June 26 and 25

 OVL consortium to invest $5 billion in Iranian gas fields

 Monsoon prospects

 A call for global action

 Right to Education Bill to be enacted

 Nilekani to head Unique Identification Authority

 Sonia sets her sights on food security Act

 Security forces prepare for a fresh offensive against Maoists in Lalgarh

 EC begins preparations for Arunachal, Maharashtra Assembly polls

 HRD Ministry’s proposals draw mixed response

 Talks in interest of both nations, says Pakistan

 A(H1N1) cases up to 78

 Cabinet clears gas pipeline accord

 China voices displeasure at import restrictions

 Jaffna, Vavuniya council polls on August 8

 Report on refugees in Tamil Nadu presented

 Talks held with Mousavi

 Searching for water on the Moon

 Promote investments, stimulate demand, moderate corporate tax

 Chidambaram’s election challenged in court

 India’s older population set to quadruple by the year 2050

 Educationist Anil Wilson passes away

 Indians, Pakistanis unite at Kashmir shrine festival

 Rebuilding of Buddha statue begins in Bamiyan

 The Lord’s supremacy

 Authority to be set up to regulate ports

 Centre bans CPI (Maoist)

 Misguided outfits should be fought politically, says Left Front

 India open to resuming talks with Pakistan

 Lalgarh: it’s wait and watch

 Swine flu cases rise to 63

 I am absolutely determined to improve the condition of sports people: Gill

 Waiver of non-farm loans to be studied

 Global economy to shrink 2.9 %

 Sotheby’s to auction letters of Gandhiji, Nehru

 Iran protesters hold out as crackdown intensifies

 Swat operations in “final stages”

 China tests A(H1N1) vaccine

 Breaking the climate deadlock

 Two confirmed cases of A(H1N1) in Maharashtra

 Mousavi faces an uphill task

 The Supreme One

Thursday, June 25, 2009

 Oil firms face unstable policy regime: E&Y

 World Bank to raise and sustain funds for stimulus

 Coal Ministry puts appointment of regulator on 100-day agenda

 RBI reconstitutes technical panel on monetary policy

 Bill of wrongs

 Rationalising capital issue norms

 Sarabjit’s petitions dismissed

 ‘Below normal’ rainfall forecast

 H.R. Bhardwaj, new Karnataka Governor( Goes against Sarkaria Commission’s norms)

 Pakistan: no extradition of our nationals

 Manmohan assures support to Air India

 Sibal: Yash Pal panel report will be implemented in 100 days

 Road safety tax for new vehicles

 Tharoor for close ties with Gulf

 India-China border peaceful: Gen. Singh

 Will not yield to pressure: Khamenei

 2011 declared as Visit Sri Lanka Year

 UNMIN term to be extended

 Indian-origin woman in race for Governor

 Internally Displaced Persons will return home, says Sri Lanka

 Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra begins

 Positive swine flu cases rise to 73

 Iran and India, yesterday and today

 The Amazon bill controversy

 Sarkozy and the burqas

 Viswamitra’s role

June 24, 2009

 100 days agenda: power ministry targets 5,653 MW capacity addition

 Safeguard duty on aluminium products from China

 Lower-key Hindutva

 A coordinated policy needed

 West Bengal cannot say ‘no’ to ban on Maoists: Buddhadeb

 Lalgarh operation on go-slow mode

 Manmohan: monitor monsoon situation closely

 Five new cases of A (H1N1) reported

 Maoists attack police, free top leader from court premises

 “West Bengal needs to declare CPI (Maoist) an unlawful association”

 Swraj Paul appointed Privy Councillor

 No re-poll, says Guardian Council

 It is Canberra’s duty to prevent attacks: Tharoor

 CEC: EVMs cannot be manipulated

 In China, Internet tests limits of judicial system

 The purpose of avatars

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

 Authority to be set up to regulate ports

 Centre bans CPI (Maoist)

