India’s Parliament Agrees to Anna Hazare’s Demands - NYTimes.com

India’s Parliament Agrees to Anna Hazare’s Demands - NYTimes.com: "India’s Parliament capitulated on Saturday to the anticorruption campaigner Anna Hazare and the hundreds of thousands of people who took to the streets to support his cause in a standoff that lasted nearly two weeks."

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Hazare breaks his fast today

Hazare breaks his fast today: "Social activist Anna Hazare said on Saturday he would break his fast against corruption at 10 am tomorrow, after Parliament passed a resolution seeking a strong and effective Lok Pal and urged the Standing Committee to look at the issues of Citizens’ Charter (provision of facilities to citizens within a defined time frame and strong penalties for errant officials), an appropriate authority to address corruption by lower bureaucrats and establishment of Lok Ayuktas in states."

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Ramachandra Guha, Latest News/Blogs on Ramachandra Guha | Firstpost

Ramachandra Guha, Latest News/Blogs on Ramachandra Guha | Firstpost: "Unsurprisingly Anna Hazare has single handedly dominated every headline in the national newspapers again. Yesterdays late night talks between the government and Team Anna are #Anna Hazare"

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Jobs at Apple: Master inventor, master marketer - Yahoo! News

Jobs at Apple: Master inventor, master marketer - Yahoo! News: "Steve Jobs started Apple Computer with a high school friend in a Silicon Valley garage in 1976, was forced out a decade later, then returned to rescue the company. During his second stint, Apple grew into the most valuable technology company in the world."

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Steve Jobs and Bill Gates: It's complicated | Microsoft - CNET News

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates: It's complicated | Microsoft - CNET News: "In reflecting on Steve Jobs' tenure at Apple, it's impossible to separate the role Microsoft played.
The companies, as well as Jobs and Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates, helped pioneer the industry and define an era. The two executives partnered at various times, competed all the time, and challenged one another in ways that helped shape the landscape of techdom. It's a complex relationship."

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John Abraham breaks 'anti-graft handi'

John Abraham breaks 'anti-graft handi'

Joke of the day: Chiranjeevi seeks time to study Telangana issue - Rediff.com India News

Chiranjeevi seeks time to study Telangana issue - Rediff.com India News

Lessons for Telangana from Anna Hazare – Prof K Nageshwar « India Current Affairs

Lessons for Telangana from Anna Hazare – Prof K Nageshwar « India Current Affairs: The more I see the movement led by Anna Hazare, the more I am convinced that there are important lessons in it for the Telangana movement in Andhra Pradesh. It is very evident that the civil society initiative is very high in the Anna-led movement while the Telangana agitation is essentially a political movement.

Anna Hazare inspires middle-class awakening in India - The Washington Post

Anna Hazare inspires middle-class awakening in India - The Washington Post: As he waited in the rain for India’s veteran anti-corruption crusader to emerge from jail, call-center employee Amit Bhardwaj was still troubled by the bribe he was forced to pay three months ago to get a birth certificate for his firstborn son.

“I hated it,” he said, miming how the official had greedily counted the notes, worth about $20, in full public view. “I had hatred for myself and for him. This was the first thing I did for my newborn son.”

Who is Matrix Prasad? - The Times of India

Who is Matrix Prasad? - The Times of India: Once known as the man with the Midas touch, Nimmagadda Prasad, popularly known as 'Matrix Prasad,' is now in the news for all the wrong reasons. On the one hand, the CBI on Thursday raided the premises of his various companies in Hyderabad and other parts of the state as part of its inquiry into the assets of his close friend and YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy

Our strength has been the ability to produce leaders: N R Narayana Murthy - The Economic Times

Our strength has been the ability to produce leaders: N R Narayana Murthy - The Economic Times: On his last day at Infosys, a company he has created and nurtured over 30 years, N R Narayana Murthy , was poring over a sheet of paper containing what he loves most-data. "I am approving the capital budget," he said, as if it was his first day in the company and not his last. "Till I leave at 5.30 pm, I have to do what I have to do," Murthy told Indu Nandakumar & Pankaj Mishra in an interview. There was no trace of emotion at the parting, only clinical observations about Infosys, its rivals, the future of the software industry and his plans for retirement

Another Telangana youth attempts suicide - southindia - Andhra Pradesh - ibnlive

Another Telangana youth attempts suicide - southindia - Andhra Pradesh - ibnlive: Another youngster demanding Telangana state tried to set himself ablaze after pouring diesel over himself near the entrance of the state Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Since he was drenched in the rain his self-immolation attempt failed and the alert security personnel caught hold of him. Subsequently, he was arrested by the police.

Amid market crash, gold crosses Rs 28,000 per 10 gms - NDTV Profit

Amid market crash, gold crosses Rs 28,000 per 10 gms - NDTV Profit: Gold climbed to an all-time high of Rs. 28,150 per 10 grams in the national capital today, posting its biggest-ever single-day gain of Rs. 1,310 amid frantic buying triggered by robust demand in the global markets.

Euphoria as Indian activist allowed to fast | Reuters

Euphoria as Indian activist allowed to fast | Reuters: An Indian anti-graft campaigner whose jailing sparked mass protests and fierce criticism of the government has accepted a police offer to fast in a New Delhi park for two weeks, a senior adviser said on Thursday, prompting euphoria from supporters.

