January 13th

  Deora asks energy sector to maintain growth

  Industrial growth recovers

  Time of the underdog (Danny Boyle’s film Slumdog Millionaire, KBK!)

  Golden Globes for Slumdog Millionaire

  Truckers call off agitation

  ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ just one shot away from the Oscars

  Israeli troops surround Gaza city

  Safina eases past Cirstea

  Cambridge announces Manmohan scholarships

  A double for Kate Winslet

  America’s regional strategy takes off

  India-Russia naval exercise by month-end

  Akademi Ratnas for Sitara Devi, Bhupen Hazarika

  R.Venkataraman hospitalised

  Value of human birth

January 12th

 

  Absence of direct fiscal measure in package

  Marin Cilic claims Chennai Open

  Bid to boost women’s share in NREGS

  All set for an absorbing Ranji final

  Handloom Export Zone in Chennimalai

  ‘Gulabi Talkies’ is first best film

  Pirates release vessel, Indians safe

  Kerala retains overall title

  “Israel used white phosphorous explosives”

  Mullathivu jungle being cleared: Army

  Madhav Nepal to head Constitutional Committee

  Gas supplies to be resumed

  The fiscal stimulus challenge (Treat)

  Convert crisis into opportunity: Yechury

  Bangladeshis have no business to stay back: Chidambaram

  Uranium deal likely with Kazakhstan

  Air Force places order with BEL for Akash missile

  Singular grace

January 11

  MPEDA to focus on tuna export

  Pranab rules out Israeli-type action against Pakistan

  Where’s the bailout for the hungry?

  Gilani equates Mumbai attacks with Gaza

  Devvarman in final as Schuettler pulls out

  Some jobs cannot be outsourced: Obama

  PM asks scientists to combine expansion with excellence

  Social networking sites are vulnerable

  Cabinet nod for plan on Central universities

  ‘Genetically modified brinjal unsafe’

  Cabinet nod for Arunachal roads

January 10

 

  Inflation drops sharply to 5.91 per cent

  Kirby Adams to succeed Varin at Corus

  Respecting State sentiments

  A mammoth task  

  “People still have very high confidence in the judiciary”

  LTTE loses Elephant Pass

  World on the brink of food shortages, says report

  Israel, Hamas reject U.N. ceasefire plan

  Rock art finds excite aficionados

  Inflation below 6 p.c.

  Salaries of judges: Ordinance issued

  End-game for LTTE, says Army

  Ban recommends UNMIN extension

  Turkey: Army, government at odds

  U.S. economic model challenged

  Impeachment “certain”

  Blagojevich to be impeached

  “People still have very high confidence in the judiciary”

  Increasing challenges to stability in Asia

  Pratibha sees need to reform IMF, World Bank

  Nature of the mind

January 9

  Test cricket’s changing balance

  Merkel challenges U.S. economic model

  Road development should be inclusive, holistic: Manmohan

  Wild card Devvarman takes out Moya

  Strike: five States invoke ESMA

  Committed to political solution: Sri Lanka

  Dhaka to fight terrorism

  Durrani’s ouster points to Gilani-Zardari struggle

  Replacement for Obama in Illinois Senate seat

  Why the caste system is on its last legs

  OIC card-holders can practise in India

  Maldives looks to India for support

  Smart cards from June 1, says Vayalar Ravi

  Fiscal stimulus is far more than spending packages, says Montek

  Guantanamo Bay: whose mess is it anyway? out of london

  Gaza: medics find ‘unbelievable’ horror

  Need for vigilance

January 8

 

·  ‘Satyam is India’s Enron’

·  ICAI for severe punishment

·  Aluminium major Alcoa to cut 13,500 jobs

·  A gigantic fraud

·  Brutal and senseless

·  Ajmal is Pakistani, admits Islamabad after media report

·  A conversation with President Pratibha Patil

·  Chief Justice of India is not exempt from RTI: Information Commission

·  Engaging the diaspora on the path to progress

·  Prachanda requests Indian priests to continue

·  Sanjay Gupta, Obama’s choice for Surgeon-General

·  Russia halts gas supply via Ukraine

·  Strict controls after bird flu death

·  Singapore to ‘explore’ India’s soft power

·  Looking back on the caste system

·  Different venues, but single theme

·  States for joint anti-naxal operations

·  Amartya, Mittal in PM’s Global Advisory Council

·  Overcome ego

January 7

 

  Job loss feared in export sector

  BHEL to enter nuclear area

  IFC launches crisis response initiatives

  Science education for tomorrow (Science Congress, Gauhati)

  Corporate support for biodiversity

  Chief Ministers back anti-terror initiatives

  We cannot choose our neighbours: Manmohan

  Intimations of a galactic disaster loom ahead

  Kashmir: “Obama’s comment a mistake”

  Hasina sworn in Premier

  Russia hardens stand in gas row

  Bush to protect ocean tracts

  The thunder of the third Intifada

  Singapore to ‘explore’ India’s soft power

  “Explore federal set-up for Sri Lanka”

  India signs naval reconnaissance deal with U.S.

