Primary schools to get headstart in English Around 35 lakh primary school children in the state-run schools will learn to speak and write English as Karnataka government's decision to introduce the language at the primary level, comes into force from tomorrow.
Indian economy grew by 9.4 per cent in 2006-07 against 9 per cent in the previous year as robust growth in manufacturing and services sector more than made up for a slowdown in agriculture and construction sector.
Court summons DCP to probe sting operation The court also summoned for tomorrow Managing Editor NDTV and the reporters who carried out the sting operation and asked them to bring un-edited copies and other documents related to the matter.
123 agreement
India, US hold talks on nuclear deal Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon met US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns to iron out remaining differences on the '123 Agreement'.
Gurjar agitation
Death toll on roll; reaches 18 With today's incidents, the death toll in Gurjars' stir in last three days has risen to 18. However, the unofficial toll has been put at 20.
Protesters burn an effigy of Rajasthan chief minister during a demonstration in New Delhi on Thursday.
BSNL set to slash roaming charges
BSNL is understood to have finalised plans to cut the domestic mobile roaming charges to as low as Re 1 a minute for incoming calls and Rs 1.50 for outgoing calls.
Qatar Airways to fly to US from 6 Indian cities Indian flyers from Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai airports will benefit from the expanded schedules of Qatar Airways.
Kingfisher buys 26 pc share in Air Deccan The UB group, has bought 26 per cent stake in low-cost airline Deccan Aviation, making it the largest shareholder in Deccan Aviation.
INTERNATIONAL
UN criticises US role in fighting terrorism An independent United Nations expert expressed concern over US holding of detainees at Guantanamo Bay and in Iraq, Afghanistan and classified locations, and the permitting military tribunals and "enhanced interrogation techniques".
Chinese Govt backtracking on freedom to foreign journos: HRW The Chinese government is already failing to deliver on its pledge to fully lift restrictions for foreign journalists ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, said Sophie Richardson, Asia Deputy Director at Human Rights Watch.
Thirteen killed in attack on Pak cleric's residence Suspected pro-Taliban militants attacked the house of Pir Attique Gilani, a cleric and influential tribal elder, killing at least 13 people, including two women.
Brown raised 113,000 pounds for leadership race Britain's prime minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown raised 113,000 pounds to fight the election campaign for leadership of the party, with two NRI entrepreneurs contributing substantially to the fund
Sania crashes out of singles Sania Mirza today went down to seventh seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 6-4, 6-1 to make her way out of French open singles event.
Federer reaches third round The 10-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer broke his unseeded opponent twice to open both of the first two sets. He added another break in the third set.
Venus hits fastest serve by a woman Venus Williams hit the fastest recorded serve in a women's tour main-draw match, reaching 206 kph (128 mph) at the French Open on Wednesday.
Students hold a larger than life size dummy of a cigarette before burning it to mark World No Tobacco Day in Hyderabad on Thursday.The member states of the World Health Organization observe May 31 every year as World No Tobacco Day to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and to the preventable death and disease it causes. AP
FIA opened an investigation Monday into possible rules violations after the team ordered Lewis Hamilton not to challenge Fernando Alonso in Sunday's race.
CRICKET
Asian officials oppose shortening of 2011 WC: report Following severe criticism of a long and dour World Cup in the West Indies, ICC CEO Malcolm Speed had said the 2011 edition could be shortened by seven or 10 days.
The third seeds were hardly impressive and wasted several opportunities during their patchy display. They could convert just one break point out of 10 that came their way.
Safin eliminated in second round The two-time Grand Slam champion was eliminated from the French Open in the second round, losing to Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-4, 6-4, 7-5.
Viswanathan Anand today said he was as motivated as always to play chess and would not take any contender lightly in World Chess Championship to be held at Mexico in September.
Is the State Government justified in derecognising 2,215 primary schools which were teaching in English medium after obtaining permission for Kannada medium?
Over 3.5 lakh students are affected by the decision.
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The responses may be sent to Deccan Herald, No 75, M G Road, Bangalore - 560001 or e-mail: editordh@deccanherald.co.in latest by 2 pm on Saturday.
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