Indians have been star performers in exploring exotic foreign destinations, especially Australia, with about 76,000 tourists visiting the continent Down Under in 2007. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
There were the usual fine art works of the maestros like M.F. Hussain, Syed Hyder Raza and Jamini Roy to name a few and there were some contemporary names like Bose Krishnamachari, S.G. Vasudev and Chintan. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
An elephant calf died after it was mowed down by a goods train near Rajabhatkhawa range in West Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Wednesday said its MPs and legislators would resign if the Congress-led UPA government at the centre did not make an announcement on the formation of a separate Telangana state by March 6. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
Perth, Jan 16 : Team India made 297 runs for the loss of six wickets against Australia at the end of first day's play at Perth. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
New Delhi, January 16 : Hong Kong has retained its title of the world's freest economy for the 14th consecutive year in the Heritage Foundation's 2008 Index of Economic Freedom study. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
As Finance Minister Tariq Hamid Qarra presented yet another zero-deficit budget in Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly here Wednesday, the opposition National Conference termed it 'cheating and playing tricks' on the people. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
The Harmandar Sahib or Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine at Amritsar in Punjab, will be able to retain its golden shine with pollution control agencies from the centre and Punjab coming together to ensure curbing of pollution around the complex. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna won their respective doubles matches in contrasting style to make it an all-win day for the Indians in the Australian Open. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Jan 2008 | 10:59 am
Infosys BPO said the company expects to bag around four outsourcing deals worth 50-150 million dollar each, across various sectors in the next 3-6 months. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Jan 2008 | 10:56 am
At a time when strains are showing between her BSP and Congress, UP CM Mayawati has virtually suggested that she is a far bigger leader than Sonia Gandhi. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Jan 2008 | 10:41 am
Most of Pakistan's political leaders face a looming threat of attack, the interior ministry says, advising them to comply with its security instructions to avoid unnecessary exposure. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Jan 2008 | 10:34 am
The devastating blaze at Burrabazar, country's largest wholesale market, here was on Wednesday brought under 'complete control' after about 90 hours of fire-fighting operations. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Jan 2008 | 10:15 am
Serena Williams thinks her sister Venus got a bum rap when a television station played slow motion clips as a male commentator admired her bottom on air. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Jan 2008 | 10:11 am
State-run MTNL on Wednesday said the company has lined up Rs 1,500 crore investments to expand GSM and broadband operations. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Jan 2008 | 10:05 am
In a bid to expose the Mayawati-led BSP rule in the state, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi embarked on an outreach programme in the drought-hit Bundelkhand region. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Jan 2008 | 10:04 am
Panic gripped south Delhi residents Wednesday after one person was critically injured in a blast near the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Jan 2008 | 7:00 am
Adopting a village in rural Punjab or building houses for the impoverished in the hinterlands of India - a new philanthropic mantra has fired the imagination of Indians living abroad, says Harinder Takhar, the first Indian origin minister in Canada's biggest province Ontario. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Jan 2008 | 5:00 am
While sister Zoya Akhtar is busy putting finishing touches to her script and casting for her first directorial venture 'Luck By Chance', brother Farhan is in a quandary. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Jan 2008 | 2:00 am
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said that China was 'shocked' by the assassination of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto and wanted the leaderships of India and China to 'consult each other more often' on the situation in that country. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Jan 2008 | 7:30 pm
The winter sun grew warmer across most parts of north India, including Rajasthan and northwest India, sending the minimum temperatures up by two to three degrees Celsius Tuesday. It is expected to get warmer over the next two-three days, the Met Office said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Jan 2008 | 5:30 pm
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned here late Tuesday night after what he called a 'very constructive and productive visit' to China. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Jan 2008 | 5:30 pm
India Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal and asked the state to seal its borders with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal as it mounted efforts on war footing to contain the spread of the disease. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Jan 2008 | 4:30 pm
Imphal: Unidentified militants exploded a bomb at a police station in Imphal East district of Manipur on Sunday but no casualty was reported, official sources said on Monday. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: Amid fears that the huge number of deaths of poultry birds in West Bengal is from the avian influenza virus, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Monday sent a team to the affected districts. The Union Health ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
PANAJI: The Left parties are planning a “Left-Democratic Front with a State-specific character” to bring together all those parties, including regional parties, who join the common struggles of the Communists for pro-people ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The Congress Party on Monday hailed what it called the “inauguration of a new era” in India-China relationship. “We also welcome it because this is the consistent outlook of the ‘Look East ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
Suri (WEST BENGAL)/New Delhi: Fearing an outbreak of bird flu in Birbhum district, a team of the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) will be visiting the affected areas soon to get a preliminary report and collect samples. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
Chennai: The Indian cricket team has dropped the charge of using abusive language — a level 3 offence in the ICC Code of Conduct — against Australian spinner Brad Hogg. The announcement followed a meeting between rival ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: Coca-Cola India has got a ‘clean chit’ from The Energy and Resources Institute in an audit that did not find pesticides in the water used for making soft drinks. Its plants were generally in compliance with applicable ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
KOLKATA: Firemen, including those from the Army, continued their battle for the third day on Monday against the devastating fire that broke out in the trade hub of Burrabazaar here at around 1 a.m. on Saturday. The blaze spread to the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 15 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) The Supreme Court today granted two weeks time to the
Centre to file its affidavit on the Sethusamudram project.
The apex court in September last had asked the Government to examine the
project and file an... Source: PTI News : Top News |
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) Stating that Indo-Pak ties should not be held hostage
to the Kashmir issue, the BJP today asked Pakistan to follow the Sino-India
model of delinking the dispute over border with improvement of relations.
