Hiring of musclemen for recovery of loans FM ticks off banks
The government warned public sector banks of strong action if they hired musclemen for loan recovery and asked them to adopt more "civilised" ways instead, as Parliament passed a crucial Bill for regulating banking payment systems.
D-Day is CET for April 19
The Common Entrance Test (CET) 2008 for admission to government quota seats in professional colleges will be held on April 19 next year.
Metro: Compensation disbursement begins The Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) has quietly begun paying compensation to property owners whose plots of land were acquired for the Namma Metro project.
Delhi put on terror alert Terrorists may carry out attacks in Delhi in the next two weeks, according to intelligence agencies. This has prompted an alert in the national capital.
'Girl power' returns to Spice Up Your Life
"Girl Power" returned on Sunday as Britains Spice Girls kicked off their long-awaited world reunion tour with a more sophisticated look than when they first stormed the pop world in the 1990s.
Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan celebrates taking the wicket of England's Paul Collingwood to become test cricket's leading wicket-taker during the third day of their first test cricket match against England in Kandy on Monday. Reuters
Was the West Bengal government right in nudging controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen into leaving Kolkata? Should the Centre extend political asylum or Indian citizenship to her as she says she can’t go back to Dhaka?
Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send their opinions. Most readers opine that persuading Taslima Nasreen to leave the state was an extreme move and that granting asylum is humane although extending citizenship to her is debatable. A few others insist that she must now return home to Dhaka as her views have hurt the sentiments of Muslims.
The Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) has quietly begun paying compensation to property owners whose plots of land were acquired for the Namma Metro project. 
Terrorists may carry out attacks in Delhi in the next two weeks, according to intelligence agencies. This has prompted an alert in the national capital.
