Orissa govt announces relief package - Sify
Orissa govt announces relief package Sify - Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government on Saturday announced a comprehensive relief package, including free food for 90 days, for the riot-hit population at Kandhamal district. Fragile peace in Kandhamal, trouble not due to conversion: govt. Orissa to announce compensation for Kandhamal riot victims |
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Delhi kidnapped boy found dead - Times of India
Delhi kidnapped boy found dead Times of India - NEW DELHI: A five-year-old boy, who was kidnapped three days ago allegedly by his father's former employee, was on Saturday found strangled in the Capital. |
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Maoist prisoners, warden injured in clash - Times of India
Maoist prisoners, warden injured in clash Times of India - SASARAM (BIHAR): Twelve prisoners and the chief warden were injured in a clash between a group of Maoist prisoners and other inmates of the divisional jail here in Bihar's Rohtas district on Saturday. |
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ID cards made mandatory in Delhi - NDTV.com
 NDTV.com | ID cards made mandatory in Delhi NDTV.com - From January 15, citizens of the capital have to carry their ID cards at all times or they could land in trouble with the police. Delhi's Lieutenant Governor has issued the order citing the need to tighten security after recent terror attacks. Now, carry ID proof or face the music Delhi CM supports identity proof move |
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Half of Malana village in Himachal gutted
At least half of Malana, the oldest village in the Kullu valley of Himachal Pradesh, was burnt down in a fire Saturday though there was no loss of life, police said.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Jan 2008 | 1:00 pm
Rare juvenile whale sharks sighted in Maharashtra
Two rare juvenile whale sharks were found trapped in a fishing net off the coast of Niwati in Maharashtra.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Jan 2008 | 1:00 pm
Sixth Pune international film festival begins Jan 10
The city will be treated to a week-long bonanza of good cinema with the sixth Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) kicking off Jan 10.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Jan 2008 | 1:00 pm
British NRI pledges Rs.5 mn for Punjab village school
London-based non-resident Indian (NRI) Raj Loomba Saturday announced that he would give a grant of Rs.5 million for the renovation and upkeep of a state-run school in his native village in Punjab.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Jan 2008 | 1:00 pm
When Punjab and its NRIs meet, chaos reigns
Thanks to a plethora of uninvited guests, chaos reigned as a two-day meet for non-resident Indians called by the Punjab government got underway here Saturday.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Jan 2008 | 1:00 pm
Madonna may be planning own take of 'Nimbura' song
Pop diva Madonna has been so charmed by Rajasthani folk music and dance during her stay here that she is planning to incorporate bits of it in her future album.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Jan 2008 | 1:00 pm
Haneef may dump Australia for Middle East
Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef, wrongly accused of terror links by the Australian government, says his family is against his return to Australia and he may consider working in the Middle East.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Jan 2008 | 1:00 pm
No ban on Maoists in Jharkhand means headache for police
The Communist Party of India - Maoist is not an organisation banned in Jharkhand, leading to a headache for the police.Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 5 Jan 2008 | 1:00 pm
Harbhajan likely to escape ban in race row hearing
Harbhajan Singh will appear before a disciplinary hearing here amid indications that the controversial Indian off-spinner will escape a ban due to lack of evidence.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Jan 2008 | 12:32 pm
Prosecutors deny offering deal to Air India convict
Canadian prosecutors on Saturday denied offering reduced sentence to the lone convict in the 1985 Air India bombing on prejury charges.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Jan 2008 | 12:30 pm
Molestation case: Identification parade held of all 14 accused
An identification parade of all the 14 people held on suspicion of having molested two NRI women on the New Year day was carried out by five witnesses.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Jan 2008 | 12:16 pm
BSNL launches caller tracking facility in N-E
BSNL has introduced the location-based services (LBS), which includes the service that helps track the place from where the call is made to BSNL phone, in the North-East.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Jan 2008 | 12:11 pm
Mahindra may pull out of Renault-Nissan car venture
