Prakash Amritraj overwhelmed Farrukh Dustov in four sets to enable India pip Uzbekistan 3-2 in the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone group I tie. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:27 pm
Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat demanded that the UPA Government at the Centre come out with a people-friendly and pro-farmer budget. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:15 pm
Indian Navy developing new generation UAV Hindu - 37 minutes ago New Delhi (PTI): The Indian Navy is working on a 'path breaking' project to develop a new generation and longer-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to have deeper penetration in data collection and reconnaissance mechanism.
Wheels of train bogie fall Hindu - 37 minutes ago Kanpur (PTI): Two wheels of a bogie of a passenger train, on its way to Kasganj from Lucknow, fell off on Sunday, near here. But there were no reports of anyone being injured in the incident near Anvarganj station, railway officials said.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Shivshankar Chowrasia shot a brilliant five-under-par final round 67 to claim an upset two-shot win in the Indian Masters tournament on Sunday.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rohit Sharma and Mahendra Dhoni ensured a five-wicket victory for India over Australia on Sunday after the world champions had threatened to snatch an improbable win in their triangular series one-day international.
MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - The strength of a sympathy vote for assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in the country's biggest province is likely to determine the result of a general election on Feb. 18.
SRINAGAR, India - Indian forces killed a top commander of the largest Kashmiri separatist group in a gunbattle in the restive Himalayan region, police said Sunday. Farooq Ahmed Dar, the financial... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:24 am
Hot on the heels of Tata's people's car and the people's laptop, comes the people's phone. The $20 (roughly £10) product will be unveiled tomorrow at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress &ndas... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:14 am
After its plans to diversify into shipbuilding, state-run Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is now looking at entering the $60 billion logistics business."We are looking to enter Source: Business Standard | News Now | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:12 am
Cadila Health care, a market leader in sugar substitute business, has dragged Dabur India for use of its 'Sugar Free' trademark in a health supplement manufactured by the rival.In its suit Source: Business Standard | News Now | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:11 am
New Delhi/Mumbai, Feb 10 : Northern India continues to shiver under intense cold wave conditions as several regions reeled under extremely low temperatures. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Lahore, Feb.10 : Caretaker Prime Minister Muhammadmian Soomro has said that there is a need for opening more trade routes with India to facilitate the export of cement and other products. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
The Tamil Nadu Police have been put on high alert following several narcotics seizures, the latest being that of poppy seeds worth over Rs.30 million at the Chennai Port. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Power outages like the one that shut runway lights at the Indira Gandhi International airport Friday may continue till it gets electric supply directly from the main grid, an airport official said Sunday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
About 1,000 new HIV positive cases have been detected in Jharkhand in 2007, taking the total number in the state to nearly 2,900, an official has said. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin made a remarkable comeback to down India's Rohan Bopanna in a marathon five-setter and take the tie to the deciding singles rubber in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group I tennis here Sunday. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Fifty-four-year-old 'supreme star' R. Sarat formally inaugurated the first conference of his political party near this temple town in Tamil Nadu Sunday in the company of his actor wife Radhika to the accompaniment of frenzied applause and traditional south Indian music. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
DECISION DUE: India is expected to announce a minimum wage level for unskilled labourers in the UAE by February 15. (Getty Images) India will announce a minimum wage for its unskilled labourers wor... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:59 am
Following Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray's statement Shiv Sainiks blackened six sign boards put up at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Domestic Airport, here. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:56 am
Education and agriculture sectors would get top priority in the coming Union Budget, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said.Education sector is being given importance as literacy alone could Source: Business Standard | News Now | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:42 am
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan said on Sunday it backed a senior U.S. official's assertion that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar were operating from neighbouring Pakistan.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, known for his rationalist ideology, would visit a Hindu temple at Vellore, 140 km from here, next week. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:36 am
Murlidhar Devidas alias Baba Amte was given a state funeral at his Anandvan ashram on Sunday morning in presence of thousands of his admirers. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:16 am
England manager Fabio Capello on Sunday assured David Beckham that he will win his coveted 100th cap if he gets fit playing for Los Angeles Galaxy. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:12 am
Former India cricket captain, coach and Manager Ajit Wadekar on Sunday suggested that the ICL and the BCCI's IPL could 'coexist' in the interest of Indian cricket. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:02 am
Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has expressed his disappointment at Cricket Australia's (CA) decision to censor his newspaper column. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Feb 2008 | 9:59 am
Brett Lee has expressed confidence that his board and BCCI would reach an agreement to allow the Australian cricketers play in the cash-rich Indian Premier League. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Feb 2008 | 9:04 am
A Delhi court on Sunday remanded Dr Amit Kumar, alleged kingpin in the kidney transplant racket, to CBI custody till February 22. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:58 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama easily swept Democratic presidential contests in three states on Saturday, striking the latest blows in a bruising back-and-forth battle with Hillary Clinton for the party's nomination.
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance (RIL) group's retail juggernaut seems to be gaining scale uninterrupted, despite hiccups like political protests, going by the success of its the customer loyalty programme Source: Business Standard | News Now | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:19 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani police said on Sunday they suspected Islamist militants based in the tribal areas on the Afghan border were behind a suicide attack that killed up to 20 people at an election rally in the northwest a day earlier.
The Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) were net buyers to the tune of Rs 617.07 crore in the futures & options segment on Friday.According to data released by the NSE, FIIs were net Source: Business Standard | News Now | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:53 am
YANGON (Reuters) - People in Myanmar welcomed the military government's promise of multi-party elections in 2010 on Sunday as an opportunity to be seized, despite deep scepticism from opposition politicians and abroad.
