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 Editorials http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455821000.htm Given the short lead time available for presenting the budget for 2009-10, it is understandable that Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee decided to keep the focus on passenger amenities and early implementation of on-going projects. In keeping with ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Editorials http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455831000.htm The hike in the retail prices of petrol and diesel by as much as Rs.4 and Rs.2 a litre was expected although its timing — on the eve of the Union budget — was not. A month ago, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora had expressed the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Leader Page Articles http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455881000.htm The violence in the North Cachar Hills of Assam underlines the self-destructing traps that ‘causes’ like self-determination and demands for exclusive ‘homelands’ await those pursuing such objectives. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 News Analysis http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455931100.htm The once-young fighters from Sri Lanka are now mostly family men entrenched in Malkangiri town. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 News Analysis http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455901100.htm The mysterious shrinking sheep on the island of St Kilda far off the west coast of Scotland, sounds like a job for Sherlock Holmes. A rare herd of wild Soay sheep on the remote island are refusing to bow to conventional evolutionary pressure, ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 News Analysis http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455941100.htm A sentence in the last paragraph of a report “Many a twist and turn” (July 1, 2009) was “On July 7, 2005 , the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court set aside the trial court order discharging Mr. ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Letters to the Editor http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455871000.htm The incident involving Manda Jagannath, Congress MP from Nagarkurnool, who allegedly slapped the manager of the Grameen Vikas Bank, Ravinder Reddy, deserves to be condemned in the strongest possible terms. Political interference in the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Letters to the Editor http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455871001.htm This refers to the editorial “Symbols over substance?” (July 3) on the Supreme Court’s notice to the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh for its spending on memorials and statues. Ms Mayawati has put up many memorials and ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Letters to the Editor http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455871002.htm In a landmark decision, the Delhi High Court has decriminalised gay sex between consenting adults. It is a recognition of the rights of the sexual minorities. Society should accept that there are people with different sexual preferences. They ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Interviews http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460871100.htm ‘Employees should do their best for the carrier to turn around.’ Sat, 04 Jul 2009