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Expect everything to cost more this festive season owing to increase in prices of turbine fuel, cooking gas, diesel and kerosene; says today's Hindustan Times under its front page headline, "Fuel prices set to crush cheer".
Syria has appealed to the UN to try to 'prevent any aggression' against it and said US military action would amount to "support for Al Qaida and its affiliates,'' even as President Barack Obama lobbied with war weary American Law-makers to convince them for a strike, reports the Statesman.
Birth certificate, passport, Aadhaar card - none of these may be enough to prove that you are an Indian citizen if you were born after July 1, 1987, writes the Times of India. The paper adds that Citizenship Laws say a person born in India after July 1, 1987 can not claim automatic citizenship unless at least one of the parents is an Indian.
The Hindu on its front page writes that India and Pakistan are making efforts to address each other's concerns before their Prime Ministers meet in New York later this month. The sticky point, however, is the killing of the soldiers at the Line of Control.
The Times of India reports that faced with massive criticism over the decision allowing highway developers to charge toll on road widening projects even during the construction phase, the National Highways Authority of India wants to suspend toll collection on stretches where work has fallen way behind schedule.
According to Business Line, bad news continued to pour in for the economy as manufacturing activity contracted to its lowest in over four and half years with both output and business orders dropping significantly in August, according to HSBC/Market purchasing managers index.
And finally, although females are considered to be the gentler sex, a majority of women have admitted that they are clumsier than men, reveals a new study. Spilling drink or food was the most common mishap followed by bumping into someone, reports the Hindustan Times.
Expect everything to cost more this festive season owing to increase in prices of turbine fuel, cooking gas, diesel and kerosene; says today's Hindustan Times under its front page headline, "Fuel prices set to crush cheer".
Syria has appealed to the UN to try to 'prevent any aggression' against it and said US military action would amount to "support for Al Qaida and its affiliates,'' even as President Barack Obama lobbied with war weary American Law-makers to convince them for a strike, reports the Statesman.
Birth certificate, passport, Aadhaar card - none of these may be enough to prove that you are an Indian citizen if you were born after July 1, 1987, writes the Times of India. The paper adds that Citizenship Laws say a person born in India after July 1, 1987 can not claim automatic citizenship unless at least one of the parents is an Indian.
The Hindu on its front page writes that India and Pakistan are making efforts to address each other's concerns before their Prime Ministers meet in New York later this month. The sticky point, however, is the killing of the soldiers at the Line of Control.
The Times of India reports that faced with massive criticism over the decision allowing highway developers to charge toll on road widening projects even during the construction phase, the National Highways Authority of India wants to suspend toll collection on stretches where work has fallen way behind schedule.
According to Business Line, bad news continued to pour in for the economy as manufacturing activity contracted to its lowest in over four and half years with both output and business orders dropping significantly in August, according to HSBC/Market purchasing managers index.
And finally, although females are considered to be the gentler sex, a majority of women have admitted that they are clumsier than men, reveals a new study. Spilling drink or food was the most common mishap followed by bumping into someone, reports the Hindustan Times.
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