 Misguided outfits should be fought politically, says Left Front

 India open to resuming talks with Pakistan

 Lalgarh: it’s wait and watch

 Swine flu cases rise to 63

 I am absolutely determined to improve the condition of sports people: Gill

 Waiver of non-farm loans to be studied

 Global economy to shrink 2.9 %

 Sotheby’s to auction letters of Gandhiji, Nehru

 Iran protesters hold out as crackdown intensifies

 Swat operations in “final stages”

 China tests A(H1N1) vaccine

 Breaking the climate deadlock

 Two confirmed cases of A(H1N1) in Maharashtra

 Mousavi faces an uphill task

 The Supreme One

june 22

 Oil pricing: a tale of missed opportunity financial scene

 Taking computing to next level

 Striving for a stable industrial relations

 Katchatheevu is settled

 In negative territory

 Federer’s quest for Grand Slam greatness continues

 Saina Nehwal claims Indonesian Open

 FAO warns of global hunger crisis

 Government targets Rafsanjani’s family

 Rajapaksa believes in peoples’ mandate

 Trouble could be brewing for Berlusconi

 Beijing cautions U.S. over Iran

 Border problems blown out of proportion: Menon

 Climate change policy: youth to suggest modifications

 Tharoor for cautious response

 Spiritual aspiration religion

june 20

 Textile industry should explore new markets, says Maran

 World Bank loan for power plants

 Centre planning to sell 10 % stake in BHEL

 Sops to boost Internet penetration sought

 Not just another BRIC in the wall

 Bristling with practical problems(There is a small mistake. Narasimham II was in 1997 not in 1977- quite obvious!)

 Return Gujarat’s anti-terror Bill, says Cabinet(Art.201)

 Khamenei endorses election results, warns protesters

 Security forces exchange fire with Maoists

 Fire in ECIL unit, 10 injured

 Sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan passes away

 Waziristan operations on

 Indian parliamentarians to attend classes at Yale

 The age of the aam crorepati

 Centre backs appeal for talks with Maoists

 Let us maximise use of renewable energy: Farooq

 3G: Pranab, Raja meet Manmohan Singh

 ‘Use RTI Act to weed out corruption’

 Show flexibility on Doha talks: India

 The lid finally blows off in Iran

 Carbon counter unveiled

 The infinite Vedas

June 19

 CII delegation to visit Latin America

 Help resolve Lalgarh crisis

 Strengthen the social sector

 Central forces, police begin operations in Lalgarh

 Inflation strays into negative zone

 The Hindu comes to Kolkata

 Gilani, not Zardari, will meet Manmohan

 “Not averse to discussing terrorism”

 Operation to extend beyond Lalgarh

 Black box of AN-32 recovered

 China expresses “strong dissatisfaction” over ADB approval to India

 Hillary: fully committed to nuclear deal

 Genetically Modified mosquito under trial in a lab near Chennai

 Indra Nooyi pitches for India-Pakistan dialogue

 Rallies continue across Iran

 “Tainted” expenses claims made public

 Swine flu cases climb to 44

 Laxmipat Singhania award for missile scientist

 All set for global tribal film feast

 Iran: angst or full-scale revolution?

 Efforts to realise God

June 18, 2009

 Ban on Chinese dairy products import extended

 ‘Encourage pension funds to invest in infrastructure’

 A fresh start

 New thinking on J&K security

 Fresh violence rocks Lalgarh

 Deploy your own forces, West Bengal told

 We must keep the line open, says Manmohan

 What purpose does Pradhan panel serve?

