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Off-pitch glamour at the IPL (The Times of India): Verbal vulgarity and abuse Excessive nudity Religious grounds - hurts my sentiments Anti-national - against the interests of India Sexually explicit content Illegal content - against the law of India Defamatory content Message:

Yuvraj Singh Swayamvar next? (The Times of India): Verbal vulgarity and abuse Excessive nudity Religious grounds - hurts my sentiments Anti-national - against the interests of India Sexually explicit content Illegal content - against the law of India Defamatory content Message:

Joggers have better sex lives (The Times of India): Verbal vulgarity and abuse Excessive nudity Religious grounds - hurts my sentiments Anti-national - against the interests of India Sexually explicit content Illegal content - against the law of India Defamatory content Message:

Nano for more than Rs 1 lakh? (The Times of India): Verbal vulgarity and abuse Excessive nudity Religious grounds - hurts my sentiments Anti-national - against the interests of India Sexually explicit content Illegal content - against the law of India Defamatory content Message:

To new beginnings (DNA): It’s a philosophical fact that’s drilled into young minds early in life. That life is a mixed bag of sweet and sour and the sooner we learn to deal with the ups and downs with stoic equanimity, the better for us....

Police probe 'link' of terror duo to '93 Mumbai bla... (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Indo-US nuclear agreement win-win situation for bot... (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Congress is Enemy No. 1, says Maya (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Gadkari to name team today (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Clash of the Titans (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Cash for food (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Discretionary detox (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

1 per cent consolation (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Nuke liability Bill on hold, UPA decides better lat... (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Police probe 'link' of duo held for terror to '93 M... (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

GJM scales down separate state demand, ready for in... (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

SC to consider recall of SIT probe against Modi, ot... (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

ASP, 6 Haryana STF men held for extortion (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Judges' Bill deferred as ministers object (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Bollywood stands up and defies MNS (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

This battle's already won (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Dances with bears (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Terror suspects held in Mumbai had links with Dawood (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Maya under Opposition attack in LS over Bareilly violence (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Ishant finds line & strength (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Overwhelmed Dia thanks Arshad for casting her in lead role (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Government-led inflation (Economic Times): Food inflation remains extraordinarily high at 17.79%. The government emphasises supply problems caused by last years drought, But a bigger and less reversible problem is government-led inflation through big increases in the Minimum Support Prices (MSP). The MSP for wheat and...

The BSP at 25 (Economic Times): The massive rally in Lucknow to mark its 25th anniversary highlights both the remarkable gains the BSP has made and the criticisms that have attended its brand of Dalit politics. When the late Kanshi Ram founded it as a political formation...

Gender Bias not always culprit (Economic Times): The three Yadav leaders may be the face of gender incorrectness these days, but their opponents are hardly entitled to cast the first stone. We nonchalantly say Mr & Mrs (and write it too, on invitation cards), shamelessly put Jack before...

A very fine and great difference (Economic Times): Arjun says to Krishna: You praise both the renunciation of work as well as its unselfish performance so which is better? Krishnas answer is that the renunciation of work and its unselfish performance both lead to the souls salvation ....

Rural users are getting urbanised (Economic Times): News reports tell us that the government funding of rural development has jumped up from around Rs 27,000 crores to about Rs 75,000 crores in the last five years, and we have been reading about the rural uptick in the demand...

Funds' QIP bets yield smart returns (Economic Times): MUMBAI: Most institutional investors, who put money in recent public offers, have either lost a packet or made insignificant gains on listing. But quite a few fund managers, who chose to invest in companies by subscribing to their qualified institutional placements...

Wealth managers hardsell 'portfolio clean-up' to HNIs (Economic Times): MUMBAI: Portfolio clean-up is fast becoming the buzzword for wealth managers who are trying to acquire more clients, as the financial year draws to a close. An alternative nomenclature to portfolio rebalancing, a clean-up involves weeding out investments that are...

