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Kingfisher Airlines to pay three months' salaries

REUTERS - Debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines plans to pay three months' salaries to its employees in a few days in an effort to get them back to work, its Chief Executive Sanjay Aggarwal told reporters on Monday, after a meeting with employees' union.

Sensex gains 111 points as earnings improve sentiment 6:24pm IST

MUMBAI - The BSE Sensex rose on Monday after strong earnings from blue-chip companies such as Larsen & Toubro and Tata Consultancy Services improved the market sentiment, but Kingfisher Airlines slumped after the civil aviation authorities suspended its flying licence.

A local woman prepares to carry coal at an open coal field at Dhanbad district in Jharkhand September 19, 2012. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/Files
Going Underground

India needs to dig deep to keep lights on

India still relies on coal for most of its vast energy needs. But the country is running out of cheap open-cast coal from existing mines and unless it starts investing now in underground mines, it will face a huge leap in energy import costs within a decade that could derail industrial projects & crimp economic growth  Full Article | Graphic 

Lance Armstrong walks back to his car after running at Mount Royal park with fans in Montreal August 29, 2012.  REUTERS/Christinne Muschi/Files

"Sickened" UCI strips Armstrong of Tour wins

Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life after the International Cycling Union ratified the United States Anti-Doping Agency's sanctions.  Full Article 

Members of the Libyan army force move towards the city of Bani Walid from their headquarters in Tripoli October 18, 2012. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

Instability grips Libya a year after Gaddafi's fall

Insecurity blights Libya, where militias still call the shots a year after they toppled Muammar Gaddafi, keeping foreign investors wary and clouding the oil-producing country's future.  Full Article 

Customers surf the internet at an internet cafe in Munich June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo/Files

The tracks of my fears

Advertisers say that if they can’t track you online, your favorite websites will die. They say that rich Internet “content” would disappear if something called Do Not Track became the standard. They're wrong. There would be fewer things on the Web, but fewer trees makes for a more friendly forest, writes John C Abell.  Full Article 

A general view showing delegates attend the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 14, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray/Files

China may strengthen Communist rule

China's ruling Communist Party will discuss a proposal to amend its constitution at its congress in early November, state media said on Monday, a move aimed at strengthening one-party rule over the next five years.  Full Article 

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Andy Mukherjee

India in depth: Too soon for RBI rewards

It's too soon for the Reserve Bank of India to reward the government. Senior officials in New Delhi are hoping for a more benevolent monetary policy. Money markets, too, are increasingly expecting lower future interest rates. But by reducing rates at the next meeting on October 30, the RBI would be rewarding the government a little too soon.  Article 

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India honours its 1962 dead after 50 years

India honours its 1962 dead after 50 years

India finally honoured its long ignored ‘shaheed' -- soldiers who had laid down their lives defending flag and national sovereignty -- in the brief war with China that began with the surprise People's Liberation Army (PLA) attack on under-equipped and ill-clad Indian troops on October 20, 1962.  Full Article 

David Lalmalsawma

The novice Indian politician's six-step guide to survival

For all the people thinking of changing the country through politics, here is a guide to political pushing that will help you recognize it when it’s happening to you. Once your skin develops some resistance, you can start practicing it on other people – all while saving the country, of course.  Full Article 

Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal rests in front of a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi during his hunger strike in New Delhi August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Kejriwal: when lightning doesn't strike thrice

Arvind Kejriwal’s dud of an expose on Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari has caused some people to wonder why the social activist made his allegations in the first place. Is he trying to clean up politics? Or is he trying to clean up votes? I like Kejriwal. He is a true activist. He gave up a comfortable government job to dive into the world of rallies and RTIs.  Full Article 

A view of the parliament building is reflected on a car in New Delhi April 24, 2012. REUTERS/B Mathur/Files

Political Pulse & India's Road to Reforms

The cabinet recently approved bills to attract foreign investment into insurance and pensions among a package of new measures to restore confidence in the economy, although the reforms will face a tough fight in parliament. This comes after recent bold moves of opening up retail and aviation sectors. Get the latest developments on reforms and political stories around them here.   Click here 

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