The elephant is moving rapidy: PM
"The elephant (India) which has long been commented upon as being slow and sleepy, is not just wide awake but moving forward rapidly. So rapidly that it has become imperative for the global community to notice and acknowledge its emergence on the global stage...''
FM calls for capital inflow regulators
Finance Minister Chidambaram said India's investment to GDP ratio would grow from 35 to 40 per cent in the next 4-5 years with growing workforce and savings.
BJP-JDS set this evening's deadline for Governor; threaten agitation "If the Governor fails to invite us to form the government by this evening, both parties will launch Raj Bhavan chalo and a state-wide agitation", state unit presidents of BJP and JDS, D V Sadanada Gowda and Merajuddin Patel announced.
Freezing nuke deal to undermine India's credibility: Tharoor
''When you send your negotiators out to achieve frankly what many thought was impossible to achieve and they achieve it and then we are unable to sell it in our system, it is a pretty damm indictment ...''
Amjad Ali Khan's 'Gandhi' album released
The latest album of sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan featuring six of Mahatma Gandhi's favourite hymns including 'Raghupati Raghav Rajaram' and 'Vaishnav Jan To', was released in London with the musician predicting a bright future for Indian classical music.
US House recognises significance of Diwali The House Resolution 747, passed by an overwhelming vote of 358 to 0 (with 66 members abstaining), a resolution in honour of Diwali, the festival that celebrates the values of kinship, knowledge, and goodness.
Gandhi Foundation 'Peace Pilgrim Award' for Dalai Lama Receiving the prestigious "Peace Pilgrim Award", instituted by the Gandhi Foundation USA, the Tibetan spiritual leader called upon people to not to forget that the Mahatma had won freedom for his people by treading the path of truth and non-violence.
Paes-Damm ousted in Paribas Masters Paes-Damm went down fighting against Jeff Coetzee of South Africa and Rogier Wassen of Netherlands 6-3 6-7(5) 9-11 in the first round match.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh listens to a speaker at the Fortune Global Forum, in New Delhi on Monday Oct. 29, 2007. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Monday to stay the course of economic liberalization and said India was poised to sustain a high economic growth rate in the long term. AP Photo
Australian kids fined for killing crocodile The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) said the boys should face animal cruelty charges, under which they could be fined up to 16,000 (14,700 US).
Pak ahead of India in ICC championship table Shoaib Malik's Pakistan is ahead of India, which lies in fifth position, but with the two sides set to face up to each other in five ODIs in early November, there is plenty of scope for things to change...
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A man forces a horse to pull a cart with one wheel in Patna on Monday.
FELICITATION OF CRICKET AND HOCKEY TEAMS AT RASHTRAPATHI BHAVAN
Left:The Witch Creek wildfire spared no canyons and valleys in Rancho Bernardo in San Diego, home to exquisite golf courses. Residents of Rancho Bernardo are the worst affected and now have to put up with ash and unhealthy air almost everywhere, instead of scenic canyon views and plush green golf courses.
Right: The sacred Battle Mountain in Rancho Bernardo was hit by wildfires at 4 30 am Oct 22. Though the entire mountain was destroyed by fire, the divine + on top of this mountain was miraculously untouched;the houses on its foothills too emerged unscathed.
Poonam Bhat,
An evacuee, Rancho Bernardo,
San Diego
With the Left parties rejecting any compromise on the nuclear deal with the United States, should the UPA government dump the deal and move ahead? Deccan Herald invited its readers to express their views on the subject. Many readers were of the opinion that the UPA government should ignore the Left’s objections and go ahead with the deal. However, some others held that the Left’s concerns were justified and opposed the deal.
"If the Governor fails to invite us to form the government by this evening, both parties will launch Raj Bhavan chalo and a state-wide agitation", state unit presidents of BJP and JDS, D V Sadanada Gowda and Merajuddin Patel announced.
Amjad Ali Khan's 'Gandhi' album released
The House Resolution 747, passed by an overwhelming vote of 358 to 0 (with 66 members abstaining), a resolution in honour of Diwali, the festival that celebrates the values of kinship, knowledge, and goodness.
