EXPRESSINDIA.COM The Indian Express Group _________________________________________________________________ The Indian Express daily newsletter Edition of Friday, September 10, 2004 _________________________________________________________________ INDIAN EXPRESS ********************* TODAY'S TOP STORIES ******************* We�re with you in war against Maoists: Delhi to Kathmandu India has given Nepal a blank cheque to deal with the Maoist insurgency at home, a promise that includes military hardware, training as well as the commitment to pursue ideologically similar insurgents in India, and requested visiting Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to keep the kingdom free from third party, foreign influence. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54832 _______________________________________________________________ His boss is away, so Fatmi works on an Olympics medal factory Guess who in the government has been grieving over India�s single Olympic medal performance? Laloo Prasad Yadav�s protege and HRD Minister of State M A A Fatmi. And while his colleagues in the RJD grapple with the ghosts of past crimes, Fatmi wants to remove this Olympic ��taint��. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54835 _______________________________________________________________ As Tibet lake threat recedes, China invites India to Lhasa for future steps The Pareechu lake in Tibet, responsible for many a sleepless nights after it threatened to burst and swamp the Sutlej valley in Himachal Pradesh, is so far intact. But there�s movement at another end: a six-member Indian team has been invited to Lhasa for discussions with the Chinese experts. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54838 _______________________________________________________________ No more choosing cadre, IAS couples can get ready for states short of babus The Ministry of Personnel�s unwritten convention that allows married couples, who have just joined the civil services, to choose their state cadre is about to be rewritten. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54839 _______________________________________________________________ Budgetary support is increased to Rs 12,000 cr PM Manmohan Singh chaired his first full Planning Commission on Thursday. The highlights: http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54840 _______________________________________________________________ Evaluator puts question mark on BCCI�s TV rights process: no verification, only tabulation The Bombay High Court today asked Zee Network and ESPN-STAR Sports to bid afresh for the BCCI�s telecast rights but it now transpires that the $ 308 million cricket telecast deal the BCCI signed four days ago was done without doing any kind of evaluation of any of the five bidders. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54837 _______________________________________________________________ When it�s 100-cr, it has to be Mega Fida This is perhaps as big as it gets for India�s art bazaar. The country�s best-known painter M F Husain today announced a Rs 100-crore deal: sale of a series of 100 paintings to a low-profile Mumbai industrialist Guru Swarup Srivastava. The 89-year-old Husain has formally signed a memorandum of understanding with Srivastava, chairman of the Swarup Group of Industries, according to which he will sell his <i>Our Planet Called Earth</i> series to the industrialist over the coming year. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54841 _______________________________________________________________ /------------------------ advertisement ------------------------ No 1 Indian Matrimonials - 550,000+ members, 150,000+ photo profiles, 16,000+ successful matches! 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Probably http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54821 Pak kills 50 militants in raid on Afghan border http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54822 More in International at http://www.indianexpress.com/international.html _______________________________________________________________ ********************* BUSINESS ********************* SC grants Rs 800-cr relief to ITC, then recalls http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54799 Government to facilitate merger of banks http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54800 RBI moots tough pvt bank norms http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54804 More in Business at http://www.indianexpress.com/business.html _______________________________________________________________ ********************* FROM THE FIELDS ********************* Urad error hard to swallow http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54794 Death Trap http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54795 Faux makeover for planter soil http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54796 More in From The Fields at http://www.indianexpress.com/from_the_fields.html _______________________________________________________________ **************************************************************************************** Visit us at http://www.expressindia.com for indepth coverage of news from around India, updated round the clock. 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