"The... Source: PTI News : Top News |
"Had the UP government honestly implemented the Centrally-sponsored schemes, the situation would have been different," Gandhi said. He said the state government should immediately set its priority for the Bundelkhand region as any further delay could lead to a catastrophe. Source: rediff News |
The stock markets have tumbled further during morning trading on sustained selling, triggered by investors appetite for the Reliance Power IPO. Source: Times of India |
Sensex fell by 712 points as market participants sold stocks including those of bluechip firms to invest in Reliance Power IPO, amid subprime crisis unfolding further. Source: Times of India |
Kolkata, Jan 16 (PTI) Two Bangladeshi terrorists suspected to have links with
Pakistan's ISI were today arrested from Shibpur in Howrah district of West
Bengal.
On a tip off from a CRPF jawan, a team of Special Operation Group, CID... Source: PTI News : Top News |
The ministry has gone through the entire syllabus and reached a conclusion that there are some words that are not in use by the regular Urdu speakers. Source: rediff News |
The BSE-30 index, which had lost over 477 points in previous day trade, fell further by 346.52 points to 19,904.57 in the first five minutes. Source: Times of India |
Almost a week after the outbreak of bird flu, the authorities have started culling poultry in West Bengal's Birbhum district. More than 35,000 birds h Source: NDTV News |
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said India and China must do everything in their power to strengthen their multi-faceted cooperation and build "new ties" of friendship and partnership as he held talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing. Source: rediff News |
The Pakistan People's Party simultaneously launched an initiative to lobby governments around the world to back its demand for a UN-led inquiry. A delegation led by Bhutto's security advisor Rehman Malik travelled to Norway to explain the need for an international investigation to trace those responsible for her killing. Source: rediff News |
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) To reduce congestion on the roads, the Centre has
suggested introducing buses with modern facilities for public transport.
"We need a bus revolution - better quality buses for public transport. We have
proposed to the... Source: PTI News : Top News |
PM Manmohan Singh said he has sought China's support for India-specific waiver in the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG), but no assurance was forthcoming. Source: Times of India |
For the first time, India and China have formulated their own drafts on a possible framework agreement involving territorial concessions... Source: The Indian Express |
The exact nature of the explosion has not been known yet, but it is suspected that a crude bomb exploded near the petrol pump near IIT gate flyover. Source: Times of India |
Three children were among the 26 killed when suspected LTTE militants blew up a school bus in Buttala in south-eastern Sri Lanka. Source: Times of India |
Clerics at Uloom's Darul ifta, the body which issues fatwas, says contraceptives are permissible so that 'the children are properly nourished.' Source: rediff News |
A city court asks the CBI to submit by March 12 its report on the recording of the statement of US based Jasbir Singh, a key witness in the case. Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
SC grants two weeks time to the Centre to file its affidavit on the Sethusamudram project. Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Pakur (Jharkhand), Jan 16 (PTI) District administration in Jharkhand's Pakur
district today banned the import of chicken from West Bengal following bird flu
alert in the neighbouring state.
Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Kumar Sharma said three... Source: PTI News : Top News |
All the NE states sharing borders either with Bangladesh or with WB have alerted the borders to prevent entry of birds following instruction from the Central government. Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
A threat is on the anvil for the Digamber Kamat-led Congress government in Goa after several MLAs threatened to quit. Independent MLA Vishwajeet Rane, Source: NDTV News |
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna won their respective doubles matches in contrasting style to make it an all-win day for the Indians in the Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday. Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
For the first time in recent years, India has acknowledged helping the Sri Lankan navy in its operations against the Tamil Tigers. Indian Navy chief A Source: NDTV News |
A notorious gang leader suspected to be involved in five murder cases and several other crimes, was held in B'lore. Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Contradicting the popular belief that methods to control child birth are unlawful in Islam, a leading Islamic seminary has issued a fatwa allowing use Source: NDTV News |
British intelligence agencies are reported to be investigating an alleged Al-Qaeda threat to the life of the British Prime Minister. Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) The government today said about four lakh birds have
been culled in the wake of a bird flu outbreak in some parts of West Bengal.
A localised occurrence of the highly contagious Avian Influenza was reported
from... Source: PTI News : Top News |
The TRS threatens to resign en masse if the UPA fails to initiate the process for creation of a separate Telangana. Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 16 (PTI) Seeking to dispel the concerns regarding a
high crime rate, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan today said that the
projection of state as crime-ridden on the basis of statistics was "misleading".
"If... Source: PTI News : Top News |
An alert of a possible suicide attack by Pakistan-based militant group on J&K "VIPs" in puts central security agencies on guard. Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'News' | 1 Jan 1970 | 12:00 am
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) At a time when strains are showing between her BSP and
Congress, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has virtually suggested that
she is a far bigger leader than Sonia Gandhi and would like to become the first
Prime... Source: PTI News : Top News |
Agriculture and Food Minister Sharad Pawar has said that the nearby places have been alerted about the bird flu outbreak and preventive measures were being taken. Source: Times of India |
Electing to bat first, Dravid (93) and Tendulkar (71) struck fifty apiece as India close Day 1 on 297 after losing six wickets in the Perth Test. Brett Lee claimed three wickets. Source: Times of India |
"Our relations with emerging, I would rather say emerged, centres of power in the multi-polar world like India and China will remain the priority in our foreign policy in 2008," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Source: rediff News |
The fire brigade personnel were now spraying water jets to cool the overheated upper floors of the Nandaram Market, where the blaze broke out in the early hours of Saturday destroying over 3,000 shops as it spread from building to building in the congested commercial hub. Source: rediff News |
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