MAINS OCTOBER 2008

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 5 sectors to attract $8.5 b investment

 Sovereign rating outlook may turn negative: Moody’s

 OVL, Sinopec in race for Imperial Energy of U.K.

 NHPC board meet to approve IPO

 U.S. downturn to hit India: Tata

 Unrelenting inflation

 Kabul attack an assault on friendship: Manmohan

 Parliamentary panel views tapes

 Bandh case: Tripathy tenders unconditional apology in court

 Solzhenitsyn is dead

 Dhoni chosen for Khel Ratna

 West seeks new Iran sanctions

 Post ceasefire, Colombo readies for LTTE attacks

 Chinese authorities focus on Uighurs

 Nepal parties inch closer to form government

 Grateful to India, says Karzai

 Centre allocates subsidised imported edible oil for TPDS

 Dealing with terror strategies

Religion

 Instruction of truth

 RBI’s loud anti-inflation statement

 Gilani’s positive response

 Replacing tinderbox coaches

 SAARC nations resolve to jointly fight terror

 Stampede near Naina Devi temple claims 146 lives

 Rumour of landslip triggered stampede

 Scheme on secondary education soon

 China awaits Xiang’s second coronation

 Videoconferencing brings relief to undertrials

 Sanitation programme from today

 Pakistan, Afghanistan to fight terrorism jointly

 Close ranks against terror, Boucher tells Pakistan

 Committed to implementing SAFTA, say SAARC members

 Nepal’s parties mull over Maosits’ CMP

 Oil revenues: bonanza for Russia

 Boeing delaying consultancy for Tejas programme

Religion

 God’s infinite grace

 More SEZs cleared

 Exports up 22 % in Q1

 Banks asked to mitigate burden on borrowers

 Rupee rebounds 22 paise

 One more opportunity

 Liberty on two wheels

 IAEA board approves India safeguards agreement

 Harkishan Singh Surjeet passes away

 ISI engineered Kabul embassy bombing: NYT

 As Pakistan hails ‘precedent,’ other IAEA members express doubts, fears

 India pledges support to IAEA

 Norms issued for 3G, number portability

 Committed to power devolution: Rajapaksa

 Ashok Mankad passes away

 Can Australia continue its golden run?

 Detailing still to be done: Menon

 Somnath Chatterjee breaks his silence

 Don’t politicise Olympics: Hu

 David Miliband puts off India tour as Labour crisis deepens

 Fukuda revamps Cabinet, party

 It is official, there’s ice in Martian soil

 “Democracy is a vital disciplining instrument”

 India-Pakistan peace process: hopes & fears

 Conscious decision to uphold Constitution: Speaker

 Tripartite meet on Gorkhaland issue

 The solar eclipse

Religion

 Essence of subtle truths religion

Friday

 Rs. 51,577-cr. scheme to reform power sector

 Finance panel to suggest fiscal accounting for oil, other bonds

 Profits and livelihoods (Doha)

 Tackling workplace inequality

 Pranab takes up ceasefire violations with Quereshi

 IAEA to back India, but with ‘mixed feelings’

 Inflation inches closer to 12%

 Most IAEA members worried about precedent being set for Pakistan

 India plans big push to regional trade

 Accord on treaty for help in criminal matters

 Quantum of RBI hikes takes markets by surprise

 India, Afghanistan behind unrest, says Pakistan

 Magsaysay for Amte couple serving tribal people

 To prevent the elderly from falling

 Monsoon recovers some ground over State

 Pakistan not eligible for similar n-deal: Burns

 Israel Premier Olmert to resign

 Cabinet okays Rs. 1,000-cr. more for insurance scheme

 “Failure of Geneva talks a serious setback”

 Reforms: Chidambaram upbeat

 Mr. Speaker: the Indian “avatar”

Religion

 Quality of Bhakti