"Yaa!! The boys played well" with an upright collar of the shirt was his trademark or call it a copyright. Mohammed Azharuddin or Azza as you call him has turned 45 today. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:13 pm
J Jayalalithaa urged the Centre to withdraw its order, insisting 60 per cent marks for SC/ST students in plus two examinations for availing scholarships. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:11 pm
Foreign exchange reserves increased $4.356 billion to $292.672 billion for the week ended February 1, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India today.Foreign currency assets were Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
The government charged BJP leader L K Advani of trying to create an atmosphere of 'fear and terror' by his statement on internal security. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:55 am
Mumbai-based realty major Raheja group will be investing around Rs 3000 crore for the development of the first information technology (IT) park in Orissa.Alongside, a 50 Mw power plant, cold Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
Emaar MGF has withdrawn its IPO due to poor response.The company today said the application money would be refunded in 10-15 days.Emaar MGF would now look at private placement and Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:45 am
Former Indian captain Ravi Shastri has said the issue should have been resolved in the dressing room itself. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:41 am
The rights issue of shares of State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender, to raise Rs 16,736 crore is likely to open for subscription from February 18, a finance ministry official said Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:32 am
Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said growth in the agricultural sector will be higher than the advance estimate of 2.6% for 2007-08."The agriculture ministry has reported yesterday that Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was killed by the impact of a suicide blast and not bygunshot wounds, Britain's Scotland Yard said in its probe report backing the Pakistan Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
Dissatisfied with the policies pursued by the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre, Prakash Karat said his party would strive for a third alternative at the Centre. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:28 am
The rate of inflation based on the wholesale price index (WPI) shot up to a six-month high of 4.11% for the week ended January 26, 2008, up from 3.93% during the previous week. During the same week a Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:25 am
Sushma Swaraj on Friday condemned the tirade of MNS chief Raj Thackeray against North Indians that led to violence in Mumbai and other parts of the state. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:20 am
The Centre is negotiating with the International Atomic Energy Agency on going ahead with the nuclear deal with the US, Union Commerce and Industries Minister Kamal Nath said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:11 am
Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) has bagged orders worth Rs.11.07 billion from the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) for turnkey construction of a coal and coke handling plant and a base mix preparation plant at its plant at Burnpur in West Bengal, the company said Friday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Mumbai-based offshore BPO firm Firstsource Solutions Ltd (FSL) has signed a five-year $80 million outsourcing partnership with financial services provider Barclays PLC for credit card business in the US. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Two rounds with Tiger Woods last week have done a world of good for Damien McGrane, who with a second round score of three-under 69 moved into the pole position after the morning session on the second day of the EMAAR-MGF Indian Masters at the Delhi Golf Club here. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
New Delhi, Feb 8 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today denied having received any formal confirmation from Kathmandu about the arrest of alleged kidney racket transplant kingpin, Dr. Amit Kumar, but expressed hope of full co-operation from Nepal in the case. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Friday visited the site of the proposed Nalanda International University modelled after the ancient seat of Buddhist learning at Rajgir near Nalanda in Bihar. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Air India Friday launched its non-stop flight from New Delhi to New York that will cut down travel time between the two cities by at least three hours, company officials said. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
State owned power equipment manufacturer Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has bagged a Rs.34 billion contract to execute a power project at Anpara in Uttar Pradesh, the company said Friday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
A Kendriya Vidyalaya School in the heart of the Kerala capital has been hailed by a parliamentary committee as a model for all other schools in the country to follow. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
In a bizarre incident, a visitor at the Assam State Zoo here was injured by a Himalayan black bear after he jumped into the animal's enclosure as baffled visitors looked on. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 83 points at 17,610. After initial nervousness, the index rallied to a high of 17,689 in early deals.Considerable weakness in financial heavyweights Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:37 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - British police investigating the murder of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto concluded she was killed by a head injury caused by the impact of a bomb blast, not by a bullet, drawing scepticism from her close aides.
ABB has won a Rs 330-crore order to provide turnkey sub-station solutions and a range of power products to Powergrid Corporation of India (PGCIL).ABB will design, supply, erect and commission Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:30 am
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 83 points at 17,610. After initial nervousness, the index rallied to a high of 17,689 in morning deals.Considerable weakness in financial heavyweights Source: Business Standard | News Now | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:07 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Irishman Damien McGrane shot 69 after a strong finish in demanding conditions to take a two-shot lead early on day two at the Indian Masters on Friday.
