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* Advani blames lack of tough anti-terror law
"It looks like our anti-terror legal framework is not upto the mark and it got exposed," he said reacting to the serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad close on the heels of similar blasts in Bangalore on Friday.
* Stop us if you can: Indian Mujahideen's email
Minutes before the Ahmedabad serial blasts, an email was sent to the Gujarat police which is now in the possession of the Intelligence Bureau. It read: Stop us if you can.
* Blasts condemned
Condemning the serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sanctioned an ex-gratia payment of Rs 1 lakh to the next of kin of those dead.
* 'BJP-ruled states targeted'
Speaking to rediff.com, BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the terrorists were targeting BJP-ruled states because they know the party was determined to finish off terrorism in India.
* Speaker orders inquiry into cash-for-vote scam
The committee to be headed by senior Congress member V Kishore Chandra Deo was set up by Speaker Somnath Chatterjee [Images] who was petitioned on Friday by the three BJP MPs -- Ashok Argal, Fagan Singh Kulaste and Mahesh Bhagora -- seeking an inquiry into their charge.
* Security ring at Madurai Meenakshi temple
The famous Meenakshi temple in Madurai in Tamil Nadu is on the Lashkar-e-Tayiba's hit-list, fears the Intelligence Bureau.
* Ahmedabad Blasts: Be a citizen reporter
A day after low-intensity serial blasts rocked Bengaluru, Ahmedabad has been hit by several low intensity blasts. The blasts in two important urban areas point to the terrorists' ability to strike at will.
* Taking jihad to the rest of India
* Earlier: 'Our son was sold to terrorists'
* The good and bad of India's new airports
* Let's get digital
Does your cable TV operator ever give you a bill when he comes to collect his monthly payment? Chances are he doesn't. But if he does, does the bill explain the charges under various heads like subscription fee, service tax and entertainment tax, among others?Needless to say, cable operators are up in arms on the issue and have written to TRAI. Given this, and some of the legitimate issues raised - like the one about not being able to digitise without CAS being made mandatory - both the TRAI and the cable operators are in for some trai-ing times.
* What's the economic agenda, Mr Prime Minister?
As there is a sea change between what the UPA and its supporting comrades stood for in May 2004, and what the UPA and its new allies stand for now, it may not be out of place for the alliance to revisit its economic manifesto and present the chiselled version to the public and market.
* M & M rethinks Renault brand sale deal
Mahindra & Mahindra, the country's biggest utility vehicle maker, is re-considering plans to sell French carmaker Renault's vehicles through its own distribution network after pulling out of a joint venture agreement in January.
* RNRL may sell KG gas to third parties, fears RIL
Mukesh Ambani controlled Reliance Industries fears that gas supplied to Reliance Natural Resources , belonging to younger brother Anil Ambani, would be traded to a third party as RNRL does not have a power plant, said Harish Salve, the legal counsel of RIL.
* UB to offer equity to Baramati farmers
UB Group's Four Seasons Wines announced on Friday that it would offer equity participation to its local partners and farmers for its new project at the Four Seasons Winery in Baramati. The company will enter into long-term contracts with local farmers for around 2,000 acres of vineyards over the next three to five years for its crushing requirements.
* 16 mn people may slip into poverty: UN
Top United Nations experts on Latin America and the Caribbean have warned that global economic shocks could throw some 16 million people of the Americas into extreme poverty, threatening important gains toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the region.
* Is Obama bad news for the US dollar?
Why is the dollar so weak?
Part of the reason, says Douglas Holtz-Eakin, senior policy adviser to John McCain, is Barack Obama. He's scaring off international investors.
* India acts tough at WTO, softens on Pascal's truce
India on Friday stood its ground against attempts to dilute the triggers in the Special Safeguard Mechanism to check unforeseen rise in imports of farm goods, while showing flexibility to consider a compromise agreement prepared by World Trade Organization director-general Pascal Lamy on other elements of the Doha Development Agenda, like agriculture and market-opening for industrial commitments, Business Standard was told.
* Food prices under threat as major parts of India suffer...
As of July 23, crucial crop-growing regions like Maharashtra, north interior Karnataka and Saurashtra and Kutch in Gujarat, among others, are bearing the brunt of deficient rainfall. The cumulative seasonal rainfall between June 1 and July 23 for the entire country has been 2 per cent below the long-period average.
* Madhuri Dixit joins Unforgettable tour in US
* *Ullasanga Utsahanga* is a good watch
* Watch *Money Hai* if you're a Govinda fan
* Don't miss this *Taj Mahal*
* Unforgettable takes toll on Amitabh; falls ill
* This *Mission* is a Turkey
* The Cheetah Girls in India
* Now, catch *Taare Zameen Par* in DVD
* 'Singing and dancing is done to death'
* Sarath Kumar's daughter debuts
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