http://www.thehindu.com/ The Internet edition of The Hindu, India's national newspaper en-us Copyright 2009 The Hindu Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/hindux.gif http://www.thehindu.com/ 468 50 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070458330100.htm NEW DELHI: The Union government on Friday held a meeting to discuss and analyse the Delhi High Court judgment on decriminalising same gender sex. The meeting was attended by Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Law Minister Veerappa Moily and ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070456011200.htm NEW DELHI: The infrastructure sector and the recession-hit real estate sector are looking forward to the Union budget with great expectations. Both the sectors, which require huge investments, are expecting a big boost to revive growth and put ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070456051300.htm The government will now proceed to check ragging in schools, he says Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070461001300.htm NEW DELHI: A couple of years ago, at a book launch in New Delhi, Tyeb Mehta (1925-2009) came across as a forlorn man, in some ways untouched by the millions he made with his works, in others a dispassionate soul. Soft spoken to a fault — ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070461041800.htm LALGARH (PASCHIM MEDINIPUR DISTRICT): Social activist Medha Patkar and 13 others were arrested by the West Bengal State police at Debra, 35 km from Midnapore, on Friday while they were on their way to Lalgarh. They were placed under ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460971300.htm NEW DELHI: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Friday there was no death due to A (H1N1) influenza in the country. Intervening in the Lok Sabha during a discussion under Rule 193, on the situation arising ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070456041300.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070461031400.htm New Delhi: Attempts by Pakistan to link the Mumbai terrorist attack of November 2008 to the earlier explosion on board the Samjhauta Express are likely to flounder in the face of the United Nations Security Council’s decision to sanction ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070456061300.htm BIRBHANPUR (West Medinipur): A face behind a wall, an aged woman suddenly slipping inside a house, people running away into the fields — these are the common sights a journalist sees in several villages in the Lalgarh region. Fear ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070456171400.htm LALGARH (PASCHIM MEDINIPUR DISTRICT): A high-level meeting attended by the Director Generals of both the West Bengal State police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) among other senior police and administrative officials, was held at ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070456261500.htm NEW DELHI: Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora has written to Chief Ministers of all States to rationalise the tax structure on petrol and diesel and do away with the ad valorem component of excise duty to protect the interests of ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070456281500.htm HYDERABAD: With the third generation anti-tank Nag missile proving its lethality in the final user trials being conducted in the deserts of Rajasthan, a top missile scientist of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070457282000.htm NEW DELHI: Sixteen-year-old Sanjukta Pangi from Koraput in Orissa, 17-year-old Samuel Venkatesan from Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu, and 15-year-old Narendra Kumar from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh will represent India at the Junior-8 summit in ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070457442000.htm NEW DELHI: For the benefit of its Indian users, social networking website Facebook plans to provide its applications and contents in Hindi. For this, it has started a contest – Facebook India Developer Contest – asking developers ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460881100.htm Kolkata: The big cats of the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve that stray into inhabited areas will be tracked with the help of an electronic microchip implanted in their bodies, Reserve Director N.C. Bahuguna said here on Thursday. A pregnant ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460901200.htm NEW DELHI: Seeking to provide power back-up for railway services, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced the setting up of a 1,000 MW coal-based plant at Nabi Nagar in Bihar, in association with the National Thermal Power ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460951200.htm NEW DELHI: Though the railway budget presented by Mamata Banerjee drew applause on several occasions from members cutting across party lines, there were occasions when she and her predecessor, Lalu Prasad, crossed swords. Ms. Banerjee, ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460991300.htm SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday asked the State government’s investigation team to prepare a list of all civilians, police and paramilitary forces present in the area the day two young women were allegedly raped and ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009