President Bush's remarks on the Indian middle class eating well and contributing to the global food crisis, as also Speaker Somnath Chatterjee's move to refer some fellow members to the house privileges committee for defiance of the chair. Read On

Left Puts Government to Iran Pipeline Test 
by Manish Chand
Ahead of the joint meeting on the India-US civil nuclear deal next week, the Left has said that the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline's fate will prove how independent India's foreign policy is under the present dispensation. "If the pipeline deal goes through, then we will know we have an independent foreign policy," Communist Party of India leader A.B. Bardhan said. Read On

• India Reacts Sharply to US Charge
  of Spurring Food Crisis
• Madhya Pradesh told to Stop Overdrawing Power
  or Face Disconnection

US Pressure Robs Chopper Order
from Hindustan Aeronautics By Liz Mathew
India's state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has lost out on an ambitious deal to sell its Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv to Chile due to "arm twisting" by the US, Indian officials here allege. Read On

• Military Fails to Woo; 108 NDA Seats Vacant
• Is Rahul the Only Congress General Secretary
  Who Works? 
• I will be Chief Minister if People So Desire: Munde

IPL: Cricket-Sangeet is a Much Simpler Option
by Chitra Padmanabhan
Word is that event managers of weddings across the country have been looking glum since the tinsel start to the IPL Twenty20 cricket series. They fear that the BCCI might take over their space, so attuned is it to the crackle of money in potential revenue models. Read On

Indian Hockey needs More Than Cosmetic Changes
by Anand Philar
It was only a sting, not a bite, and so it might turn out to be as Indian hockey attempts to cleanse itself of scandal and corruption. The Indian Olympic Association-appointed committee of grey-haired Olympians would like the country to believe that it would be so, but beneath the surface, precious little has changed or is likely to. Read On

Indian Political Parties Slam
Bush's 'Imperialist' Remarks
India's political parties Saturday joined ranks to slam US President George W. Bush's remark that the burgeoning Indian middle class was contributing to the rising food prices the world over. Read On

BJP Will Not Join Any Coalition in Karnataka: Advani
A once-bitten-twice-shy Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said it would sit in opposition if it failed to get a clear majority in this month's legislative assembly elections in Karnataka. In an appeal to the electorate, Advani said BJP deserved to be given a chance to form a stable government on its own. Read On

• Kings XI Defeat Kolkata Knight Riders
• Royal Challengers Beat Deccan Chargers by 3 Runs 
• Indian Equities Continue their Rally 
• Indian Judiciary Still Delivers: Sreekumar

Ex-army Officer gets Life Term for 1982 Murder
Lt. Col. (retd) S.J. Choudhary was Saturday sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering automobile dealer Krishan Sikand in the capital's upscale Sundar Nagar neighborhood in 1982. Read On