Volatility index bottoms out as mood perks up (Economic Times): MUMBAI: India's volatility index, VIX a measure of investors perception about the risk of sharp swings based on options prices is trading at its lowest level since inception in April 2008. In theory, this means investors fears about sharp...

Finance companies steal the limelight at IIM-K hiring (Financial Express): The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments...

Last Bajaj scooter to roll out this month! (Financial Express): The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments...

Foreign universities get the go ahead from Cabinet (Financial Express): The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments...

SC to consider recall of SIT probe against Modi (Financial Express): The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments...

High-level sudoku (The Telegraph): The meeting of the Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries at the end of February ended with nothing of great significance except for the fact that it happened at all. There was a general sense, virtually across the political and strategic...

Better late than never (The Telegraph): Sir At last, the special investigation team, appointed by the Supreme Court, has summoned the chief minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, in connection with the Gulbarg Housing Society carnage of 2002, in which a former Congress member of parliament, Ehsan...

Tough decisions (The Telegraph): Sir Brijesh D. Jayals article, Time to walk the talk (March 4), is forthright. The army is indeed all-pervasive in Pakistan. The top brass, most of whom were originally landlords, have, over time, extended their feudal approach to politics, industry...

Driving home (The Telegraph): Sir In response to Ticket to drive (March10), I would like to express my views about the proposal to ban people over 72 from driving. Although one appreciates the fact that concern about the health of senior citizens is the...

RIGHT DOSE (The Telegraph): Increasing costs and abysmal inefficiency usually combine to make healthcare systems in India a very dismal affair. The people of Assam should, therefore, derive some comfort from their governments move to make healthcare a fundamental right. The Assam public health bill,...

JUST TEACHING (The Telegraph): There is something hollow at the heart of education in India. It has been a long time, almost 10 years in fact, since the Supreme Court outlawed corporal punishment in schools. That was the first step, after a series of complaints...

The Larger Truth (The Telegraph): To return from a neighbouring country and read the newspapers of the past four days is enough to make you ill. To read about Lalu Prasad swearing to pull down the United Progressive Alliance government and Prakash Karat committing to do...

Locked away, safely (The Telegraph): A visit to a government home in Berhampore makes Uddalak Mukherjee wonder whether society itself is responsible for keeping vulnerable children invisible

Legal twist (The Telegraph): The government of Indias proposed Integrated Child Protection Scheme aims to bring together existing child protection initiatives under a single, unified programme. One of its purported goals is to supplement and strengthen the established infrastructure under the Juvenile Justice (Care and...

Satyam case: SC refuses bail to Raju (Financial Express): The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments...

ICICI Bank aims at 15% growth (Financial Express): The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments...

Experts speak on Foreign Educational Institution Bill (Economic Times): This is a welcome development. The Foreign Educational Institution (Regulation of Entry and Operation) Bill, 2010, will not just provide greater access to quality education closer home for Indian students, but will also help pave way for greater autonomy to premier...

'Real value for 3G services will come from top 110 towns' (Economic Times): MUMBAI: Reliance Communications (RCOM) is targeting a fifth of Indias telecom revenue market in the next three years, up from the current 12%. The telecom firm will bid for spectrum for 3G (third generation services), as well as broadband wireless access...

Another $3 billion in 5 years for India: Blackstone co-founder Stephen Schwarzman (Economic Times): In 1985, Stephen Schwarzman and Peter Peterson launched Blackstone with $400,000 in corpus. Today, the New York-headquartered firm is one of the worlds biggest private equity firms. In India, though, its progress has been slower than what befits its size. It...

'Google will focus on creating wow consumer moments' (Economic Times): In its confrontation with the Chinese government, the worlds most powerful internet company, Google, intends to stay in touch with its moral values and that of its consumers, Nikesh Arora, the 42-year-old president of global sales and business development, told ET...

Tell It Straight (The Times of India): There appears to be a disconnect between the Obama administration and Washington legislators. The US decision to incorporate the 'good Taliban, bad Taliban' theme into its official Afghanistan strategy and Islamabad pitching itself as an essential middleman for winning over the...