Bharatiya Janashakti President Uma Bharti, who received head injury in a minor accident and was admitted to the intensive care unit at district hospital here. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Feb 2008 | 9:26 am
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's police have arrested an Indian man suspected of being the mastermind of an illegal kidney transplant racket in India that may have duped or forced at gunpoint hundreds of poor labourers into donating their organs.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian inflation breached 4 percent in late January, its highest in nearly five months, and analysts said the upswing meant the Reserve Bank of India was unlikely to loosen its grip on rates anytime soon despite slowing growth.
LUCKNOW (Reuters) - The head of India's most populous state, the so-called "queen of the untouchables", is tentatively extending lower-caste quotas into the private sector, a move that may have major political and economic repercussions.
Stock exchanges and electricity distribution companies might argue that they are not covered by the Right to Information (RTI) Act but in the final analysis they must be answerable to the public, says India's Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Feb 2008 | 5:01 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian golfers led by Jyoti Randhawa excelled on Thursday in their biggest home tournament, boosting hopes the sport's profile can be raised in the cricket-mad nation.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros has bought 3 percent of Reliance Entertainment for $100 million, a spokesman for the company said, the latest sign of increasing investor interest in Indian entertainment firms.
Small or big screen, Shah Rukh Khan is the king. He acts, dances, plays host - in short he is a true entertainer. After being on a winning spree with two blockbusters 'Chak De! India' and 'Om Shanti Om', he turns to television this year with two game shows. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Feb 2008 | 3:31 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Force India launched their 2008 Formula One car on Thursday and co-owner Vijay Mallya was confident it would mark the start of better performances.
A Fast Track Court( FTC) in Chennai on Thursday sentenced Dr Prakash nicknamed `sex doctor` to life imprisonment in a case relating to his racket of taking obscene pictures of his women patients and webcasting them on the Internet. Source: Zee News : States | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Filing of nominations for the
March three Meghalaya assembly elections will begin tomorrow,
officials said on Thursday. Source: Zee News : States | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
The CBI on Thursday told the Bombay High
Court that probe in Vishram Patil murder case, in which
President Pratibha Patil`s brother is sought to be made an
accused, will be over in four weeks. Source: Zee News : States | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday accused the UPA government at the Centre of contemplating to reopen corruption cases against her and trying to dump her in jail. Source: Zee News : States | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
CPI candidate Ramchandra Ram on Thursday won the Simaria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Democratic) by a margin of 7,608 votes according to official sources here. Source: Zee News : States | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice
to Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh on a petition
seeking vacation of its interim order which restrained media
from publishing transcripts of his conversation with various
people secured through alleged illegal tapping of his
telephone. Source: Zee News : States | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Maharashtra government will not hesitate to arrest MNS chief Raj Thackeray and Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi if there is "strong evidence" of their involvement in recent violence sparked by MNS` anti-north Indian campaign, Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil said on Thursday. Source: Zee News : States | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
The heated debate concerning entry of women aged between 10 to 50 years in the Lord Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala in Kerala refuses to wither away. Kerala government in a fresh affidavit submitted to the SC on Thursday made it clear that it was keen to give equal status to women and that it favours their entry into the temple. Source: Zee News : States | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Goa may have escaped a major terror
attack with a suspected militant revealing plans to strike at
the tourist state, targetting the crowded Calangute-Baga beach
and a discotheque in the north. Source: Zee News : States | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: The government on Thursday decided to reimpose the ban on the SIMI for two years for its alleged links with Pakistan-based terrorist outfits. — PTI Page ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
MUMBAI: Suspected Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) members attacked the Bombay Taximen’s Union (BTU) office on Thursday, even as Deputy Chief Minister R.R. Patil said the government was waiting for proof to arrest its leader, Raj ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: Concerned over the agrarian crisis, the four Left parties on Thursday demanded that the Union budget for 2008-09 constitute a Farmers Debt Relief Commission. They wanted such a panel to write off the debts for small and marginal ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation will approach the Nepalese authorities for deportation of Amit Kumar, alleged kingpin in the kidney transplantation racket. “We will be approaching the Nepalese authorities ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Guwahati: A visitor to the Assam State Zoo here got injured after he was attacked by a Himalayan black bear when he jumped inside the enclosure on Thursday afternoon. Earlier on December 19 last year a Zoo visitor met a tragic end while ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
