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SC seeks Centre's stand on gay law

Economic Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court order decriminalising gay sex among the consenting adults has come under the scanner of the Supreme Court.

Search for Han Chinese sister whose family were butchered by Uighurs

Times Online - Jane Macartney - ‎2 hours ago‎
What was once a grocery shop is now a blackened mess. Two boys in shorts and singlets play in the rubble but the usual occupants are absent.

G-8 climate talks divide rich and poor countries

The Associated Press - Nicole Winfield - ‎1 hour ago‎
L'AQUILA, Italy (AP) - The chasm between rich and poor on how to address climate change burst into the open at the G-8 summit Thursday, showing how difficult it will be to persuade the world to make lifestyle and economic sacrifices needed to save the ...

UAPA has dangerous provisions, says CM

Times of India - ‎57 minutes ago‎
KOLKATA: The Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), which has been enforced in West Bengal, has dangerous penal provisions, chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee admitted in the Assembly on Thursday.

'Sasural' project Lalu's only feat: Nitish

Times of India - ‎44 minutes ago‎
PATNA: RJD chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad's only claim to fame can be the fact that he has linked his ancestral village Phulwaria with his in-laws' village Salar Kalan, according to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar.
Mamata, the business mitra Calcutta Telegraph

Zardari's confession validates our stand on militants: Krishna

Economic Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday said that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's admission of nurturing terrorists validated India's stand and hoped that the Pakistani leadership would now take action against the entire terror infrastructure.

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G-8 climate talks divide rich and poor countries

The Associated Press - Nicole Winfield - ‎1 hour ago‎
L'AQUILA, Italy (AP) - The chasm between rich and poor on how to address climate change burst into the open at the G-8 summit Thursday, showing how difficult it will be to persuade the world to make lifestyle and economic sacrifices needed to save the ...

Q+A: The dispute that led to a coup in Honduras

Reuters - Daniel TrottaGustavo Palencia - ‎5 hours ago‎
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Veteran mediator President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica hosts talks on Thursday between the rivals for power in Honduras following last month's military coup.

Tamil death toll 'is 1400 a week' at Manik Farm camp in Sri Lanka

Times Online - Rhys Blakely - ‎2 hours ago‎
About 1400 people are dying every week at the giant Manik Farm internment camp set up in Sri Lanka to detain Tamil refugees from the nation's bloody civil war, senior international aid sources have told The Times.

Fraport seeks bank guarantees from AI to continue services

Economic Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
NEW DELHI: The financial crisis at Air India has taken a fresh turn with the management of Frankfurt airport - the carrier's international hub of operations - shooting off a letter demanding bank guarantees for continuation of services, prompting the ...

Prices shooting up, but WPI inflation still in red

Economic Times - ‎5 hours ago‎
NEW DELHI: Annual inflation based on the wholesale price index (WPI) fell by 1.55% in the week ended June 27, even as prices continued to rise on a weekly basis.

Monsoon situation still precarious

Hindu - ‎2 hours ago‎
NEW DELHI: Five weeks into the season, the monsoon situation in the country continues to be precarious. Large parts continue to be in deficit, despite the vigorous rainfall activity over several areas over the past week.

What does Windows 7 mean for Microsoft?

V3.co.uk - ‎16 minutes ago‎
On 22 October, Microsoft plans to release Windows 7, its latest operating system and the first since the 2007 launch of Windows Vista.

Intex Dual Sim IN 4488, IN 3080 Phones

Techtree.com - ‎14 hours ago‎
Intex Technologies has announced the launch of two new Dual SIM mobile phones, the IN 4488 and the IN 3080. Both the devices are as mentioned, dual SIM handsets that can take in two GSM SIM cards in one go.

Cheetah may be imported

Times of India - ‎Jul 8, 2009‎
NEW DELHI: In what seems an ambitious plan, the government hopes to restore the cheetah, believed to have been extinct in India since the late 1940s, by importing the swiftest of the big cats and eventually releasing it into the wild.

State: Jackson burial at Neverland possible with county

CNN - Ted Rowlands - ‎45 minutes ago‎
ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The family of Michael Jackson has been told by state officials that it may be possible to bury the singer at Neverland Ranch -- if the county gives the green light.

Emma Watson's wardrobe malfunction

Rediff - ‎15 hours ago‎
Harry Potter star Emma Watson [ Images ] is the latest celebrity to suffer wardrobe malfunction as her frock slipped at the rain soaked premiere of Harry Potter [ Images ] the Half-Blood Prince in London [ Images ]. The actress found it difficult to ...

Arshad sings Anil Kapoor's praises

Oneindia - ‎18 hours ago‎
While Akshaye Khanna has earlier worked for an Anil Kapoor production Gandhi My Father; Arshad Warsi got together with the veteran actor-producer for the first time in Short Kut - The on Is On.

Phillip Hughes defies the openers' charter to stump England attack

guardian.co.uk - ‎1 hour ago‎

Fond recollections of Sunil Gavaskar's exploits on his 60th birthday

Hindu - ‎2 hours ago‎
HIS MAIN MAN: Ajit Wadekar has some interesting stories about Gavaskar, the batting mainstay in the Indian team which toured the West Indies in 1971.

Love double faults at Sania's doorstep

Times of India - ‎9 minutes ago‎
HYDERABAD: After Mohammad Ashraf from Kerala, it was the turn of Ajay Singh Yadav from UP to serve a love volley to Sania on Thursday - just a day before her engagement.

US government to pay for flu vaccine campaign

Reuters - Maggie FoxDoina Chiacu - ‎2 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US government will pay for any vaccination program against the H1N1 swine flu, and may encourage schools to help vaccinate children, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen ...

Day 3: Public hospitals wear deserted look

Times of India - ‎3 hours ago‎
MUMBAI: Public hospitals that traditionally overflow with patients during the monsoon began emptying out on Thursday as the resident doctors' strike entered Day 3. Some hapless patients were forced to ignore their fever, others had to make do with ...

Pre-monsoon malaria cases up by 125%

Indian Express - ‎2 hours ago‎
Despite tall claims made by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) regarding the health services, the official records indicate that already 10608 people have been affected by malaria in the city this year.
Monsoon brings malaria The Statesman

Sushma upset with PC for accusing Maneka of leaking Varun security ...

Times of India - ‎1 hour ago‎
NEW DELHI: Expressing her disappointment with home minister P Chidambaram over the issue of providing security to Varun Gandhi, senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Thursday accused him of dragging the name of the young MP's mother Maneka Gandhi in the ...

Hooch death toll 105; Congress seeks Modi resignation

Hindu - Manas Dasgupta - ‎2 hours ago‎
- Photo: PTI KILLER DRINK: Relatives mourn a loved one who died after consuming illicit liquor in Ahmedabad's Rakhiyaal area on Thursday.

Racist? We love India and sambar: Aussie team

Calcutta Telegraph - ‎3 hours ago‎
Hyderabad, July 9: A visiting team from the Australian education ministry today insisted that the country was safe for Indian students and denied the recent attacks were “racist”.
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