Mahindra and Mahindra may pull out of a joint venture with France's Renault and Japan's Nissan to build a one-billion-dollar car plant in India, media reports said.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Jan 2008 | 12:06 pm
Tendulkar likely to testify for Harbhajan in hearing
Sachin, who was in the middle when the alleged racial spat between Harbhajan and Symonds broke out, is likely to testify in favour of the Indian off-spinner.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Jan 2008 | 12:00 pm
Britain may go to polls in mid-2009: Minister
Britain may go for general election in about one-and-a-half years -- in the middle of 2008, a British Minister and one of Premier Gordon Brown's closest confidants, has suggested.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Jan 2008 | 11:58 am
Indonesia's ailing Suharto 'getting worse': Doctors
Former Indonesian dictator Suharto's condition deteriorated on Saturday, his doctors said, a day after the 86-year-old was hospitalised with a weakening heart and kidneys.Source: Daily News & Analysis | 5 Jan 2008 | 11:52 am
Mumbai molestation case witnesses identify 14 accused - Zee News
 Calcutta Telegraph | Mumbai molestation case witnesses identify 14 accused Zee News - Mumbai, Jan 05: In a significant development, 14 accused who have so far been arrested in the Mumbai molestation case were identified during an identification parade on Saturday. Mumbai molestation case: Identification parade held Mumbai molestation: 14 suspects identified |
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Jyoti Basu supports Buddhadeb's view on capitalism - Economic Times
 CNN-IBN | Jyoti Basu supports Buddhadeb's view on capitalism Economic Times - 5 Jan, 2008, 1454 hrs IST, PTI KOLKATA: Supporting West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's stand on capitalism, CPI(M) patriarch Jyoti Basu on Saturday said that it is needed to industrialise the state. No alternative to capitalism, says Buddhadeb Jyoti Basu too warms up to capitalism |
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Nod for delimitation panel report - Hindu
Nod for delimitation panel report Hindu - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the report of the Delimitation Commission, headed by Kuldip Singh, getting the approval of the Union Cabinet, the next general elections will be held as per the delimited constituencies. Polls as per delimitation plan Delimitation process now gets CCPA nod |
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National Consumer panel upholds Ahmedabad consumer body plea
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi, in a landmark judgment, has directed New India Assurance Co. Ltd. to pay Durga Dalal Rs 10,000 with an interest of 10 per cent per annum from January 1, 2003 till payment in a complaint filed by a power of attorney (POA) holder. The order should be complied with within six weeks from the date it was issued, the commission said.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Jan 2008 | 7:30 am
Father defends Babbar Khalsa activist - Times of India
 TopNews | Father defends Babbar Khalsa activist Times of India - PATIALA: The father of one of four suspected Babbar Khalsa militants arrested by Delhi Police on December 31 for plotting to eliminate some prominent personalities in Punjab has claimed that his son is "falsely implicated". Baba Bhaniarawala was Babbars’ target 4 Babbar Khalsa men held |
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Jet becomes first Indian private carrier to launch Gulf operations
Jet Airways Saturday became the first Indian private carrier to operate in the Gulf sector, launching four daily direct flights from India to Kuwait and Bahrain.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Jan 2008 | 7:01 am
Rani, Saif bonds over Kareena in Bangkok
This is a friendship that is 'special.' Rani Mukerji and Saif Ali Khan have bonded since they were paired opposite each other in 'Hum Tum' and 'Ta Ra Rum Pum'.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Jan 2008 | 6:30 am
US varsity assures support to dead Indian student's parents
Four days after a Kolkata girl was apparently killed in a road mishap in Chicago, the authorities of Ohio's Bowling Green State University where she was studying contacted her parents assuring all possible assistance in sending the body back home.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Jan 2008 | 6:00 am
Worried over Kerala, CPI-M reaches out to Church
Worried over the loss of precious Christian votes in Kerala, the Communist Party of India-Marxist's (CPI-M) national leadership is asking its state unit not to confront the Catholic Church.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Jan 2008 | 5:30 am
Truce saved 10,000 Sri Lankan lives, say Nordic ministers
Foreign ministers of five Nordic countries, which had contributed truce monitors to Sri Lanka, have claimed that the ceasefire agreement (CFA), which the Sri Lankan government abrogated earlier this week, had saved an estimated 10,000 lives in the first three years of its existence.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Jan 2008 | 5:01 am
Why is the Congress stumbling?
