Jul 19 1:37 PM
Mangalore: Schoolchildren join fight against global warming - Mangalorean.com July 18th, 2008 Mangalore: Schoolchildren join fight against global warmingMangalorean.com, India - 1 hour ago… Dongerkery, will conduct a road show as part of various programmes chalked out by them to create awareness on global warming here on July 25. … Original po...
Jul 20 12:52 PM
More insider news coming on your way:- Top 15 hottest insider news from my "khufia" source...lolz. 1)Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd:The company is all set to sell its wealth management business.Already feeling the heat of an upcoming prolong bear market. 2)BASF India Ltd:The German parent of BASF India is all set to further hi...
Jul 19 3:36 AM
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Jul 18 4:02 AM
SteelGuru - Gurgaon,Haryana,India Posted from http://steelguru.com/news/index/2008/07/16/NTQ5MjA%/Mangalore_stevedores_concerned_over_proposed_strike.html
Jul 18 3:56 PM
… From correspondents in Karnataka, India, 01:30 AM IST In what may be … Shimoga, Bagalkot,Bijapur, Davengere and other districts. An IT-biotech zone will span Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum, … and Dharwad districts. ‘To promote the IT-BT industry beyond Bangalore and Mysore, I propose to … Original post by EIN News: India Biotech News...
Jul 20 7:00 PM
With just a day and more to go, the semi-finals of the Indian Political League is delicately poised. Chasing 272 with several bits-and-pieces players who have never gone beyond single-digit scores, the home team captain is understandably nervous. Will the new finds deliver in this tense, nerve-racking game? Will the old warhorses drop anchor at one...
Jul 20 12:00 PM
“Truly alarming is single-digit inflation”
E.P. Unny in The Indian Express
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Chief ministerial posts, deputy chief ministerial posts, cabinet berths, ministerial portfolios, renaming of airports, Rs 25 crore to Rs 100 crore… it’s raining freebies in Delhi, all in “the national interest”, and it’s av...
Jul 19 8:00 PM
Regardless of what happens on Tuesday—or maybe even Monday—can anybody ever accuse Manmohan Singh of being “ India’s weakest PM since independence ” again, as L.K. Advani so effortlessly did eight months ago?
The prime minister earned the epithet from the prime minister-in-waiting last October after he told a Hindustan Times conclave ...
Jul 19 12:00 PM
ALOK PRASANNA writes from Bangalore: A recent discussion between commentators during a Test match on whether substitutes should be permitted to wear the “official” cap of the country woke up a long dormant childhood memory.
The commentators were talking about whether the substitute was “ aatakkuntu lekkakilla” .
Roughly ...
Jul 18 7:00 PM
Four days to go, and there is still no clarity on which way the trust-vote will go. At least not on TV. The 9’ o clock news contradicts the 8 pm prime, which will no doubt be smothered by business breakfast.
“Close call…” “Touch and go…”, “Nosing ahead…”
The race course terminology has an eerie echo with the horse-trading that is supposedly t...
Jul 18 1:00 PM
With the number of air passengers from Bangalore to Madras apparently dropping by as much as 60 to 70 per cent, Narendar Pani calls the new Bangalore International Airport a classic example of huge expenses being expended on a project with uncertain returns, in Mail Today :
“Those who plan for India’s cities today have been afflicted...
Jul 18 12:00 PM
churumuri records with regret the passing away of actor, producer and director, M.P. Shankar .
In the aftermath of the success of Gandhada Gudi , Shankar was an imposing figure for young Mysore children. His home, first on 3rd main road, Vontikoppal, and later at Panchavati, Jayalakshmi puram, was a virtual bird sanctuary.
Our first and most ab...
Jul 17 9:00 PM
Dipankar Gupta , professor in sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, in Mail Today :
“I would rather go for low-brow tabloids any day. At least they address matters that concern us and connect with our little lives….
“The popular press and the media, in general, are blamed for wallowing in sensationalism and pandering to gr...
Jul 17 7:00 PM
“This is Sunidhi reporting! It’s Dr Prannoy Roy. He just got down from his Merc close to Khan Market. I can’t believe my luck. The aging ‘Father of Indian television’ is still so handsome! He has started walking towards Khan Market. Prannoy’s car is driving past the market. Wait! What do I see? A sweet little thing we...
Jul 17 6:00 PM
Why was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in such a tearing hurry at the G-8 summit in Japan last week to announce that India would go ahead with the Indo-US deal while external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee was announcing that the government would do so only after demonstrating its majority on the floor of the Lok Sabha.
The answer, according to...