Prez feels the chill, asks for glass shield at Beating Retreat Times of India - 38 minutes ago NEW DELHI: Chilly winds sent the organisers of Beating Retreat function in a tizzy after a last minute request from Rashtrapati Bhavan for a glass shield for President Pratibha Patil while she attended the traditional open air ceremony on Tuesday ...
Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait shocked everyone on Tuesday by indefinitely quiting all forms of the game. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:08 pm
The Orissa government Tuesday signed deals with private steel companies for three more steel plants to be set up in the state. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:00 pm
Focusing mainly on keeping headline inflation close to 5 percent, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Tuesday left key rates unchanged and projected a growth of 8.5 percent for the economy during the current fiscal. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:00 pm
The government is considering making available old age pension to the poor from the age of 60 years, instead of the present 65. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:00 pm
The National Basketball Association (NBA), organisers of professional basketball in the US, is planning to develop and popularise the sport in India. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:00 pm
India's defence industry in the public and private sectors should drastically ramp up their R&D expenditure if their products are to become globally competitive, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Tuesday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:00 pm
Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy may be losing its relevance among the Gen Next bred on violence and action, but whenever someone tries to make a film on him or his philosophy, it brings rich returns. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:00 pm
Indian movie lovers can now watch classics by noted French filmmaker Francois Truffaut, thanks to the efforts of an Indian entertainment firm Palador Pictures. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:00 pm
New Delhi/Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Tuesday sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the multi-million-rupee illegal kidney transplant racket involving many doctors and top hospitals of five states. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:00 pm
Harbhajan Singh is no stranger to controversy, having been booked five times for violation of the ICC Code of Conduct in his international career so far. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Jan 2008 | 11:11 am
Anil Kumble welcomed the decision to drop the racial-abuse charges against Harbhajan Singh and said it was important for the game of cricket that "we move on". Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Jan 2008 | 10:58 am
Princess Diana feared that her boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed's father spied on her during her stay on his luxury yatch, it was claimed. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Jan 2008 | 10:53 am
The Kerala-born speedster, who missed the Test series in Australia due to a shoulder injury, was fined a total of 30 per cent of his match fees for the two offences. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Jan 2008 | 10:33 am
Sharad Pawar described as 'proper' the judgement given by ICC Appeals Commissioner John Hansen, who decided to drop the racial charges against Harbhajan Singh. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Jan 2008 | 10:33 am
About 200 students, including ten girls, were arrested when they attempted to picket trains at the city railway station protesting the eligibility criteria. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Jan 2008 | 10:28 am
Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal along with Ambani brothers, Mukesh and Anil, are among the 10 wealthiest CEOs in the world, according to American magazine Forbes. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Jan 2008 | 9:06 am
Suzlon Energy posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 151.69 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, against Rs 174.39 crore in the corresponding period last year. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 29 Jan 2008 | 9:05 am
Cracks have appeared in the United Progressive Alliance in Jharkhand before the by-election for the Simeria assembly seat scheduled for Feb 4. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Jan 2008 | 6:01 am
The national capital saw some Hollywood glamour as Oscar winner George Clooney accompanied UN Assistant Secretary for Peacekeeping Operations Jane Holl Lute on her visit to India. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Jan 2008 | 6:00 am
The United Jihad Council (UJC), the Muzaffarabad-based combine of separatist guerrillas, has decided not to use guns to force the boycott of the forthcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Jan 2008 | 5:00 am
Indian equities opened on a positive note Tuesday after a moderate decline a day before, as expectations rose from the quarterly review of India's monetary policy by the central bank later in the day. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Jan 2008 | 5:00 am
Irene Singh, a 25-year-old software executive and a former short distance runner, put on at least seven kg after joining a firm in Gurgaon a year ago. As the jeans became tight around the waist owing to long hours on the desk, Irene panicked - and picked up a racing bike. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Jan 2008 | 4:31 am
Actress-turned-businesswoman Preity Zinta who, along with her partner Ness Wadia and two others, has cut a lucrative deal for the Indian Premier League (IPL), says she wants to succeed in her endeavour. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Jan 2008 | 4:00 am
Producer Anupam Kher and director Satish Kaushik were in a fix about their bold film on teen pregnancy 'Tere Sang'. Apparently, debutante Sheena Shahabadi was petrified of doing an intimate scene in her very first movie. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Jan 2008 | 3:00 am
Rajpal Yadav has often been eulogised for his comic acts, but his 'Rama Rama Kya Hai Dramaaa', releasing Friday, is going to be an acid test because he is the only bankable star in the movie. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 29 Jan 2008 | 2:30 am
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of the death sentence awarded to Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, brother of the underworld don Tiger Memon, for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts. A Bench consisting of Chief Justice ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
TIRUCHI: Bharathidasan University plans to revive its School of Engineering and offer undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics from the coming ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
Mumbai: Three children — two girls and a boy — were burnt to death and nine others injured when an LPG-powered van carrying them back home from school in suburban Oshiwara here caught fire on Monday. Gas leak from the LPG cylinder ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: The United States has offered help to India in containing the bird flu outbreak in West Bengal. It will provide preventive drug Tamiflu and protective gear to personnel involved in culling and other operations. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
Adelaide: Outlining the procedures for the Harbhajan Singh hearing, Appeals Commissioner Justice John Hansen said he would consider additional evidence that was not available to match referee Mike Procter in Sydney. The New Zealand ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:00 am
India's President Pratibha Patil has asked the nation to take on board 70 percent of its people living in rural areas in its march towards progress to make it meaningful. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Jan 2008 | 5:30 pm
A Dalit woman burnt herself and her five children to death after a quarrel with her husband in Bihar's Sasaram district Monday night. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 28 Jan 2008 | 5:30 pm
