Monday, 06 September 2004, 2200 hrs

NATION & STATES
Foreign ministers meet,
make cautious progress
India and Pakistan agreed to continue the ceasefire in force since November 2003, but the big issues will have to wait...

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Incentives planned for making power from waste - Govt
The government is encouraging state governments and local bodies to set up mini power plants based on urban waste...

FEATURED STORIES

New Statesman
Not shining, but drowning
In the 1990s, as India opened itself to global capital, its rulers said poverty would be eradicated. Now it is becoming clear that millions were casually betrayed by the privileged few who cashed in. Special report from JOHN PILGER in Mumbai

Deccan Chronicle
War, terror and the space in between
The fog of elections is no less poisonous than the fog of war, so it is unsurprising if good sense dies a thousand deaths in the process. President George Bush made a sensible remark recently when he suggested that it was impossible to win the war against terrorism, writes M J AKBAR

Times of India
The last mile
The last mile is the place where the state meets the citizen, a space that our impudent public servants would prefer to forget, writes GURCHARAN DAS

Asia Times
India's mobile-techno mantra
From camera phones packed with multimedia features to pricey personal digital assistants, India's "earn to spend" urban youth are clamouring to pick up the latest high-tech mobility products. And as gizmos evolve faster than a ring tone download, the phrase "keeping up with the Joneses" takes on a whole new meaning, SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA

Telegraph
Grandfather to the rescue
Taxpayers may rest easy since the Kelkar task force reverses some of the Kelkar committee’s proposals on exemptions, writes S VENKTARAMAN

TOP PICKS

OPINION
National media policy a must (Tribune)
Focus on the peace pipeline (Hindu)
Headed for an impasse (Deccan Herald)
Issues of democracy in Kashmir (TOI)
End of innocence (Pioneer)
Vision for peace (Dawn)
Turn on the ideas (Hindustan Times)

What is India Editorial

Water and river management
in South Asia
Given China's disastrous environmental record, India should join an Asian alliance to pressure its big neighbour into behaving more responsibly, says
ARAVIND SITARAMAN

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INSCRIPTIONS

South Indian Inscriptions

Original texts from four states, transcribed from a definitive work published by the Archaeological Survey of India

Volume 10
Telugu Inscriptions
from Andhra Pradesh

Volume 3 (Part I and II)
Miscellaneous Inscriptions
in Tamil
(Will be uploaded soon)

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BUSINESS HEADLINES

Manufacturing firms expanding

Plan panel meet to allocate funds

Govt to bail out 3 central PSUs

Shell, Caltex seek LPG subsidy

ISB will be profitable in five years

Bank services to cost more

Israel may set up farm project

‘World needs more oil’

PFC clears 8 more projects

Finmin to outsource tax recovery

Entertainment growing at 20%

More Essar Oil petrol pumps soon

Wharton students studying India

'PSBs need more autonomy'

BT revolution begins

Sensex gains 28pts; Zee gains

CORPORATE HEADLINES

Zee bags cricket telecast rights

Sahara plans six news channels

Tanishq to foray in US, SE Asia

Chinese power at your doorstep

VSNL beats global giants

RIL takes on Barista, CCD

Pawan Hans posts Rs 53 cr profit

Eicher to launch heavy truck Cowl

HAL's copter must idigenise

Lower Air Deccan fares soon

Puncom bags RailTel order

Luxor to launch Waterman’s pens

WORLD HEADLINES

Beslan besieged by mourners
Pope prays for dead of Beslan
Chandrika vows to pursue peace
Another poll puts Bush ahead
15 insurgents arrested in Iraq
Frances smothers Florida
15 insurgents arrested in Iraq
Probe into Kerry's war record
Hostages: France urges patience
Strong quake in Japan
Bush leads in opinion polls
Iraq: Aides urge Blair t o own up
Gaza Governor’s office seized

EXCHANGE

Dollar: Rs 46.33
Pound: Rs 82.27
Euro: Rs 55.83
Japanese Yen (100): Rs 59.39

SOURCES

Pioneer

Tribune

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