11:42 AM, Thursday Sep 09, 2010

India

Curfew lifted from entire Kashmir Valley

Curfew was lifted on Thursday from all parts of the Kashmir Valley on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr. "Curfew has been lifted from all parts of Srinagar city, and Anatnag and Bijbehara towns in south Kashmir

Metros

DDA yet to install ACs in Village flats

The Commonwealth Games Village is not only fighting the dengue scare, even the furnishing work of the flats is yet to be completed. The athletes will begin streaming in from September 15.

International

India mulls importing gas from Iran via sea: Report

India is likely to resume negotiations for independently importing natural gas from Iran via a sea pipeline, according to a media report.

"India has expressed willingness to restart negotiations thr

Business

Domestic car sales up 33%; bikes 19% in Aug.

Domestic passenger car sales jumped by 33.24 per cent to 1,60,794 units in August compared to 1,20,681 units in the same month in 2009.

Newsmakers

Machine to translate brain signals in words

Coming soon: A mind-reading machine, say scientists who claim to have discovered a way of translating people’s thoughts into words. An international team, led by Prof.

Sports

Oz players unhappy over 10% cut in IPL salary

Australian cricketers and their board are heading towards a bitter stand-off with the former threatening not to sign their contract for next year over the latter's attempt to snatch 10 per cent of the

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Overreacting to China

China seems to have a knack for generating a periodic hubbub in our public discourse.

Welcome to Mallywood

For some time now, critics and analysts have been observing that modern Bollywood cinema has forgotten the “real” India.

Editorial

BJP-JMM as good, as bad as JMM-BJP

As low farce goes, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton re-tying the knot after a messy divorce can’t match the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha emerging from a marital blow-up onl

Was top court in realm of Executive?

At first glance, what the Supreme Court said seemed pretty much right, socially and even politically. Distribute foodgrains to the starving poor rather than let tonnes of grain rot in the FCI’s warehouses, the court had told the Union government. But, in hindsight, it appears a bit jarring, as even the soft-spoken Prime Minister, Dr

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