Achuthanandan meets Sabarimala temple officials - Hindu
 CNN-IBN | Achuthanandan meets Sabarimala temple officials Hindu - Sabarimala (PTI): The 84-year-old Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan on Monday visited the Sabarimala temple to have a first-hand knowledge of the problems faced by the devotees. Marxist CM walks 8km to Sabarimala temple Kerala CM first Marxist leader to visit Sabarimala |
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Sun TV airs FM radio at Varanasi - Hindu
Sun TV airs FM radio at Varanasi Hindu - Mumbai (PTI): Kalanidhi Maran-promoted media group Sun TV on Monday said it had launched an FM radio station at Varanasi. The radio station commenced operation under the brand 'S' FM through South Asia FM Ltd -- a subsidiary of Sun TV, ... South India gets 3 more FM radio options during the last week of 2007 |
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Meet the new Miss India USA - Rediff
 Daijiworld.com | Meet the new Miss India USA Rediff - Richa Gangopadhyay was crowned Miss India USA 2007 in a beauty pageant held at Royal Albert's Palace, Fords in New Jersey, USA. Richa Gangopadhyay is Miss India USA 2007 |
Source: Google News India - India | 31 Dec 2007 | 11:14 am
Security guard of ex-MLA killed in landmine attack - Hindu
Security guard of ex-MLA killed in landmine attack Hindu - Tirupati (PTI): Former Congress MLA CK Jayachandra Reddy along with three of his associates were injured in a landmine attack on his car about 70 kms from here, but his security guard was killed in the blast. Former Andhra Congress MLA injured in bomb attack Ex Cong MLA injured in |
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No proposal to raise Govt staff retirement age - Hindu
No proposal to raise Govt staff retirement age Hindu - New Delhi (PTI): There is no proposal to raise the retirement age of Central Government employees from 60 to 62. This was clarified on Monday by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel. No proposal for raising retirement age |
Source: Google News India - India | 31 Dec 2007 | 10:46 am
President, PM greet citizens on New Year - Sify
 TopNews | President, PM greet citizens on New Year Sify - New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday greeted the nation on New Year urging them to work for the betterment of the country and the underprivileged. President, Vice President greet people on New Year PM GREETS THE NATION ON NEW YEAR |
Source: Google News India - India | 31 Dec 2007 | 10:38 am
IOC, Oil India may partner Reliance in East Timor block exploration - report
MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Indian state-owned oil companies Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) are expected to partner Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) for oil and gas exploration in RIL's o...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2007 | 10:08 am
India firms may join Reliance in East Timor-paper
(Reuters) - State-run oil firms Indian Oil (IOC) (IOC.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) may buy 12.5 percent each in Reliance Industries' (RELI.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) oil bl...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2007 | 10:08 am
India restores Pakistan border links
(Reuters) - India has ended its high alert for forces along the Pakistan border and restored some transport links, officials said on Monday, following disruption in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assass...Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2007 | 10:07 am
Year's last trading session opens with a bang
Mumbai, Dec 31(IANS) The last trading session of 2007 opened on a high on Indian stock markets, with a key index inching towards another all-time high.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2007 | 10:00 am
Cold wave claims over a dozen lives in Bihar
A cold wave sweeping parts of Bihar has claimed over a dozen lives in the state, officials said Monday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2007 | 10:00 am
Sreenivasan shines in Malayalam cinema
If we look back at how well Malayalam cinema fared in 2007, it is not titles of the films that come to mind but the personalities, who have left their mark on the screen.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 31 Dec 2007 | 10:00 am
Manoj finally gets his dream home
The 'Satya' star Manoj Bajpai has finally found his dream house with wife Shabana Raza aka Neha and gives credit to her for doing it up single handed.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 31 Dec 2007 | 4:01 am
Bipasha throws away glam image for Ghosh's Bangla film
Glamorous Bipasha Basu will be seen in a new avatar in Rituparno Ghosh's neo-realistic film 'Shob Choritroi Kalponik' (All Characters are Imaginary) - in starched cotton saris and long blouses. And the actress is looking forward to her first Bengali role.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 31 Dec 2007 | 4:00 am
Education helps teen overcome polio
Education opens minds, and sometimes helps conquer peaks too. For Chauthi, crippled with polio as a child, married at 16 and disowned by her in-laws soon after, education has given a new focus to her life and made her self-reliant.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 31 Dec 2007 | 3:31 am