Right Prescription (The Times of India): To address the widespread practice of doctors accepting kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has proposed punishment ranging from fines to doctors losing their licences. The MCI has done away with a blanket ban it announced in...

Why Should We Shut Up? (The Times of India): Washington: So, the man widely regarded as India's greatest contemporary artist is no longer an Indian. He is a Qatari. Why on earth did we let that happen? Ah, therein hangs a tale of two contrasting and fiercely contested views of...

EET will discourage savings (The Times of India): The prime minister reportedly wants a review of the draft direct tax code (DTC) proposal to put all long-term savings instruments under the exempt-exempt-tax (EET) ambit. He's right. Under EET, investment and interest aren't taxed but maturity proceeds are. At present,...

Don't derail tax reforms (The Times of India): The proposed direct tax code is the right step towards rationalisation of taxes and savings schemes. To tamper with it at this stage is to blunt its objective. The issue in question is whether savings schemes like provident fund should be...

Driven crazy (The Times of India): This is a dire diatribe against a tribe that is driving me crazy bad drivers. The way Delhi drivers bend the rules drives me around the bend. Some think that the yellow line down the centre of the road is just...

Devi, full of compassion (The Times of India): For one who is fearful, darkness is evil. For one who is not fearful, darkness is the all-absorbing nature of existence. That which can absorb everything is also that which creates everything.

A deeply flawed bill (The Hindu): The civil nuclear liability bill is a deeply flawed piece of legislation that the government has done well to develop cold feet about. Broadly speaking, the law proposes to channel all legal liability stemming from a nuclear accident in India on...

Iraqi nationalists must deliver (The Hindu): Despite mortar attacks and bombings, mainly in Baghdad and mostly by Sunni Islamists, which killed 38 people and wounded 110 more, the Iraqi general election took place as planned on March 7. About a million security personnel were deployed. The turnout...

Politics of Women's Reservation Bill (The Hindu): Not a quota within quota but a commitment to social justice and a proactive offer to field women from the subaltern strata. That is the way to silence the opponents of the Bill.

Barack Obama and women MPs do not alone mean equality and justice (The Hindu): Representation is a start, and an important one. But equal opportunities should be pursued above the photo opportunities. PHOTO: AFP

The place to look for aliens could be right here (The Hindu): Fifty years ago next month, a young American astronomer named Frank Drake turned a radio telescope on a nearby star and began a systematic search for messages from an alien civilisation. It was an extraordinarily daring experiment. In those days, looking...

Free slumber classes for teenagers (The Hindu): Parents have struggled for years to encourage children to go to bed on time. In Scotland, however, all the family should be enjoying sweet dreams in the future, as pupils are to be given lessons in how to sleep. The charity...

4 million jobs vanished in 2009 in EU (The Hindu): Official data show that some 4 million jobs disappeared in the European Union last year, when countries were struggling to emerge from recession. The EU statistical agency Eurostat said on Monday that EU employment numbers dropped 1.8 per cent from 2008...

Mulayam's arithmetic (The Hindu): Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh's arithmetic that the ratio of women in Parliament and the State legislatures could go up to 99 per cent in the 11th year of the Women's Reservation Bill seeking to reserve 33 per cent of...

Beyond quota (The Hindu): The article Empowering women: going beyond quota (Open Page, March 14) is well written. All political parties opposing the Women's Bill should explain why they do not allot more seats to women during elections. What prevents them from fielding OBC women...

Home alone (The Hindu): The article Home alone (Open Page, March 14) gives a poignant account of the anguish and ordeal experienced by parents whose sons and daughters live abroad. In many cases, it is neighbours and friends who lend a helping hand during their...

Arbitrary Raja (Business Standard): If spending years, even decades, on getting court verdicts is not bad enough, the government just added a brand-new dimension to the travails of companies trying to do business in the country. Depending on whether you want to be charitable to...