Just as the Indian cricket team often faces a back-to-the-wall 'must win' situation in order to retrieve its honour, the Congress too has to emerge victorious in a majority of the state assembly elections this year if it is to have any hope of winning the next general election in 2009.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Jan 2008 | 5:00 am
French fries sizzle in banana chip country
As fast urbanising Kerala develops new food habits, new businesses are capitalising on the trend. And French fries sure seem to have caught the fancy of urban Keralites who have otherwise been brought up on generous helpings of banana chips and tapioca wafers.Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 5 Jan 2008 | 5:00 am
Transport Corporations to get 100 A/C buses
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
Kill plot foiled, Babbar Khalsa militants held
NEW DELHI: The Delhi police on Friday claimed to have foiled an attempt to kill Baba Pyara Singh Paniharewala, a Ropar-based religious leader, with the arrest of four alleged Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorists. On the hit ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
Carrying I-Proof mandatory in Delhi now
Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
“Income Tax tribunal reprieve for Mayawati shocking”
NEW DELHI: The Union Government must challenge the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal accepting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s plea that her personal wealth was created by “gifts” given by her supporters out ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
Agenda is to fight communal forces: Pawar
KOCHI: No secular front will be complete without the Nationalist Congress Party, party president and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Friday. Speaking at a party meeting here, Mr. Pawar said that the party entered into ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
Obama, Huckabee surge ahead in Iowa caucuses
WASHINGTON: Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee on Thursday surged ahead in the race for the next United States President at the end of the Iowa caucuses. Mr. Obama, 46, moved ahead of the other Democratic contenders with ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
High Court Bench orders probe into MCA admissions
MADURAI: The Madras High Court, on Friday, ordered a judicial enquiry into alleged irregularities in admitting 44 candidates under Government quota in Master of Computer Applications (MCA) course offered by Nehru Memorial College at ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
Akshardham temple security tightened
NEW DELHI: Security around the Akshardham temple here has been stepped up following an intelligence input about a possible terror attack on Friday. A couple of days ago police received an input from the Intelligence Bureau stating that ...Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 5 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
Laura Bush asks Myanmar military regime to free Suu Kyi
Washington, Jan 5 (PTI) The US First Lady Laura Bush has asked the Myanmar's
military junta to release democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi to pave way for the
process of "national reconciliation".
"General Than Shwe must release Aung San Suu Kyi...
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EC holds Rajeev Shukla guilty of violation of model code
New Delhi, Jan 5 (PTI) The Election Commission has held Congress MP Rajeev
Shukla guilty of violation of model code of conduct for his remarks against
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during the Assembly polls in the state and
advised him...
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J & K: All police and security force vehicles to carry registration plates
There have been increasing complaints regarding hit-and-run cases by vehicles without the registration plates, and also complaints of extortion by gunmen using such vehicles.Source: rediff News |
Murder probe: Bhutto's servant a suspect
Khalid Shahinshah, has been on the run ever since footage emerged of the strange gestures he had made while standing on the dais next to Benazir in Rawalpindi.Source: Times of India |
Orissa riots: Govt sees Maoist hand
The Orissa government today said Maoists had a hand in the violence in riot-hit Kandhamal district where nearly 800 houses and several churches were sSource: NDTV News |
Indian docs row in UK returns to centre-stage
The new row comes as 9,000 highly-prized specialist jobs are advertised by Britain's department of health, as half of them may go to people belonging to India.Source: Times of India |
Rajnath to embark on kisan rally in Maharashtra
New Delhi, Jan 5 (PTI) Seeking to make greater inroads into the Vidarbha region
of Maharashtra, BJP is taking up the issue of farmer suicides in a big way with
party chief Rajnath Singh going on a 'kisan yatra' there later this month.
