'Inflation will slide down to 6 percent with fiscal growth' Hoping that inflation could slide to 6 per cent in the next three months, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Chairman C Rangarajan today said 8-8.5 per cent economic growth is achievable
Bush links high food prices to India's prosperity
Prosperity in countries like India is "good" but it triggers increased demand for "better nutrition" which in turn leads to higher food prices, US President George W Bush said.
Mush to give up power to dissolve Parliament: report President Pervez Musharraf has agreed to give up his powers to dissolve parliament and dismiss the prime minister following several rounds of secret parleys with the ruling Pakistan People's Party, a media report said today.
PU RESULTS DO A SENSEX Passes nosedive, 41.31 pc successful
This fall ought to be straight out of the Sensex. Only 41.31 per cent of the candidates could clear this March's II Pre-University examinations recording a mind-numbing nine per cent fall over last years pass percentage of 50.70. Second year pre-university students check their results on mobile phones in Bangalore on Friday evening.
UNSC members ask Iran to rein in N-work The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany have been seeking to persuade Iran to rein in its nuclear work.
Parliamentary panel disfavours uncontrolled access under RTI A Parliamentary panel, disfavouring uncontrolled access under RTI to information relating to proceedings of the House, has said that many legislatures across the world have no such provision.
Labour's Mayoral debacle adds to Brown's woes The Labour party was today trying to recover after Prime Minister Gordon Brown led the party to its worst local electoral performance in four decades that was capped by another defeat in the high profile London mayoral election.
Poverty drives family to suicide Poverty eventually conquered them. But their surrender to the dictates of basic survival needs was final, irrevocable, shocking.
Nagamani and Lakshmamma
Sharapova against photo shoot prior to tourny
Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova is criticising the WTA Tour for threatening to fine her if she doesn't take part in a promotional photo session ahead of the Internazionali BNL Italia in Rome on May 12.
Top cop found sitting on Rs 1-crore pile
Ten days after a Lokayukta raid on Kumar S Karning, Additional SP, Bangalore District, unearthed disproportionate assets worth Rs 3.12 crore, it has come to light that the senior police official was sitting on another pile of nearly Rs one crore!
Residents gather outside a destroyed house after a mortar attack in Salhiya district near the Green Zone in Baghdad on Saturday. Two civilians were killed while seven others were wounded in the attack, police said. It cannot be immediately confirmed who fired the mortar. REUTERS
CET forum in DH Launching a new forum called 'Mission Admission', Deccan Herald attempts to make the testing days ahead a bit easier. This new forum will help candidates keep track of news and information on the CET, the Under Graduate Entrance Test (UGET) of COMEDK and key entrance tests thereafter.
SPORTS CAPSULE
Daredevils rule over Super Kings
Skipper Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir put on a century partnership for the first wicket to power Delhi Daredevils to a commanding eight-wicket win against Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League match here on Friday. Ganguly, Warne fined for misconduct; umpire suspended
Rival skippers Sourav Ganguly and Shane Warne were today fined 10 per cent of their match fee and reprimanded for their conduct as the Indian Premier League continued to crack the whip on on-field indiscipline... Lee earns $80,000 per scalp in IPL: Report
Speedster Brett Lee returned home as the richest Australian cricketer, taking home a whopping $80,000 per scalp for his four wickets from as many games in the cash-rich Indian Premier League. IPL yet to finalise its position on Shoaib ban
The cash rich Indian Premier League (IPL) is yet to finalise its position on barring Pakistans temperamental seamer Shoaib Akhtar from playing in the inaugural season of the tournament. Kallis feels IPL, ICL beneficial for Indian cricket
''Both IPL and ICL are beneficial for Indian cricket because it is the domestic players who will get to learn a lot from it. In both the tournaments they get to share the dressing room with some of the legendry players and I feel that it is a good learning experience,'' Kallis said. PCB chief files defamation suit against Akhtar
Banned pacer Shoaib Akhtar's never-ending woes have been compounded further with Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Nasim Ashraf today slapping a Rs 220 million defamation suit against him. IPL yet to finalise its position on Shoaib ban
The cash rich Indian Premier League (IPL) is yet to finalise its position on barring Pakistans temperamental seamer Shoaib Akhtar Umpire Saheba denies giving interview in reply to show-cause notice
Umpire Amish Saheba, who has been banned for two IPL matches, after an interview of his quoted him as saying that Sreesanth had been continuously warned by the umpires before the 'slap-gate' episode took place, has totally denied having spoken to any reporter regarding the controversy. IHF Sec-Gen files suit in HC demanding Rs 25 lakh damages
The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and its beleaguered Secretary-General K Jyothikumaran has filed a civil suit in the Madras High Court demanding Rs 25 lakh as damages from Aaj Tak for broadcasting a sting operation that showed him allegedly collecting a bribe for selecting a senior player in the Indian team.
READERCONNECT
Public inconvenience: No BMTC buses
There are no BMTC buses after 8.30 pm going through Jayanagar 9th East bus stop towards Majestic, City Market or Shivajinagar. The bus drivers bypass 9th Block East bus stop and go through Jayanagar 9th block, 28th main directly. It is becoming very tough for the people to go back home from office. By AkashResponses
Ostriches in the Oman desert. Ostrich is a large bird from Africa which cannot fly but it is the fastest animal on two legs. Inset: An ostrich egg.
Photos sent by Kurudi Prasanna Kumar, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman.
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numbing nine per cent fall over last years pass percentage of 50.70. 
Sharapova against photo shoot prior to tourny
Launching a new forum called 'Mission Admission', Deccan Herald attempts to make the testing days ahead a bit easier. This new forum will help candidates keep track of news and information on the CET, the Under Graduate Entrance Test (UGET) of COMEDK and key entrance tests thereafter. 
Pakistans temperamental seamer Shoaib Akhtar from playing in the inaugural season of the tournament.