Two steps forward (Business Standard): The Medical Council of India (MCI) has taken a further step in improving ethical standards in the medical professional by quantifying punishments (after banning gift taking in the first place) for doctors who break the new rules of conduct. It is...

Thermax: Powering ahead (Business Standard): Thermax and US-based Babcock & Wilcox Power signed a Rs 700-crore joint venture (JV) agreement to manufacture super-critical (660 Mw and above) and sub-critical (over 300 Mw) boilers in the country. Given Thermax’s 51 per cent stake in the JV and...

Fortis Healthcare: Going international (Business Standard): Fortis Healthcare’s acquisition of a 24-per cent stake in the Singapore-based healthcare services provider Parkway Holdings for $685.3 million (Rs 3,118 crore) from the Texas Pacific Group (TPG) gives it a spring board for international expansion. This is the company’s third...

Dani Rodrik: The end of an era in finance (Business Standard): IMFs change of heart on capital controls is important, but it needs to be followed by further action Dani Rodrik / March 16, 2010, 0:41 IST

Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: Of media balance sheets and transparency (Business Standard): What does a website say about a company? What for that matter does a balance sheet say? If, like me, you have been a business journalist for many years, your first and lasting impressions are formed from these two things. There...

A K Bhattacharya: Positively Shattered Units (Business Standard): Disinvestment of government equity in public sector undertakings (PSUs) began in 1991. The government of P V Narasimha Rao justified the logic of that move by arguing that the efficiency of PSUs would improve once they were listed on the stock...

Rajeev Malik: Time to press the policy rate button (Business Standard): Two trends are becoming amply clear since the third quarter policy review by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in January. One, the economic growth upturn is becoming stronger and more broad-based. Two, non-food drivers of inflation will become more palpable...

Nilanjana S Roy: Three ways to be @famousauthor (Business Standard): If you track Facebook, Twitter and the arcane world of author sites, you’ll find more ghosts there than in the average cemetery. The hulks of sites circa the early 2000s, with their unlovely designs and basic TimesNewRoman fonts, speak of books...

Google: Live online (Business Standard): Indian Premier League, a property of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, has expanded beyond the television screen in its third season. Until now, the $2 billion IPL brand has drawn revenues from TV rights, promotions and franchisees. This...

'This year, every penny earned will count' (Business Standard): Last year, leading industry chamber Ficci appointed eminent film maker Karan Johar as the co-chairman of its entertainment committee. The 38-year-old director tells Priyanka Joshi how he is changing the face of industry events like Ficci-Frames, the global convention on the...

Foreign Education Bill finally gets Cabinet nod (Business Standard): After several years of debate, the Union Cabinet today unanimously approved a Bill that would allow foreign education providers to set up campuses in India and offer degrees.

Hollywood bound (Business Standard): Reliance ADAG wants to become a global media and entertainment house. It is diversifying its services for stability and investing in Hollywood to reach scale.

Skype on deck (Business Standard): Skype IPO: Skype looks like Silicon Valley’s best hope for a blockbuster initial stock offering in 2010. With Facebook determined to stay private until next year, the former eBay orphan could steal the scene with a quick flip. Moreover, as a...

India may return to sugar markets, but sits cosy now (Business Standard): India will have to resume sugar imports by mid-year to build buffer stocks for its festival season, despite having cancelled deals this week that hammered New York prices down 7 per cent to seven-month lows.

Stalement in RBI, competition panel talks over bank M (Business Standard): Banking regulator Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) attempts to keep anti-competitive practices watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) out of the merger and acquisition (M&A) business of banks seems to have hit a roadblock. The ministry of corporate affairs said it...

Govt expands list of default activities in SEZs (Business Standard): The Centre today allowed special economic zone (SEZ) developers to offer space for warehousing and banking/ATM services without obtaining prior permission from it.

Cavin Kare eyes Rs 1,000 cr turnover this fiscal (Business Standard): Chennai-based consumer goods maker Cavin Kare today said it is targeting Rs 1,000 crore in total turnover this fiscal.