Exclusive: Naidu and T-Cong leaders only following SKC!

Exclusive: Naidu and T-Cong leaders only following SKC!: The resignations by the Telangana Congress and the Telugu Desam Party public representatives in the state and the centre, the rejection of their resignations and the resuming of duties by the Telangana ministers is all part of the high drama being conducted by the Centre as per the script written by the Justice B N Srikrishna Committee in its secret eighth chapter.

Govt's tyranny will strengthen Anna's movement:Random Access:Rajesh Kalra's blog-The Economic Times

Govt's tyranny will strengthen Anna's movement:Random Access:Rajesh Kalra's blog-The Economic Times: "The way the ruling UPA has reacted and acted to quell Anna Hazare’s campaign against corruption shows the complete bankruptcy of ideas in its think-tank. I am not sure what is happening behind the scenes in the government, but the response and the unprecedented swoop on his supporters in Delhi (and elsewhere), and the high-handedness with which things are being done, show a government that is desperately trying to reclaim all that it has lost but has absolutely no clue how to go about it. In the process, it is not only building up Anna as an even larger than life persona, but making even the fence sitters move into Anna’s camp."

India turns 65

India turns 65

`I am helpless, alone and young`

`I am helpless, alone and young`: "Facing the heat over the probe into his alleged illegal wealth, Jaganmohan Reddy hit out at the Congress and said that his father’s legacy is being tarnished and that the Centre has unleashed a witch hunt against him."

Telugu Cinema: From Subversion to Perversion -

Telugu Cinema: From Subversion to Perversion - : "Vulgarity and Telugu cinema are synonymous. Simply put the most important thing that a producer asks when you meet him to narrate a script for a new project is: who is the heroine, do you have an item number and who will do it? This is because he believes that only a vulgar display of the female form will help him salvage the money he plans to invest on the director of the film."

The Hindu : News / National : Delhi Police refuses permission for Hazare’s fast

The Hindu : News / National : Delhi Police refuses permission for Hazare’s fast: "Delhi Police on Monday rejected permission for Anna Hazare’s indefinite fast as his team refused to give an undertaking that the Gandhian would end it by Thursday and restrict the number of protestors to 5,000, setting the stage for a showdown between the two parties."

A Theory of Everything (Sort Of) - NYTimes.com

A Theory of Everything (Sort Of) - NYTimes.com: "LONDON burns. The Arab Spring triggers popular rebellions against autocrats across the Arab world. The Israeli Summer brings 250,000 Israelis into the streets, protesting the lack of affordable housing and the way their country is now dominated by an oligopoly of crony capitalists. From Athens to Barcelona, European town squares are being taken over by young people railing against unemployment and the injustice of yawning income gaps, while the angry Tea Party emerges from nowhere and sets American politics on its head."

Sonia Gandhi’s Mysterious Illness Raises Questions - NYTimes.com

Sonia Gandhi’s Mysterious Illness Raises Questions - NYTimes.com: "It has been 11 days since the announcement of the disappearance of Sonia Gandhi, the most powerful political figure in India. From all corners of the country, people have offered prayers and good wishes, even her political enemies. Yet what is most intriguing is that so few people are demanding that she be found."

Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera - Swades | Translation in Description

Tv9 - India unsafe for women - Survey

Indiana state fair stage collapses – video | World news | guardian.co.uk

Indiana state fair stage collapses – video | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Four people were killed and at least 40 injured when an outdoor stage collapsed in windy weather at the Indiana state fair in the US on Saturday night."

64 years, Are we still backward? - Weekend news

64 years, Are we still backward? - Weekend news: "It seems nearly impossible to dream of an India that thinks beyond the lines of reservations. At a time of competing liberalism globally, India choose to follow its age-old habit of banning anything that we have selectively termed as sensitive - books and movies, from Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses to Taslima Nasrin Lajja, to Deepa Mehta's Fire, and of late, Prakash Jha's Aarakshan."

AP parties welcome move on Presidential order - Rediff.com India News

AP parties welcome move on Presidential order - Rediff.com India News: "Political parties of all hues, including the ruling Congress, Telugu Desam Party and Bharatiya Janata Party in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday welcomed the Centre's decision to repeal a clause in a 1975 Presidential Order for the benefit of Telangana , while the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and student groups said they would continue their campaign till the orders are issued officially."

Is 14F on its way out? - The Times of India

Is 14F on its way out? - The Times of India: "In what could come as a breather for the state government and a rare victory for the Telangana groups, sources in the chief minister's office confided that the Union home minister P Chidambaram on Thursday cleared the file seeking the deletion of controversial clause 14F of the Presidential Order. It has now been sent to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for further action."

Sonia Gandhi admitted to NY's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - The Times of India

Sonia Gandhi admitted to NY's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - The Times of India: "The leader of India's ruling party and head of its political dynasty, Sonia Gandhi, is to undergo surgery in the United States and will leave her son jointly in charge, a spokesman said on Thursday."

Sonia Gandhi admitted to NY's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - The Times of India

Sonia Gandhi admitted to NY's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - The Times of India: "The leader of India's ruling party and head of its political dynasty, Sonia Gandhi, is to undergo surgery in the United States and will leave her son jointly in charge, a spokesman said on Thursday."