Kashmir’s autumnal glory may be shortlived - thanks to urbanisation (Letter from Kashmir)
Rescuers pull more bodies from rivers as death toll from flooding in the Philippines hits 240
For 92-year-old NH woman, birthday sky dive was just another adventure in a long life
Iran tests long-range missiles, warning they can reach any nation that threatens the country
Stocks jump as investors see takeovers as optimistic sign for a recovery in economy
Obama emphasizes on longer school days, shorter summer vacation for students
Powerful earthquake triggers tsunami in the Samoas, killing 82 people and flattening villagesQuake triggers tsunami in the Samoas, killing 82 APIA, Samoa — A powerful earthquake in the South Pacific hurled massive tsunami waves at the shores of Samoa and American Samoa, flattening villages and sweeping cars and people out to sea, leaving at least 82 dead and dozens missing. 7.6 and 5.5 Magnitude Earthquakes Rocks Southern Sumatra, Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore
Bill Winters, JP Morgan replaced by Jes Staley as CEO
Durga Puja Pandal Pictures Gallery
China makes world’s highest-resolution 3D map of Moon
87 dead after bloodbath at Guinea opposition rally
Air India pilots strike enters fourth day
Ten dead, 40 missing as boat capsizes in Bihar
Bengal bids adieu to Goddess Durga
India to use Facebook, Twitter to curb road accidents (Second Lead)
Ravana goes up in flames, Durga idols immersed on Dussehra (Roundup)
Over 50 countries to participate in Energy Summit
Hitler’s bullet-punctured skull is actually a woman’s, claim US researchers
Philippines storm toll crosses 200
Jews, Hindus find Pope’s message “shocking”
Balco Chimney Mishap claims at least 31, many trapped under chimney debris
Durga Puja begins in Kolkata
Obama wraps up UN meetings, moves on to G-20 in Pittsburgh
Our baby found water on moon: ISRO scientist
Pokhran II was a success: Kakodkar
Humans will be immortal in 20 years, says leading scientist
IIT faculty on hunger strike in protest over revised pay commission recommendations
G-20: India to seek greater role in managing global economy
China calls for world without nuclear weapons
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SRINAGAR - As the chinar leaves change colour from green to crimson to yellow, autumn, the season of plenty in Kashmir, is at its peak. The countryside is buzzing with activity as peasants harvest their paddy crop and fruit growers pick apples in their orchards.
Death toll from flooding in Philippines hits 240
92-year-old sky diver still finding adventure
Iran says advanced missiles can target any threat
NEW YORK — Corporate dealmaking is boosting investors’ hopes for a recovery in the economy.
WASHINGTON — Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.
Earthquake updates:
Jes Staley is the new chief executive of JP Morgan Chase’s investment banking unit replacing Bill Winters who has been the unit’s co-chief executive for the last five years. JP Morgan announced a series of top management changes in a press release Tuesday which included this change as well as some other significant changes. The bank’s other co-chief, Steve Black has been assigned as the executive chairman of the investment banking business.
Durga Puja comes to an end as we bid adieu to Devi Durga and wait for the next year to celebrate the Durga Puja again. If you missed this Pija anyhow we have come with the Puja Pictures of celebrated Puja Pandals like 
NEW DELHI - Chinese experts have announced that the country’s space scientists had completed the world’s highest-resolution three-dimensional map of the moon.
CONAKRY - At least 87 people were killed in Guinea when government security forces fired into the crowd at an opposition rally in the capital Conakry, reports said Tuesday.
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI - Air India on Tuesday cancelled over 20 flights, including 15 from the national capital, as a stand-off between executive pilots and the management entered a fourth day.
PATNA - At least 10 people were killed and over 40 missing after a boat carrying over 60 people on their way back from Durga Puja festivities capsized in the Bagmati river in Bihar’s Khagaria district, an official said Tuesday.
KOLKATA - After four days of revelry, West Bengal Monday bid adieu to Goddess Durga on Bijoya Dashami, the last day of the five-day-long Durga Puja festival, with thousands of idols of the deity immersed in the Hooghly river amid tight security.
NEW DELHI - Social networking sites Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and even blogs will be made use of by the Indian government to spread the message of safe driving, transport officials said Monday.
NEW DELHI - As thousands of onlookers cheered, the effigies of demon king Ravana were set ablaze amid a burst of fire crackers at many places across the national capital Monday evening to celebrate Dussehra, symbolising the victory of good over evil. The day also saw hundreds of idols of Goddess Durga being immersed in the Yamuna river as the Navaratri celebrations ended.
ABU DHABI - Over 50 countries will be participating in the World Future Energy Summit 2010 to be held here Jan 18-21 next year, a WAM report said Monday.
LONDON - German dictator Adolf Hitler’s suicide in his Berlin bunker is being disputed by some American researchers who claim that a bullet-punctured skull, which has long been thought to belong to the Nazi leader, was actually that of an unknown woman.
MANILA - Philippine authorities were struggling Monday to help hundreds of thousands of people displaced by devastating floods in the capital and outlying areas as the death toll topped 200.
NEVADA - Jews and Hindus have found some of the Pope’s World Mission Sunday message posted on The Holy See website “shocking”.
BALCO NAGAR - Over a hundred rescuers struggled here Thursday to reach an estimated 50 people still trapped under the debris of a 100-metre chimney of the Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco) plant that crashed a day earlier killing 20 people.
KOLKATA - Durga Puja began here on Wednesday with idols of the Goddess Durga being displayed around the city in pandals for the public to worship.
BANGALORE - The “baby” had done its job by finding water on the moon, India’s ace space scientist and project director of the country’s maiden lunar mission M. Annadurai said here Thursday.
MUMBAI - Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar said on Wednesday that the controversy over Pokhran-II nuclear tests was unnecessary.
LONDON - American scientist Ray Kurzweil, dubbed the smartest futurist on Earth by Bill Gates, believes that today’s 60-year-olds could go on to live forever.
NEW DELHI - Faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) are observing a day long hunger strike to reiterate their disagreement with the Human Resource Ministry’s revised notification on Sixth Pay Commission.
PITTSBURGH - As the leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies gather here Thursday to review their efforts to stem global recession, India is expected to pitch for a more proactive role in the management of the global economy.
NEW YORK - China’s President Hu Jintao Wednesday called for a world without nuclear weapons and destruction of all nuclear arsenals, a position similar to that of US President Barack Obama.
