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Split within poll panel, CEC wants Chawla sackedThere is a split within the Election Commission after Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N Gopalaswamy asked for his colleague, Naveen Chawla to be removed in a report to President Pratibha Devisingh Patil.    Send article as PDF   

Aus Open: India’s Yuki Bhambri wins Boys singles titleYuki Bhambri on Saturday won the Australian Open boys singles title defeating Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas of Germany in straight-sets. Yuki beat Georguodas in straight sets 6-3, 6-1.    Send article as PDF   

38% firms anticipate new jobs: SurveyThirty eight percent of recruiters anticipated new jobs to be added in 2009 while 9.5 percent predicted layoffs, according to a recent survey. Over 40 per cent recruiters in pharma, IT, ITes, retail, telecom, banking feel that there will be creation of new jobs in 2009, the survey, covering over [...]

Price Waterhouse suspends 2 partners Price Waterhouse on Tuesday said it suspended two of its partners — S. Gopalakrishnan and Srinivas Talluri — who worked on the accounts of the scam-hit Satyam Computer Services and who were arrested by the Andhra Pradesh CID police last week.    Send article as PDF   

RBI scales down GDP growth to 7 per cent The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday revised the projection of gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2008-09 to 7 per cent with a downward bias. The central bank also projected that the inflation rate would decelerate to below 3 per cent by end-March.    [...]

Padma Vibhushan for Kakodkar, Madhavan Nair, Padma Bhushan for Shekhar Gupta, Abhinav BindraDepartment of Atomic Energy chief Dr Anil Kakodkar, ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair, Sister Nirmala of the Missionaries of Charity are among ten luminaries awarded the Padma Vibhushan this year, the country’s second highest civilian honour after the Bharat Ratna. Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief [...]

India has no better friend than US: ObamaGreeting India on the occasion of the country’s 60th Republic Day, US President Barack Obama said Indians have no better friend and partner than the people of the United States    Send article as PDF   

Nation celebrates 60th Republic DayKaleidoscopic images of India’s rich cultural diversity and the might of its military were on full display on the magnificent Rajpath in New Delhi on Monday as the nation celebrated its 60th Republic Day amid an unprecedented security cover.    Send article as PDF   

We don’t need to prove our sincerity to US: PakPakistan reacts coolly to US President Obama’s warning that it would be held accountable for the security in the border regions of Afghanistan and that its performance in the fight against terrorism would be linked to the financial aid to them. Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff [...]

PM will be able to attend to work soon: AIIMS docsPrime Minister Manmohan Singh was on Sunday taken off the ventilator as his health showed steady improvement, a day after he underwent a successful 11-hour bypass surgery, hospital authorities and his aides said. “The Prime Minister is doing well. His condition is stable and improving. [...]