Today's Important News (25-10-2011)

The Hindu

National:

1. Census-2011 data not yet available for UP civic polls
2. PIL challenges petrol price de-regulation
3. Caught in debt trap, Nandurbar tribals migrate every year

International:

1. WikiLeaks fights back in the face of financial blockade and arm-twisting
2. Moderate Islamists lead in Tunisia
3. Foreign forces ‘helping' Kenya

India & The World:

1. Final report on India-Sri Lanka grid connection by Dec

Business News:

1. RBI may hike rates again

S&T, Environment, Defence:

1. DoT, MoD agree on ‘defence band'
2. India spending feverishly on health care
3. India leads in rotavirus infection deaths: Lancet

Editorials & Articles:

1. Getting to know the abc of CAG
2. An opening with Nepal
3. Eliminating encephalitis

The Times of India

National:

1. 5 countries issue travel advisories against India
2. House panel rejects enemy property bill for pro-heir tilt

International:

1. Whistleblower website WikiLeaks shuts down operations, for now
2. Whistleblower website WikiLeaks shuts down operations, for now

India & The World:

1. India to oppose a human rights monitor at CHOGM

Business News:

1. Liberated Libya will be a ‘moderate’ Muslim country, assure new rulers
2. Be ready for another rate hike
3. Bank loans to cos fall 8.6% in April-Sept
4. DoT plans new M&A norms for telcos
5. Swiss banks ready to reveal customer names

S&T, Environment, Defence:

1. Army to set up 72 ranges to train sharpshooters
2. India accounts for 22% of global rotavirus-inducted diarrhoea deaths

Editorials & Articles:

1. The Quagmire Next Door
2. Long Road Ahead
3. Spring Fruit

The Indian Express

National:

1. For urban poor, Govt plans to stand guarantee for Rs 5-lakh home loans
2. CBI confirms NRHM scam, says officials not giving documents
3. ULFA talks today, victims demand justice

International:

1. WikiLeaks to halt operations, focus on fundraising: Assange

India & The World:

1. China on mind, R&AW chief to meet Bhutan King today
2. Pact with India divides Nepal
3. US pulls out envoy form Syria, Damascus responds

Business News:

1. RBI hints at hike in key rates as ‘inflation path remains sticky’
2. ‘Need to develop backward blocks within districts’

Editorials & Articles:

1. Jail, not bail?
2. Friendship upgrade
3. ‘We would have preferred Gaddafi to have been captured alive...but he was stubborn’