Rakhi dropped from Ekta's awards function
After the brouhaha Rakhi Sawant created about the alleged rigging of results on STAR Plus' dance show 'Nach Baliye 3' and her questioning the 'role' of Ekta Kapoor and Balaji Telefilms in the final result, Balaji has decided to drop Rakhi from their first awards function on Jan 25 that is likely to be held at Dubai.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 31 Dec 2007 | 2:30 am
Leena hunts for Kishore successor
Leena Ganguly, widow of legendary singer Kishore Kumar and still remembered as Rajesh Khanna's shy girlfriend in 'Mehboob Ki Mehndi', returns to the limelight after a long break.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 31 Dec 2007 | 2:30 am
Ready for international probe: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf has said he is willing to consider an international investigation into the killing of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani television channels said on Sunday. He reportedly made the assurance to ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2007 | 12:00 am
Benazir assassination: telltale images expose fatal security flaws
KARACHI: The controversy over the manner in which former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto died in a December 27 attack in Rawalpindi deepened on Saturday night when DawnNews TV aired chilling images of an armed assassin taking a shot at her as ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2007 | 12:00 am
Benazir’s son, Bilawal, to head PPP
Party to contest elections; Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) too decides to end boycottSource: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2007 | 12:00 am
Samjhauta Express service resumed
New Delhi: Samjhauta Express, which was suspended due to security reasons in the wake of the assassination of the former Pakistan Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, was resumed on Sunday. — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2007 | 12:00 am
Compensation distributed
Nandigram: Nine months after 14 people were killed in a police firing during an anti-land acquisition protest at Nandigram, family members of the dead got the compensation on Sunday. — ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2007 | 12:00 am
Shilpa Shetty dating millionaire
London: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has finally admitted her relationship with 32-year-old London born Indian millionaire Raj Kundra. For the first time, in an interview to the Daily Mail , Ms. Shetty has revealed that ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 31 Dec 2007 | 12:00 am
Read carefully before signing on dotted line
Consumers should carefully read the terms and conditions applicable to the purchase of any goods or when hiring services.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 30 Dec 2007 | 10:29 pm
Driven by Naxal threat, Kerala maps migrants
The Kerala government has decided to strictly survey the labourers from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and other states.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 30 Dec 2007 | 10:26 pm
Geo-political situation to set the tone
The commodities markets witnessed an interesting week as the players smelt opportunities in energy and bullion.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 30 Dec 2007 | 10:25 pm
Army turns to AIDS awareness drive in J&K
The Indian army is engaged in a new battle in Jammu and Kashmir. This time, it is helping the people fight AIDS through a special awareness drive.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 30 Dec 2007 | 10:25 pm
Gold may touch $1,000 during 2008
It was yet another positive week for gold and silver. Both the precious metals climbed during the week, not very spectacularly, but steadily and stealthily.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 30 Dec 2007 | 10:25 pm
Doorless village in Karnataka beats crime with faith
Similar to Seemahi-Kari-Raat, a remote village in Uttar Pradesh, a hamlet in Gadag district in north Karnataka, Daval Mallik, has no doors either.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 30 Dec 2007 | 10:24 pm
Nawaz Sharif's party to contest Pakistan elections
Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif's party Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) will take part in scheduled parliamentary elections Jan 8, a party spokesman said Sunday.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 30 Dec 2007 | 4:30 pm
Terrorists had also planned strikes at Gateway of India
The five militants arrested in connection with last month's Uttar Pradesh serial blasts wanted to carry out simultaneous explosions in four crowded areas in Mumbai.Source: Times of India |
Mobile users to soon get hard copy of their bills free of cost
New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) The mobile users would soon be able to receive a hard
copy of the bill free of cost, with telecom regulator TRAI today proposing an
amendment to Telecommunication Tariff Order for the same.