Multinationals have to redo the delisting math (Business Standard): Multinational companies (MNCs) wishing to delist are finding the going tough, due to a sharp rise in the share prices of their Indian subsidiaries.

Hindustan Constr buys 66% stake in Swiss firm (Business Standard): Ajit Gulabchand-run HCC today acquired a controlling stake in Swiss real estate firm Karl Steiner AG in an all-cash deal for around Rs 150 crore (Swiss Francs 35 million), a move that will pave way for the company to enter the...

Central Bank to buy out partners in mortgage subsidiary by month-end (Business Standard): Public sector Central Bank of India expects to complete the buyback of its mortgage finance subsidiary, Centbank Home Finance, by the end of the current financial year.

SC stays CBI probe into derivatives scam (Business Standard): The Supreme Court today stayed the Orissa High Court order for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged Rs 25 lakh crore derivatives scam.

Jugaad marketing (Business Standard): There can be some interesting build-on or Jugaad to the existing vending systems. Modern brands can ride some natural rhythms that exist in our socio-economic fabric.

Advance tax grows 3.63% in Q4, falls below expectation (Business Standard): Advance tax collections from the top 100 companies in the Mumbai region for the crucial and last quarter of 2009-10 have grown just 3.63 per cent compared to 24 per cent in the corresponding period last year.

Post-listing gains are back (Business Standard): The days of making money through initial public offers (IPOs) are back with shares of several mid- and small-cap companies listing at a premium to their issue prices. This at a time when large follow-on offers (FPOs) by public sector companies...

Current quarter sees record fund-raising through IPOs/FPOs (Business Standard): The current quarter is set to do down in the history of India’s capital markets for the highest ever amount of over Rs 26,000 crore being raised through initial and follow-on public offers. The government’s thrust on disinvestment, along with quite...

Facebook to open India office at Hyd (Business Standard): The world’s largest social networking site, Facebook, today announced it was investing in India by opening an office in Hyderabad, where it would build a ‘world-class team’ to support its growing number of users, advertisers and developers.

Sensex ends up 9pts (Business Standard): The Sensex has ended (provisionally) at 17,176 - up nine points. The Nifty has ended at 5,133 - down four points.

FII-TO-FII TRADES: Maruti traded at 3% premium (Business Standard): Trades between FIIs generated a volume of Rs 14 crore on the BSE Monday-an decrease of 7.48% from Rs 15 crore clocked on Friday. As many as four stocks witnessed trades of 1.86 lakh shares on Monday.

M&M to double equity with 1:2 split (Business Standard): The leading SUV and commercial vehicles maker Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) today sad it has got the approval of its shareholders go in for stock split.

United Bank of India to list on March 18 (Business Standard): Shares of public sector lender United Bank of India will be listed on the stock exchanges on March 18.

Govt removes import duty on dairy products (Business Standard): Concerned over the rising prices of milk, the government has removed the duty on skimmed milk powder (SMP) and other dairy products.

Sebi reduces NFO period for mutual funds (Business Standard): Market watchdog the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has asked mutual funds to reduce the period between the opening and closing of issues from the present 30-45 days to 15 days to ensure that investors' money is not blocked...

SAIL eyes Rs 43,000 cr sales in 2010-11 (Business Standard): Steel Authority of India (SAIL), the country's second-biggest producer, expects to mop up Rs 43,000 crore from the sales of its products on rising demand.

Telcos' licence fee till Jan at Rs 7,606 cr (Business Standard): He added telecom operators do not pay taxes to the Department of Telecom (DoT) as no taxes are levied by the DoT. However, the rate of percentage of revenue is paid as levies by the operators.

Tata Steel may up prices on input cost pressure (Business Standard): Tata Steel may increase prices of its products in the coming months on account of rising raw material cost, which is expected to rise by about $150 per tonne in the next fiscal, a top company official said.