The...
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3,448 people killed in Pak violence in 2007: report
A total of 1,442 terrorist attacks, incidents of political violence and border clashes that occurred in 2007 left 3,448 people dead and 5,353 injured.Source: rediff News |
'Yuvraj, Deepika may tie knot in two years'
This could turn out to be the love story of 2008. 'Mr Sixer' Yuvraj Singh is dating Bollywood's latest heartthrob Deepika Padukone, sources close to the families say.Source: Times of India |
Kandhamal trouble not due to conversion, says government
According to the latest assessment, 800 houses were damaged in the violence since December 24 with 580 families, including 336 below the poverty line, affected.Source: rediff News |
ID cards made mandatory in Delhi
From January 15, citizens of the capital have to carry their ID cards at all times or they could land in trouble with the police. Delhi's LieutenantSource: NDTV News |
Nuke deal may not be beneficial to India: Expert
Srinivasan said instead of relying on nuclear energy, the country should look at available renewable sources of energy to meet the energy requirement.Source: rediff News |
Sikh schoolgirl fights bangle ban in UK
A Sikh student of Indian origin, excluded from her school in Britain two months back for refusing to take off her iron bangle, has moved the High CourSource: NDTV News |
Pakistan slams ICG for demanding Musharraf step down
A government spokesman rejected the ICG's report, terming it 'patently biased and reflective of a complete lack of understanding and appreciation of the environment and ground realities in Pakistan'.Source: rediff News |
New solar cycle begins
Mumbai, Jan 5 (PTI) A new 11-year solar cycle began today that may produce
solar flares intermittently which in turn can blackout satellite communications
and disrupt power transmission at times.
The sun's activity during the cycle, which is...
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Maoists torch forest range office in Orissa
A group of 20 Maoists attacked the forest range office, beat up six forest guards and locked them up in a room before ransacking the premises and setting it on fire.Source: Times of India |
Inflation rises to 3.5%
Higher prices of some manufactured and fuel items pushed the inflation up to 3.5 per cent...Source: The Indian Express |
Mumbai molestation case: Identification parade held
An identification parade of all the 14 people held on suspicion of having molested two NRI women was carried out by five witnesses on Saturday.Source: Times of India |
J&K Minister faces flak over currency controversy
The Jammu and Kashmir finance minister's statement demanding seperate currency for the state has been criticised by all political parties.Source: Times of India |
Rajnath to woo Vidarbha farmers with 'kisan yatra'
The two-day yatra beginning January 10, will kick off from Sevegram in Vardha district and will criss-cross Amravati, Akola, Washim and Yavatmal districts, which has been generally known to be a Congress stronghold.Source: rediff News |
Jewels, carpets, a stallion and ...
These were among 274 gifts Britain's Prince Charles and his second wife Camilla received from foreign dignitaries, members of the public on official overseas tours in the last 12 months.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Zardari alleges Govt hand in Bhutto murder
Seeking West's support for a UN probe into the killing, Benazir's husband says the ongoing probe is like putting a "fox in charge of the henhouse".Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Clinton campaign confident of her winning party nomination
Sridhar Krishnaswami
Washington, Jan 5 (PTI) Despite a crashing defeat to Democratic foe Barack
Obama in the first caucuses in Iowa, the Clinton campaign is confident of her
winning the rest of the primary battles leading up to the February...
