CPI(M) expells Somnath
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Wednesday expelled Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee after he refused to follow the party's advice to resign from the post.
India to launch lobbying campaign among NSG nations
A group of Ministers and officials will travel to various Nuclear Suppliers Group countries to muster support for the nuclear deal with the United States, particularly focusing on nations which have had reservations so far on allowing exemption to India...
Leaders meet to work out future strategy
Leaders of Left parties, BSP and UNPA met on Wednesday to chalk out their future course of action. Former Karnataka Chief Minister, H D Kumaraswamy, who left the meeting for a prior engagement, told reporters that JD (S) would "strengthen" Mayawati by "collaborating" with her...
BJP expels eight LS members for defying party whip While four MPs were expelled for voting in favour of the government in the trust vote in Lok Sabha last night, four others faced the action for remaining absent...
An 'agency' that supplies child beggars Pathshishu, the five-year-old agency in Kolkata, takes the children to the beggars in the morning and returns them to their parents in the evening...
Amnesty urges Pakistan to resolve 'enforced disappearances' Using court records, affidavits of victims and witness testimony, Amnesty claimed Pakistani government forces would detain individuals and move them between detention centres to make it harder for their whereabouts to be traced...
Classrooms more disciplined than LS
"Parliament resembles a school with a helpless teacher (the speaker) taking care of a bunch of hooligans. And he has nothing to tame them with," Harshat Malhotra, a Class 12 student of Mount St. Mary's School.
Govt to announce 3G policy soon: Raja The UPA government is all set to usher in next generation (3G) mobile services and will soon announce guidelines for the same, Communication and IT Minister A Raja said.
India capture two wickets on day one Sri lanka were 85 for two when play was called off because of bad light in the opening day of the first cricket Test in Colombo.
Congress party activists in Srinagar light fire crackers to celebrate on Wednesday as United Progressive Alliance government won the trust vote in Parliament. AP
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.
Indian cities become costlier for expats to live in: Survey
Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai has become increasingly expensive for expatriates to live in, a latest global survey says. It is a comprehensive cost of living survey and is used to help multinational companies and governments determine cost of living allowances for their expatriate employees...
BEIJING OLYMPICS2008
US athletes will be 'ambassadors of liberty': Bush
"In Beijing, you will convey our nation's most cherished values. As ambassadors of liberty you will represent America's love for freedom and our regard for human rights and human dignity," Bush told a gathering of the Beijing bound American Olympics team at a White House event. LEFT: President George W Bush, left, receives a softball jersey from Team USA softball pitcher Jennie Finch after addressing the 2008 US Summer Olympic Team on Monday in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. AP RIGHT: Chinese workers install security cameras on a lighting tower outside the Olympic Stadium, which is known locally as the "Bird's Nest" in Beijing on July 21, 2008. China vowed to step up security for the Beijing Olympics, warning of an unprecedented threat to the Games amid reports that two "terrorists" were executed in the mainly Muslim far northwest. With up to 80 heads of state expected to attend the August 8 opening ceremony, China said it was faced with a "huge responsibility" to defend its own people, Olympic athletes and visiting dignitaries. AFP
Internationally renowned clay sculptor Zhang Rongda (L) finishes a sculpture he created in twenty minutes in the likeness of the events organiser Fiona Chung (C), before traveling to the Beijing Olympic Games, in Hong Kong on 21 July 2008. Zhang has been invited to reside in the Beijing Olympic Village and show his work to athletes and visiting dignitaries during the games to promote the folk art of Beijing. AFP China on verge of becoming dominant sporting power
The host of the Olympic Games, hopes to upstage the United States and scoop golds from sports where it is traditionally strong -- table tennis, badminton, gymnastics and diving. INDIA:Saina Nehwal, Mangal Singh confident of good performance
CPI(M) expells Somnath 
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. 
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and our regard for human rights and human dignity," Bush told a gathering of the Beijing bound American Olympics team at a White House event. 
