Today's Important News (29-09-2011)

The Hindu

National:

1. Controversial 2G memo was background paper: Pranab
2. Singur Act upheld
3. Mayawati announces three new districts
4. Manmohan Scholarship winners announcned
5. Court asks CBI to produce 500-page FinMin document
6. There is a public purpose in acquiring land back from Tatas, says court
7. Clemency resolution lapses in J&K Assembly
8. Explain delay over Bhullar's mercy petition, Supreme Court tells Centre
9. India accounts for 58 per cent of those practicing open defecation globally
10. Committee suggestions to hike conviction rate

International:

1. Palestinians in Israeli jails launch hunger strike
2. All set for China's space module launch today
3. U.K. to oppose EU transaction tax

India & The World:

1. Indian traders languishing in China
2. U.S. harps on IAEA role in India
3. India, Pakistan to double trade to $6 billion

Business News:

1. Gas output from KG-D6 to rise by 2014: BP chief
2. ‘Rich must be prepared to pay more tax'

S&T, Environment, Defence: 

1. Environment Ministry nod for Rajasthan coal blocks
2. ‘LED lights can overcome power shortage'
3. Female foeticide a grave challenge, says Health Minister
4. New light shed on how memory is organised
5. Monster star, with shells spotted

Editorials & Articles:

1. Constitution for inclusive policies
2. Crisis in U.S.-Pakistan ties
3. Miliband senses the mood
4. Israel approves 1,100 new settler homes

The Times of India

National:

1. SC seeks ex-finance secy's files relating to 2G pricing
2. Pranab writes to PM, defends Chidambaram
3. Fracas derails Afzal resolution
4. NDMA forms panel for building safety norms

International:

1. Two Lashkar-e-Taiba co-founders put on US terror list
2. Rift in Obama govt as ties with Pak sour

India & The World:

Business News:

1. Kingfisher to exit low-cost flying
2. Rich must pay higher tax, says PC
3. Aadhaar not enough to open bank account, says RBI
4. BP chief gung-ho on India, RIL gas field
5. Pharma retail mkt surges 16% in Jan-Aug

Editorials & Articles:

1. Let there be light
2. Devolve and rule
3. Window of opportunity

The Indian Express

National:

1. Pranab clarifies on note: part of background paper
2. In wary House, Afzal resolution sinks
3. ...Scores a double, HC says land takeover in Singur valid
4. IRB jawans shifted out of camp ‘not fit for humans’
5. Water gushed in from two states, the tide too turned against Orissa

International:

1. At UN, Pak again plays the victim
2. If you hit us, we will hit back, Pasha warned CIA chief: report
3. In Pak media, war has been declared
4. Now, Swiss House votes to ban burqa in public

India & The World:

Business News:

1. In red, Kingfisher exits low-cost business
2. To step up KG-D6 output by 2014, say RIL, BP
3. 'Multinational audit cos flouting rules'
4. We must ban exports of high grade iron ore: steel secretary

S&T, Environment, Defence:

1. President Patil’s CERN visit to highlight Indian physicist’s contribution
2. Vested interests at work in Koodankulam, says NPCIL

Editorials & Articles:

1. Peace of the grave?
2. State of drift
3. Post script
4. Balance of allies
5. Looking east, building bridges

The Economist:

1. Gurgaon grief