TRAI today initiated a...
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Pakistan: It just keeps getting worse
Just when everyone thought there was nothing more that could happen in Pakistan this year, a suicide bomber struck an election rally one evening killing the country's most charismatic politician. Benazir Bhutto was only 54.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Sino-India military exercise concludes
The exercise "Hand in Hand" was fighting terrorism as China and India concluded its first ever joint training exercise in the Yunan provinceSource: NDTV News |
Why Musharraf is not responsible for Benazir's death
People are gunning for Musharraf because they feel he is partly responsible for Benazir's assassination. Nothing could be far from truth. In fact, Musharraf and Benazir might have entered a secret pact, says Sudhir Bisht.Source: rediff News |
Four arrested in Ludhiana blast probe
Two months after a blast at the Shringar cinema in Ludhiana killed 6 people and injured 30 others, the Punjab police claim to have solved the case. FoSource: NDTV News |
Pak EC to decide on poll date tomorrow
The polls were thrown into question by the violence that followed the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Ten Election Commission offices had been burnt in Sindh.Source: Times of India |
Mayawati flays Congress, BJP
Projecting Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) as the alternative to the Congress and the BJP at the Centre, party chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister MayawaSource: NDTV News |
Strict diet control for Indian team
Sydney, Dec 31 (PTI) After the crushing defeat in Melbourne, Indian cricketers
have been put under a strict diet regime and will have to do without several of
their favourite mouth-watering delicacies.
Trainer Gregory Allen King and physio...
Source: PTI News : Top News |
Four ULFA men killed in Assam
Guwahati, Dec 31 (PTI) At least four ULFA militants were killed and another was
injured in two separate encounters in Assam today.
Three ULFA extremists were killed and another was injured in an encounter with
army troops at Dibru-Saikhowa...
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Start playing together: Amritraj to Lee-Hesh
Former Davis Cup captain Vijay Amritraj suggests that Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes play together in preparation for the Beijing Olympics.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
US dollar eases against rupee
Mumbai, Dec 31 (PTI) The US dollar eased against the rupee at Rs 39.41/42 per
dollar but the pound sterling turned higher at Rs.79.01/03 per pound at the
close of the Interbank Foreign Exchange (FOREX) market here today.
Following are...
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Kerala CM first Marxist leader to visit Sabarimala
Creating history, 84-year-old Achuthanandan trekked an 8-km-long dense forest route, to have a first hand knowledge of the problems faced by the temple devotees.Source: Times of India |
Sharifs party to contest elections, rival PML(Q) is nervous now
With the PPP anointing Bilawal Bhutto as the chairman and declaring its intention to go ahead with the elections, Nawaz Sharif's PML(N), too, has decided to contest.Source: The Indian Express |
'Bhutto wanted to call Sharif minutes before she died'
Bhutto's political secretary reportedly told a mourner that the former premier had asked for her mobile phone to call Sharif, minutes before the attack on Thursday.Source: Times of India |
Passenger from India sparks TB scare in the US
A 30-year-old woman who flew from New Delhi to San Francisco via Chicago on December 13 on American Airlines flight 293...Source: The Indian Express |
Nawaz Sharif's party to contest Pak poll
Nawaz Sharif's party has now decided to participate in the coming elections after consultations with Pakistan Peoples Party.Source: Times of India |
Prabhakaran may be dead: Sri Lankan govt
Sri Lankan defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has hinted that Tamil Tigers chief Prabhakaran might have been killed in the air raid on his bunker on Nov 26.Source: Times of India |
Orissa clashes: PM assures security
The situation has been quiet in the riot hit Kandhamal district of Orissa for the last two days. The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh has now steppedSource: NDTV News |
BJP national meet to be held in New Delhi