FinMin hopeful of resolving issues in new FDI rules (Business Standard): The Finance Ministry today exuded confidence that the issues raised by it over the changes in the foreign direct investment (FDI) rules, which will change the structure of some banks, will get resolved once the Commerce Ministry comes out with its...

Infy pays Rs 1,180-cr FY10 advance tax; denies evasion (Business Standard): Country's second-largest software exporter Infosys today said it has made a total advance tax payment of Rs 1,180 crore for the fiscal 2009-10.

No apps on day 1 to take part in 3G auction (Business Standard): No bid was submitted on the first day today for participating in 3G spectrum auction, while most of the top telecom players said they would do so only on March 19 -- the last day.

Pressure on food prices coming down: Pranab (Business Standard): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that pressure on food prices is easing, even as the overall wholesale price-based inflation is almost in double digits for February.

Poor distribution, not hoarding, pushed up food prices (Business Standard): Much has been said about how activities like hoarding have caused rapidly rising food prices, but analysts’ studies of retail and wholesale inflationary trends suggest that it’s the government’s distribution system rather than speculation by wholesalers that is pushing up food...

Realty firms in north focus on clearing backlog (Business Standard): Even with land prices depreciating by 25 to 30 per cent in the National Capital Region, realty companies are concentrating on delivering ongoing projects rather than strengthening their land banks.

John Distilleries may sell 25% stake to PE firm (Business Standard): Bangalore-based John Distilleries Ltd (JDL) is close to finalising the term sheet to dilute 25 per cent stake to a private equity (PE) firm for around Rs 150 crore, said Vice-Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Asif Adil. He, however, declined to...

Ports back to recovery with 5% growth in cargo handling (Business Standard): After a year of downturn, major ports in India are back on the recovery track. Traffic handled between April 2009 and February 2010 has increased by 5 per cent from a meagre two per cent growth in 2008-09.

Inflation touches 16-month high of 9.89% (Business Standard): The headline inflation rate, as measured by the wholesale price index (WPI), touched a 16-month high of 9.89 per cent in February and is certain to be in double digits on a point-on-point basis in March.

Financial services, publishing to be focus areas for McGraw-Hill (Business Standard): The McGraw-Hill Companies is looking to ramp up its presence in the Indian financial and publishing space to increase the share of revenue from the country from the present level of 5 per cent, the group’s Chairman, President & CEO, Harold...

Colour of shame (DNA): Many accusations have been hurled at MF Husain, especially in the recent past. The latest one suggests that he has done something reprehensible by accepting Qatar citizenship. This would be laughable if it weren’t so outrageous. All you have to do...

The Nitish effect (DNA): There is good news from the badlands of Bihar. The state, known for its poverty and anarchy, seems to be back on rails. It is no more a basket case from the backward and sick states of north India’s cow-belt. It...

Beyond symbolism (DNA): The Bahujan Samaj Party’s decision to paint Lucknow blue (the party’s colour) on Monday — the 25th anniversary of the party’s founding and also, coincidentally, founder Kanshi Ram’s birthday — is cause for both celebration and consternation. Celebration, because the one...

Crescendo of confusion in the hills (DNA): Sitting here in the foothills of the Himalayas, the mind does tend to get full of clichs about man, nature, beauty and so on. As always, reality checks are never far away. So my mother, a retired teacher, asks me to...

Deserving win (DNA): The Australian hockey team deserves kudos for clinching the Hockey World Cup title (‘Germany Austed’, DNA .Sunday, March 14). While the Australian cricket team has won the ODI World Cup four times, the hockey team turned the tables on the defending...

Happy New Year (DNA): Gudi Padwa marks the beginning of New Year in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and parts of Karnataka. This festival is known as Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra and Ugadi in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Gudi Padwa signifies the beginning of Vasant or the...

Albert Einstein (DNA): A fashion show for the Cancer Patients Aid Association had nearly 40 celebrities from all walks of life taking to the ramp wearing designer threads by Azeem Khan, Rocky S, Vikram Phadnis and Shaina NC.

