Recently released census 2001 data on bilingualism and trilingualism says that over 86 million Indians listed English as their 2nd language and another 39 million as 3rd language, putting the number of English speakers at the time to more than 125 million, 2nd only to Hindi.

The Medical Council of India has recommended that doctors found accepting gifts from pharma companies will face punishment ranging from a fine to one year of licence-suspension. More serious violators could face a permanent ban.

Gambhir led the charge with a brilliant 54-ball 72 as Delhi Daredevils opened their IPL campaign on a winning note snatching a five-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab.

Power-packed Australia proved third time lucky as they won the hockey World Cup after a 24 year hiatus with a win over defending champions Germany.

Congressman Gary Ackerman did not elaborate on the charge against the Pakistani military, which if true would be extremely provocative for India at a time New Delhi is pressing Pak to take action against 9/11 masterminds.

Pune police commissioner Satyapal Singh has charged the staff of the German Bakery and its customers with negligence and said the bag with the bomb had been lying unnoticed for over 90 minutes.

The home ministry has asked the Kerala police to step up security in Kochi following intelligence inputs that Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists may attempt to strike the coastal city. The Southern Command of the Navy is located in Kochi.

Hindu 'godmen', like Swami Nitayananda of Chennai and Ichadhari Sant Bhimanand, have for the past week been swathed in infamy for sex and sleaze, clearly blurring boundaries between the profound and the profane.

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