"It will be more than two years after the Women's Reservation Bill is passed in Lok Sabha for it to be implemented because of the long subsequent legislative and other processes associated with it."
"Ruling UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi met railway minister Mamata Banerjee and sought an assurance that her Trinamool Congress will vote for the Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha, Cong sources said."
"China said it will not deviate from its stand on climate change even after it gave qualified approval to the Copenhagen climate accord on Tuesday. It expects India to stick to its stand as well."
"CBI on Wednesday stood by Lalu Prasad in the Supreme Court by the decision of the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar to challenge his acquittal in a disproportionate assets case."
"The Ulema Council on Wednesday threatened to launch agitation against the arrest of a leading cleric, nabbed for his alleged role in last week's communal clash in Bareilly."
"As disinvestment of NMDC gets a lukewarm response from both retail and institutional investors on the first day of offer-for-sale, government's collection from divestment may fall short of 2009-10 revised estimate by around Rs 2400 crore."
"State-run steel maker Steel Authority of India plans to increase its annual capacity to 26 million tonnes by 2014 from the the current 14 million tonnes."
"Country's largest lender, State Bank of India, would prefer a rights issue to raise funds for business growth rather than diluting Government holding, the bank chairman O P Bhatt said."
"Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in US stores this week, inaugurating what TV makers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room."
"China on Tuesday said it was not planning a mopping up operation in the international gold market as some bullion experts had been speculating for some time."
"American International Group (AIG) will sell one of its subsidiaries to MetLife, making it the second divestment to be announced by the bailed-out insurer this month."
"Any rise in the yuan's exchange rate will be gradual, China's trade chief said on Monday in comments that underline the competing interests at the heart of Chinese policy-making."
"Indian-American computer scientist Subhash Khot, well known for his 'Unique Games Conjecture' has been selected for a prestigious $500,000 national science award."
"Indian national Gursewak Dhillon, accused in the death of three-year-old Gurshan Singh Channa, has reportedly told Australian police that he accidentally knocked the toddler down when he opened the house door."