WASHINGTON: Mitt Romney will suspend his campaign for the Republican nomination for U.S. president, a party source told Reuters on Thursday. — Reuters ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
India on Thursday hoped that Nepal will expedite the handing over of alleged kidney racket kingpin Amit Kumar, who was arrested on Thursday from a jungle resort in southern part of the Himalayan country. Source: Zee News : India National | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:58 pm
India and Denmark have signed three pacts to enhance cooperation in trade, renewal energy and environmental issues. Source: Zee News : India National | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:58 pm
India and Russia are expected to
sign five agreements, including one in aviation sector, during
the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Victor A Zubkov which
will primarily focus on boosting the economic relations. Source: Zee News : India National | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:58 pm
The government on Thursday decided to
reimpose the ban on Students Islamic Movement Of India (SIMI)
for two years for its alleged links with certain Pakistan-
based terrorist outfits. Source: Zee News : India National | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:58 pm
Ahead of the negotiations to
revise the Gorshkov aircraft carrier agreement, Russia on Thursday
said the initial price of 1.5 billion dollars worked out for
the deal was "unrealistic" and needed revision. Source: Zee News : India National | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:58 pm
This is an account of how the kidney kingpin got arrested from a Nepali resort near Kathmandu: Source: Zee News : India National | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:58 pm
India has warned that it would initiate action against Bahraini recruiting agents if the companies employing Indians in the country does not pay them the minimum wage of Rs 10,000 for unskilled workers set by the government. Source: Zee News : India National | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:58 pm
Gurgaon kidney transplant racket kingpin Dr Amit Kumar has been arrested from Hotel Wildlife Camp at Sauraha camp near the Nepali capital of Kathmandu by the police at 5 pm on Thursday evening. The Nepal government has confirmed the arrest and said Dr Amit would be handed over to Indian officials shortly. Source: Zee News : India National | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:58 pm
Mumbai Taxi Union has called off its strike following assurances of safety from the Maharashtra government. Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Thursday indicated that police is going to take some action, possibly arrest the MNS chief. Meanwhile, the Advocate General has advised the state government that Raj Thackeray could be arrested for inciting hatred and violence if there is sufficient evidence against him. Source: Zee News : India National | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:58 pm
VLODROP, Netherlands (Reuters) - Followers gathered at the Dutch home of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Thursday to remember the late guru to the Beatles who brought transcendental meditation to the West.
The following is the chronology of events in the kidney racket that was unearthed two weeks ago and whose kingpin Amit Kumar was arrested in Kathmandu Thursday: Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Feb 2008 | 7:00 pm
A group of Nepalese policeman hunting for the mastermind of India's massive kidney scam had no trouble in nabbing him - he was sitting in his room, the door unlocked. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Feb 2008 | 7:00 pm
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IAN) Suspended Delhi government schoolteacher Uma Khurana, accused in a fake TV sting of being involved in a sex racket, Thursday urged the Delhi High Court to order her reinstatement. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Feb 2008 | 7:00 pm
The Indian Army chief, Gen. Deepak Kapoor, Thursday concluded a three-day visit to Malaysia during which he held discussions with the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Mohammad Najib and other officials. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Feb 2008 | 6:01 pm
The parents of Ayesha Meeran, a student who was murdered in a hostel in Vijayawada, Thursday met Vice-President Mohammed Hamid Ansari seeking proper investigation into her death. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Feb 2008 | 6:01 pm
Second seed Malaysian Ong Beng Hee and Mansoor Zaman of Pakistan will renew their Asian rivalry in the final of the three-star Kolkata International Squash tournament after overcoming their rivals in hard fought encounters here Thursday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Feb 2008 | 6:01 pm
Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) President K. Chandrasekhara Rao Thursday warned the Congress party against 'testing the patience' of the people of Telangana over granting it statehood. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray will be arrested if concrete evidence is found against him, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R.R. Patil said Thursday as clashes continued in Mumbai for the fifth consecutive day. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 7 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Repairs on two out of three broken undersea cables providing data services to parts of the Middle East and Asia should be completed by Sunday, while the third should be fixed by Saturday, cable operators said.