Stay on the treadmill (Hindustan Times): President Barack Obama gets much credit for changing Americas image in the world he was probably awarded the Nobel Prize for doing so. But if you asked even devoted fans to cite a specific foreign-policy achievement, they would probably hesitate....

Oh, we frisky lot (Hindustan Times): Remember how in April 2009, VVIPs went into a tizzy when former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was frisked by the staff of an American airlines at Delhi airport before boarding a US-bound flight? What you may remember less well is that...

SIT up and take notice (Hindustan Times): The hysteria that normally accompanies any move to bring about political accountability has been refreshingly absent following the Special Investigation Teams (SIT) summons to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to depose before it. This is the first time ever that the...

Missing the party (Hindustan Times): CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat was to attend the opening of the new assembly building in Chennai on Saturday evening, where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi were the prime attractions. At the eleventh hour, Karat wrote a...

Terror suspects held in Mumbai had links with Dawoo... (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

India-born Labour MP Ashok Kumar found dead (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

20 Comment (Indian Express): I wish you properly worded the caption. It is not the interceptor failed nor the trial. It is the target. Our govt.'s policies deserve criticism not our scientists who make us proud.

The unfinished business of the nuclear deal (Rediff.com): ] can persuade the US Administration to be more liberal when it comes to transfer of dual use technology to us.

The Women's Lottery Bill (Rediff.com): Economist, agriculturist and farmer leader Sharad Joshi, was the lone member of Rajya Sabha who voted against the woman'sreservation bill on March 9. He explains his reservations against the bill.

Neerja Chowdhury: Sonia has sent a powerful message to Indian women (Rediff.com): ]appears to be playing for larger -- and long term -- stakes and the move to provide reservation to women is not bereft of political calculations, writesNeerja Chowdhury

Is wildlife in Goa under threat? (The Times of India): P.S. You may also SMS or email your views. Mail us on mytimesmyvoice@timesgroup.com with `Animals' mentioned in the subject line. To SMS, type MTMV, leave a space, type ANIMALS, leave a space, type your comments and your name and sms to...

Maya under Opposition attack in LS over Bareilly vi... (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

SC to consider recall of SIT probe in G'barga socie... (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Govt warns 'knee-jerk' reaction from Maoists (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Phone calls to arrested terror suspects traced to K... (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Haryana STF members accused of extorting money, 7 d... (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

From ABCD to almighty (Indian Express): A Journey from ABCD to the Almighty our journey on the earth starts from ABCD. Parents discuss the schools when the baby is in the womb. To provide the best education becomes the goal of the parents. Education - Why? What...

Ad featuring ex-Pak air chief costs Govt Rs 11 lakh (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Govt indicates next FS-level talks in Islamabad (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Govt defers nuclear liability bill, says no urgency (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Four jawans killed in Pokhran firing range blast (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

RS revokes suspension of 4 SP members (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Star power (Indian Express): Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie is a Hollywood celebrity who does not need an introduction. This gossip-column favorite has dethroned media maven Oprah Winfrey on this year's Celebrity 100. Jolie is well known all around the world for her work as a...

OECD model: Substance over form (Financial Express): The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments...

Bullion Hedging Products From ICICI Bank, Nova Scotia Soon (Financial Express): The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments...

Govt backs off, avoids introducing Nuke Liability B... (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Interceptor missile trial fails as target falls int... (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

11th plan aims to create 58 mn new jobs (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Satyam Scam: SC refuses bail to Raju (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Won't resign over one mistake, says Pachauri (Indian Express): The views represented here are not endorsed by www.indianexpress.com. The person writing and submitting the comment is / are responsible for the content of comment. The comment should not have inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication....

Lara too old for IPL? (The Times of India): : The latest buzz being Brian Lara's keen interest in joining the IPL 4. He no doubts is a great player but i don't think he would be successful in the fastest form of the game. Its a gma efor the...

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