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Jammu-Srinagar national highway closed
Authorities stop the movement of vehicular traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway due to heavy snowfall around Jawahar tunnel.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Mumbai molestation: 14 suspects identified
After capturing them on camera to expose the Mumbai molestation case on New Year's Eve, the two HT photographers have also helped the legal process bySource: NDTV News |
Water cannon used against protesters
Malaysian police act against protesters holding vigil against use of internal security laws to hold ethnic Indian activists without trial.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Bruni to attend R-Day with Sarkozy
French President Nicholas Sarkozy will be India's chief guest on Republic Day later this month and NDTV has learnt that his supermodel girlfriend CarlSource: NDTV News |
Rs two cr worth of jewellery stolen from temple
Jewellery worth about Rs two crore was stolen from the famous Yoganarasimha temple at Melkote, about 40 km from Mysore on Saturday, says the police.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Shiv Sena defends Mumbai molestation accused
Newspaper photographs of the mob molestation caused national outrage but the Shiv Sena seems to have a different take on the men whose pictures have bSource: NDTV News |
Half of famous Himachal village gutted
At least half the houses in Malana, the oldest village in the Kullu valley of Himachal Pradesh, were burnt down in a fire on Saturday.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
CAT results on Jan 8
New Delhi, Jan 5 (PTI) The results of Common Admission Test, for admission to
prestigious IIMs and other leading management institutes, will be announced on
Tuesday next week.
Over two lakh B-school aspirants appeared for the written...
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Delhi family beaten and robbed
Four members of a family, including two women, were ruthlessly beaten up by some unidentified men who barged into their northwest Delhi home and fled with Rs 600,000 and jewellery.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Sonia continues to be in hospital for fifth day
New Delhi, Jan 5 (PTI) Congress President Sonia Gandhi continued to be in
hospital for the fifth day today and her condition was described as being
"stable and satisfactory".
"The condition of UPA chairperson Mrs Sonia Gandhi, who is...
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Christians protest attack on Orissa churches
Hundreds of Christians staged a demonstration in Patna on Saturday to protest the attack on members of the community in Orissa's Kandhamal district.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Arms recovered, eight persons detained
Srinagar, Jan 5 (PTI) Eight persons were detained for questioning by Jammu and
Kashmir police after a huge cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from a
vehicle in which they were travelling at Baramulla district, a police official
said...
Source: PTI News : Top News |
Reliance Power not to go for private placement
Reliance Power, which is planning to raise up to $3 billion in the country's...Source: The Indian Express |
Economy and geopolitics to decide oils future
Now that crude oil prices have crossed the $100-a-barrel threshold...Source: The Indian Express |
Fiscal discipline could take shipping to high seas
Indian shipping can witness considerable growth if the Government...Source: The Indian Express |
M&M to hit the road on its own
Global auto giants Renault and Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn's plans to revive...Source: The Indian Express |
Racism row: Harbhajan likely to escape ban
Embroiled in a race row with Australia's Andrew Symonds, Harbhajan Singh may escape a ban due to lack of evidence.Source: Times of India |
SAT to hear complaints on Jan 14
The Securities Appellate Tribunal will hear complaints filed against the initial...Source: The Indian Express |
Maoist prisoners, warden injured in clash
The Maoists picked up a quarrel in the divisional jail in Bihar's Rohtas district with other jail inmates alleging discrimination meted to their colleagues in treatment.Source: Times of India |
Govt plans Rs 1-lakh cr fund to electrify transmission sector
The Government is planning to set up a national electricity fund...Source: The Indian Express |
Protests in Bihar over mandatory ID cards for Delhi citizens
"The decision of Delhi government to make ID proof mandatory will hit thousands of migrant labourers from Bihar going to Delhi in search of a livelihood," the protestors said.Source: rediff News |
Indian Gold still awaits its entry into the hallmark of purity
India has deferred implementation of a new law on hallmarking of gold jewellery...Source: The Indian Express |
Many Pakistanis against delay in polls: survey
Many Pakistanis, who were interviewed, have denounced the postponement of elections to February 18, calling it a move 'to nullify people's sympathies for the Pakistan People's Party and to benefit the outgoing rulers', said the survey conducted by the Daily Times.Source: rediff News |