 “Developing nations victims of meltdown”

 Hillary pledges to expand ties with India

 BRIC examining alternatives to dollar

 Unmanned moon rocket launch likely today

 Bangladesh parliamentary team to visit Tipaimukh dam site

 SCO dialogue partner status for Sri Lanka

 Environment: some thoughts for the new Minister

 Take administrative steps at Lalgarh: Left Front

 Yashpal committee suggests new apex body for higher education

 Four new swine flu cases in capital

 Tribal film festival

 Solar lanterns sent for Aila-hit people

 Agreement with Ukraine to upgrade AN-32

 Obama’s bulldozer risks turning the Taliban into Pakistan’s Khmer Rouge

 Strategy for success

June 17

 Iran on the boil

 Competing fairly

 India, Pakistan set talks ball rolling

 Iran’s council to conduct partial vote recount

 Manmohan Singh, Zardari agree India-Pakistan potential untapped

 ‘BRIC should create conditions for fairer world order’  Giving a new impetus to Project Tiger

 Obama concerned over Iran

 Russia moots mechanism with Afghanistan, Pakistan

 Russia for speeding up SCO expansion

 Waziristan mission yet to be fullfledged

 “Fresh lease of life” for peace process

 Summit vows to fight global crisis

 Indigenous vaccine soon for A(H1N1): ICMR chief

 Need for greater sensitivity to ecological issues: Minister

 Nuclear deal moving: Kakodkar

 U.S. asked to screen outbound passengers

 Stalemate on pricing of 3G service

 Maran presents proposals to revive textiles sector

 Meira says she won’t quit Congress  Gopal Subramanium brings rich experience to his post

 Are electronic voting machines tamper-proof? Good leadership requires patience

 Spiritual excellence

June 16

 Weak capital market structures

 Manmohan, Zardari set to break the ice( at the SCO summit in Russia)

 Budget to be presented on July 6( Earlier July 3^rd date was set and later rescheduled to 6 July)

 Deora: fuel prices may be reviewed( as international prices are going and at at $70 a barrel now)

 BRIC debut puts the “political” back into economy

 Fresh swine flu cases from Jalandhar, Hyderabad

 Colombo eases curbs on fishing on the eastern coast

 Sri Lanka: task of livelihood rehabilitation

 Ready to join fight against meltdown: PM

 Manmohan, Hu review ties

 Task force to assess Aila damage to Sunderbans

 Monsoon may revive next week

 Indo-French naval exercise from June 27

 At Yekaterinburg, the BRICs come of age

 Russia, the world’s critical ‘swing’ state

 Service as worship

June 15

 Global crisis: are recovery signs real?

 Implications of FDI in retailing

 Insurance sector poised for growth

 Time to move forward

 Lessons from Mumbai

 Ready to take on economic oligarchs: Ahmadinejad

 Mother, daughter with A(H1N1) flu arrived from New Jersey

 Australia has responded positively, says Tharoor

 NATO warship rescues 14 Indian sailors

 Goa regains Santosh Trophy

 2.86 lakh incoming passengers screened for A(H1N1) flu

 Four more suspected cases of A(H1N1) flu

 Jodhaa Akbar sweeps IIFA awards at Macau

 Western analysts missed the “silent majority” in Iran

 Madhes parties resent Ministry allocation

 Obama should have an AfPak dream

 All set for flight evaluation of multirole combat aircraft

 Activists against proposed amendments to RTI Act

 Meira Kumar: Women’s Bill will be passed

 A triumph for Russian diplomacy

June 13

· Industry posts 1.4% growth in April

· 13 lakh job losses likely in export units: UNCTAD

· Nanotechnology seminar

· Start of a pandemic

· Strengthening urban local bodies

· Iranians turn out in strength for presidential election

· Manmohan, Zardari to meet in Russia

· SCO and BRIC both crucial, says India

· There will be gradual removal of troops from inhabited areas: Chidambaram

· War against Taliban to continue: Zardari

· U.N. to slap tougher curbs on North Korea

· Rare skin cancer breaks out in hamlet due to ‘arsenic poisoning’

· Swine flu: contingency plan on anvil

· Strict terms for Pakistan aid

· Indian-American, Belize envoy

· BRIC is not a bloc but a soft balancer

· “Increase purchasing power of poor”

· India confident of manned space programme: ISRO

· Relief measures soon for textiles sector: Maran

· Accord on trans-Asian rail network comes into force

· Raghavan Committee reviews progress in implementing anti-ragging measures

· He showers grace on all