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Jharkhand BJP leader Arjun Munda during a bandh in the State. Mr. Munda will take oath as Chief Minister on Saturday. File photo
The Hindu Jharkhand BJP leader Arjun Munda during a bandh in the State. Mr. Munda will take oath as Chief Minister on Saturday. File photo

Munda invited to form government

With the Union Cabinet recommending the revocation of President's rule in Jharkhand, Governor M.O.H. Farooq has invited BJP's Arjun Munda to form a government. »

An official collects details for census at Kutlur village in Mangalore. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for including caste in Census 2011. File Photo: Sudipto Mondal

Centre clears caste in Census 2011

Bowing to demands by several political parties, government decided to carry out a caste census next year, as a separate exercise. »
U.S. President Barack Obama. File photo: AP.

Obama condemns pastor's "stunt"

U.S. President Barack Obama warned that going ahead with the protest would be a "recruitment bonanza for Al Qaeda" and could incite serious violence in Pakistan and Afghanistan »
CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat. File photo

Karat: Bihar must seek free grain from Centre

The Supreme Court's directive to the Union government to distribute rotting grain to the poor free of cost was an “order” and the Bihar government must demand free grain from the... »

Art

Royal Couple : Bronze protraits of the Chola King and queen said to be Rajarja I and Lokamahadevi at the Sarabhai Foundation, Ahmedabad. Photo: Special Arrangement

Debate over two 11th century Chola icons

The two 11th century bronze icons, labelled as Royal Couple at the Sarabhai Foundation in Ahmedabad, are now subjects of debate in the State. The icons are claimed to be the lost portrait sculptures of Rajaraja-I and his queen, Lokamahadevi. »

Music

M.S. Subbulakshmi

The Hindu, Saregama to institute M.S. Subbulakshmi award

The Hindu and Saregama India will institute ‘The Hindu Saregama M.S. Subbulakshmi Award' at a function titled ‘Remembering MS Amma' in Chennai on September 15. »

Business

No tax breaks for firms creating jobs outside U.S.

President Barack Obama in his latest speech on the economy said that he would press for tax breaks only for companies that created jobs on U.S. soil and not those that created jobs abroad. »

Cabinet nod for 10 per cent disinvestment in MOIL

Ahluwalia: health insurance should be made mandatory

Inflation inches up to 11.47 per cent

Ramco launches new ERP software

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Arts

Kalakshetra Director Leela Samson presenting Kalki Krishnamurthy Memorial awards to musicians Amrutha Murali (right) and Charulatha Ramanujam (left) in Chennai on Thursday. Photo: R. Shivaji Rao

Awards presented to young musicians

The contributions of Kalki Krishnamurthy to the field of arts and literature and his involvement in the Independence movement were hailed at the presentation of Kalki Krishnamurthy Memorial Awards... »

The stage is set

Putting stars up there

Tagore scheme to attract cultural researchers

The Hindu, Saregama to institute M.S. Subbulakshmi award

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Health

Michel Kazatchkine: Show political willingness to collective effort. Photo: S. Subramanium

Global Fund seeks India's support for health spending

Michel D. Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund (GF) to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, arrived in India on Tuesday to get greater Indian support and funding for global he... »

Effort to start Heart Failure Registry

Breakthrough: sensors that can convert thoughts into speech

Dengue cases close to 1,600; breeding checkers call off strike

Rita Colwell awarded for her research on cholera

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Sport

Champions League T20 from today

Featuring the top three Indian Premier League teams and the top two each from Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa and the West Indies, the two-week event will open with IPL runner-up Mumbai Indians taking on Highveld Lions (South Africa). »

Indian teams gearing up in all seriousness

Federer topples Soderling to reach semis

I just want to play: Sachin

Bopanna and Qureshi storm into final

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Sci-Tech

Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Director-General TERI laying the foundation stone for MARG Science Park near Marakkanam on Thursday. G.R.K. Reddy, chairman and managing director of MARG Group is in the picture. Photo: S.S. Kumar

Environment assessment study will decide fate of Sethu project: Pachauri

A year-long Environmental Impact Assessment study has been taken up on the Sethusamudhram project by the Centre and only after it is completed will it be decided whether to continue the project or not, said Rajendra K. Pachauri, Director-General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) »

The logic behind Honorary Doctorates

Proprietary software curtails freedom: Stallman

Cancun climate summit to ensure trust and transparency: Figueres

Smoking: fertility affected at foetal stage

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Life & Style

Simple yet elegant: The Maitreyi Vedic Resort near Pollachi. Photo: Pankaja Srinivasan

Vedic vacation

It is like looking through absinthe — everything is awash in green. The eyes feel rested. The quiet is heady....The unwinding begins even before we reach Maitreyi Vedic Resort. »

The Reluctant Gourmet: Colours of the rainbow

It's all in the weave

The spirit of fasting

Putting stars up there

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Sudoku - September 9, 2010

A mind game and a puzzle that you solve with reasoning and logic. Fill in the grid with digits in such a manner that every row, every column and every 3x3 box accommodates the digits 1 to 9,... »

Resources

Ministry of Environment and Forests on rejecting environment clearance to Vedanta mining project in Orissa

Respect

Prime Minister’s Independence Day Address

President’s speech on the eve of 64th Independence Day

Prime Minister’s opening remarks at the meeting of all-party delegation from Jammu and Kashmir

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Economy Watch (column)

Worrisome deficits

On regulating finance

Too much capital

Revisiting Indian poverty

Contradictions in policy-making



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