Today's Important News (26-10-2011)

The Hindu

National:

1. Mayawati regime winking at MGNREGS fraud: Ramesh
2. Now TRAI makes pesky SMSs costlier
3. ‘Poverty is a human rights violation'
4. Picked up in July for ‘rioting,' three Muslim schoolchildren still in jail
5. Cabinet nod for wage board recommendations
6. U.R. Ananthamurthy on South Asian literature prize shortlist

International:

1. Concern as China mulls over anti-terror laws
2. NATO rules out joint shield with Russia

India & The World:

1. U.S. may set up semi-conductor units in India: Sachin Pilot
2. China welcomes Manmohan's statement on border issue

Business News:

1. RBI increases repo rate; loans to be costlier
2. ‘Policy paralysis has led to stagflation'
3. Prepayment penalty on home loans to go: RBI
4. Manufacturing to contribute 25 % of GDP within a decade
5. Rate hike will have some impact on economic growth: Pranab
6. Cabinet approves hike in India's IMF quota
7. RBI move will further tighten source of funding: CREDAI

S&T, Environment, Defence:

1. INS Kadmatt launched

Editorials & Articles:

1. Judicial delay may become a thing of the past
2. End of the tightening cycle
3. A well deserved triumph
4. Manipur blockaded on road to nowhere
5. World Bank and U.N. put focus on corporate corruption

The Times of India

International:

1. Judge who convicted Salmaan Taseer's assassin sent to Saudi Arabia
2. US dismantling its most powerful nuke

India & The World:

1. US joins India, China in opposing emission binding targets by 2015

Business News:

1. Money lying idle in savings accounts to fetch more now
2. 7 mega zones planned to boost manufacturing
3. RBI ups repo, reverse repo by 25 bps
4. ‘Savings rate deregulation will benefit economy’
5. All you want to know about SB rate decontrol
6. ‘Manufacturing policy is a game changer’

Editorials & Articles:

1. A Tightrope Walk
2. Towards The Light

The Indian Express

National:

1. As AFSPA debate hots up, multiple attacks rock Valley
2. UPA Govt on overdrive, Cabinet skips GoM opt
3. Cabinet clears Majithia Wage Board proposals
4. Jairam targets Maya on NREGS, wants CBI prob
5. AFSPA gap grew over ‘violations’

International:

1. UK House rejects referendum on EU membership

India & The World:

1. CHOGM: India to oppose rights panel
2. Not as close as lips and teeth
3. Cabinet okays increase in IMF quota, Rs 3,000 cr equity infusion in Nabard

Business News:

1. RBI frees savings deposit rates, hints pause in further rate hikes
2. New manufacturing policy targets 100 mn jobs in 10 years
3. RBI’s Diwali gift: Now you will get more on your savings bank deposits
4. Sharp rate hike would have disrupted pace of recovery, says Subbarao

Editorials & Articles:

1. More than a gambit?
2. An eye on growth
3. Firmly on the road to safety