  Assam tables Bill to increase preventive detention period

  International law binds Pakistan to cooperate: judge

  “Stimulus package not sufficient”

  Emerging ethnic Indian communities

  More than goodwill needed to save biosphere

  Spiritual discipline

January 6

 

  New package boosts sentiment

  India to emerge as ‘manufacturing hub’

  Benefits under DEPB scheme restored

  Voices of reason

  Falling short of expectations ( Fiscal Stimulus 2.0)

  “Apprehension of tampering with EVMs baseless”

  India for political solution in Sri Lanka

  Army on the outskirts of Elephant Pass

  Gaza: a civilian catastrophe unfolds

  Obama plans huge tax cut

  Europe “floundering”

  Prachanda urged to reinstate priests

  Thai protesters threaten to blockade ASEAN summit

  Of a crisis and an opportunity  

  Future of Medvedev-Putin tandem

  Cause of creation

 January 5

  Stage set for a strong recovery in rupee

  Disappointment at WTO

  Welcome bid to define directors’ duties in Companies Bill, 2008

  Reverse mortgage loan: what is it all about?

  Kilinochchi and after

  Traumatic times (Stock market)

  We give highest priority to civilian safety: Rajapaksa

  Pakistan’s civil society urges government to come out of denial

  Chennai Open gets underway today

  Zillur Rahman to be Bangladesh President

  Kilinochchi looks like a “ghost town”

  Disunity among EU leaders

  Prachanda plays down controversy

  Hasina to take oath tomorrow

  26/11 and India’s Pakistan dilemma

  Destiny prevails

January 4

·  “Next fiscal could be more difficult”

·  Troops close in on Elephant Pass

·  We need a new generation of role models and teachers: PM

·  No let-up in Israeli strikes in Gaza

·  Oldest woman dies in Portugal at 115

·  The saga of a journal (Prabuddha Bharat, started by Swami Vivekananda)

·  Keep Pashupatinath temple above politics: Gyanendra

·  President visits Eastern Naval Command

January 3

  Banks likely to cut lending, deposit rates

  Industry welcomes stimulus package

  Moody’s forecasts sharp drop in exports

  Panipat refinery by November

  Rationalising arrest laws

  Bangladesh can do much more  

  Kilinochchi captured in devastating blow to LTTE

  Second stimulus package unveiled

  Cabinet nod for hike in judges’ salaries

  Bedi, Gavaskar and Kapil in ICC’s Hall of Fame

  Stay order defied at Nepal temple

  Global protests against Gaza attacks

  Food, medicine supplies becoming scarce in Gaza: aid agencies

  Citigroup bosses forgo bonuses

  Towards a zero-nuclear weapon world

  TNT used in blasts: experts

  “Pakistan doesn’t require treaty”

  India objects to Pakistan’s move over Basmati rice

  Ordinance to amend CISF Act

  3 million customers for bank for the poor

·  Intense seeking for truth

January 2

 

  Exports dip 10 % in dollar terms in November

  Merrill Lynch goes into history

  India identifies thrust nations to boost tea exports

  Difficult times for trade

  Russia cuts off gas supply to Ukraine

  Stay order in Nepal against new priests

  N. Korea — a new approach?

  A fulfilling year for the Supreme Court

  Extradition treaty not needed: Pranab

  India objects to Pakistan’s move over Basmati rice

  India, Pakistan exchange lists of nuclear installations

  Depression stalks the eurozone

  Distinguished emissary

 January 1

  What is in store for IT sector?

  Current account deficit balloons to $12.5 b

  External debt dips to $223 b

  Farms that save birds

  Anti-terror laws come into force

  Government identifies 3 locations for NIT in Puducherry

  Mapping the world of birds

  Premjit Lall dead

  “Bangladesh will not be used for terrorism”

  All set for ice festival

  Hu Jintao’s offer for cross-Straits ties

  Terrorism: are stronger laws the answer?

  A rare celestial conjunction

  Tatas, Oberois seek CISF cover

  Usha Krishna elected president of World Craft Council

  Theme of scriptures