The Bharatiya Janata Party will now hold its national convention in New Delhi. Earlier, it was scheduled to be held in Bangalore. A formal announcement is expected later.Source: rediff News |
Arrested terrorists wanted to blast Gateway of India
The five militants arrested in connection with last month's Uttar Pradesh serial blasts wanted to carry out simultaneous explosions in four crowded arSource: NDTV News |
Benazir started jihad in Kashmir
For let us not for a moment forget that jihad in Kashmir was initiated by her, so also the nurturing of the Taliban. It is difficult to forget her war dance as PM when she shouted 'Azadi, Azadi' to a Kashmiri audienceSource: rediff News |
SEZs on their way out from Goa
By the looks of it, Special Economic Zones are on their way out from the state of Goa. A meeting between the Chief Minister Digambar Kamath and the anSource: NDTV News |
She resorted to anti-Indianism to please voters
Is Benazir Bhutto one of the outstanding leaders of our sub-continent, who always looked for reconciliation between India and Pakistan?Source: rediff News |
25 journalists and media workers killed in S Asia in 2007
New Delhi, Dec.31(PTI) Twenty-five journalists and media workers in South Asia
including three from India were killed in the line of duty during 2007, one of
the bloodiest and difficult years for the media in the region.
Pakistan topped the...
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Iphone - Oh, you can also call from it
Trust Steve Jobs to marry tech with cool, time and again. The founder of Apple Inc. who first introduced computers to the home with his Mac and later portable digital music players to the world with his iPod, took the year with him...Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Russia to enhance bilateral ties with India in 2008:Putin
Moscow, Dec 31 (PTI) Russia is confident of its bilateral relations with India
and will do its best in enhancing cooperation between the two nations in
diverse fields in the future, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in his
New Year...
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Nandigram - A long march of the red, the dead
So when Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee announced that 14,000 acres of mostly agricultural land would be provided to Indonesiabased Salim Group to set up a petrochemical hub, the peasantry rebelled.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Bilawal, 19, inherits mothers mantle
Benazir Bhutto's 19-year-old son Bilawal was chosen on Sunday to succeed her as chairman of the Pakistan People's Party...Source: The Indian Express |
Chak De India - A new national anthem is born
No one thought it would work, not even the people who produced it (Aditya Chopra of the Yash Raj banner). The only thing going for it was the presence of superstar Shah Rukh Khan.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
In an Orissa refugee camp, New Year
A new year is just hours away, but 2007 is likely to last a long time for over two thousand people crammed in refugee camps in Kandhamal district of Orissa.Source: The Indian Express |
Abhishek, Aishwarya Wedding of the year
When the world's most beautiful woman and Bollywood's most eligible bachelor decided to get married, it was bound to end up as the decade's most hyped wedding. Even before the celebrations kicked off, the controversies began.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Benazir left will with domestic help
Bilawal was anointed Benazir Bhutto's successor based on her "will".Source: The Indian Express |
Danger signs for Pakistan's integrity
The suicide attack against BB should not be taken as an ordinary fidayeen attack. It will have serious repercussions at the global level that will be extremely negative and harmful for Pakistan. It will simply endorse the fears of the international community that Pakistan is a failed state. It is a tortured land. It is the safest haven for the Al Qaeda networkSource: rediff News |
Mumbais new migrant story is playing out on pitches
Young, poor cricketers from UP and Bihar come to what was once Indian cricket's capital, make waves in local circuit.Source: The Indian Express |
Taliban in turmoil after sacking top Afghan commander
Taliban is in turmoil in Afghanistan after its top leadership sacked a senior commander for disobeying orders, British intelligence officers stationed in that country have claimed.Source: rediff News |