States that are failing to meet polio immunisation targets are the ones reporting the highest incidence of the disease in India. That's the message emerging from latest official data. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 10 Feb 2008 | 4:30 am
Angelina Jolie, Bono, George Clooney...and closer home Arundhati Roy, Shabana Azmi, Amitabh Bacchan - celebrities all and activists too. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 10 Feb 2008 | 4:30 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States has warned India it was now or never for a controversial nuclear cooperation deal which was unlikely to be offered again after President George W. Bush leaves office.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal handed over to India on Saturday Amit Kumar, who is suspected of running an illegal kidney transplant racket there, an Indian embassy official said.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is set to reject Microsoft Corp's unsolicited bid, now worth $42 billion, as too low, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Saturday -- the first clear signal the board might be prepared to negotiate and sell the Internet media giant.
Invoking the issue of Marathi pride, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday hit out at North Indians again, after lying low for two days. Source: Zee News : India National | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:18 am
India on Saturday appreciated the cooperation extended by Nepal in speedy handing over of Dr Amit Kumar, the alleged kingpin of the kidney racket arrested there. Source: Zee News : India National | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:18 am
Raj Thackeray on Saturday seemed as unrepentant and intransigent than ever before in his opposition to non-Marathis living in Maharashtra. Rather than apologizing for the violence perpetrated by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers, he refused to let journalists either from the Hindi or English media attend his first press conference since the stand-off began. Source: Zee News : India National | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:18 am
Dr Amit Kumar, alleged kingpin in the multi-crore rupee kidney scam, may face a jail term up to 10 years, if convicted on charges of illegal organ transplant, wrongful confinement and cheating. Source: Zee News : India National | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:18 am
Pressing for conclusion of the civil nuclear agreement during the Bush administration, the US has suggested that it was almost "now or never" for India to get such a deal as non-proliferation groups may force additional conditionalities in it. US Ambassador David Mulford said the deal was good for India and would make the country the centre of a civil nuclear industry in the world. Source: Zee News : India National | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:18 am
Amid concerns among Indian doctors in UK over new Immigration rules, Britain has insisted that the move will not have any "massive impact" and was mainly aimed at making the process simpler and transparent. Source: Zee News : India National | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:18 am
Hitting out at the DMK government
for the "deteriorating" law and order situation in Tamil Nadu,
AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa on Saturday alleged that explosive
materials were being smuggled from the state to Sri Lanka for
the LTTE. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:15 am
Three suspected
militants, who were arrested recently by Karnataka Police,
reportedly transported a consignment of explosives and weapons
from Delhi to Dharwad by an express train, one of them told
Police during interrogation. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:15 am
The NSCN(K) on Saturday gave a call for broadbased unity among Nagas and a halt to fraticidal strife, which its rival NSCN(IM) rejected. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:15 am
The bird flu disease spread to so many districts of West Bengal only because of the callousness of the state government, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee alleged on Saturday. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:15 am
Pitching for more funds for
health, the International Advisory Panel for the health
ministry`s flagship National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) on Saturday
said more than 3% of the total budgetary
allocations needed to be earmarked for the sector. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:15 am
Ten persons have been arrested in
connection with the clashes following the attack on the UDF
public meeting attended by opposition leader Oommen Chandy,
allegedly by Marxist workers at Palakkunnu near here
yesterday. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:15 am
Mumbai has become a mega metropolis
thanks to the contributions of people from all parts of the
country but Mumbaikkars have to be thankful because Raj
Thackeray, who has launched a "tirade" against north Indians,
was not there 40 years ago to stop them, socialite and
author Shobhaa De said on Saturday. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:15 am
Congress high command is shocked
by the ghastly killing of a party leader in Maharashtra, with
the incident taking place close on the heels of the Mumbai
violence. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:15 am
Election Commission set in motion the
process of assembly elections in Nagaland with a notification
for filing of nominations from Saturday. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:15 am
Banks should extend finance to West
Bengal craftsmen who are facing acute lack of resources, state
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said on Saturday. Source: Zee News : States | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:15 am
Hyderabad: You have studied English; you can read, write and speak the language — but your vocabulary is rather limited. A common enough challenge in these intensely competitive times. An Indian company that sports the tag ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
HYDERABAD: A leopard, which strayed into the hillocks near the Jawaharnagar dump yard on the city outskirts, got caught in a metal snare and died. The carcass was noticed by quarry workers on Saturday morning. The eight-year-old big may have ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
MUMBAI: Great social worker and reformer Baba Amte, who spent his life serving leprosy patients and working for their rehabilitation, passed away at 4.15 a.m. on Saturday. The end came at his commune for leprosy patients ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Despite a positive start, the markets extended their losses for the fourth straight week as the major indices succumbed to unabated selling pressure in the latter half of the trading week.The Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Feb 2008 | 6:38 pm
Visiting Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US, Admiral Mike Mullen Saturday said Pakistan's nuclear weapons are in safe hands. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Feb 2008 | 6:01 pm
Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray Saturday criticised his estranged cousin Raj Thackeray, saying his campaign against north Indians in Mumbai was 'spoiling the image' of Maharashtra and its people. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
Two teenagers were crushed to death by a train when they were crossing a railway track in Ghaziabad Saturday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
Central minister and Lok Janshakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan Saturday condemned the attacks on north Indians in Mumbai in recent days and criticised the Maharashtra government for not taking stern measures against the attackers. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
The markets extended losses for the fourth straight week, and both the major indices succumbed to unabated selling in the latter half of the week ended February 8.The Sensex, which rallied to Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Feb 2008 | 5:40 pm
Amit Kumar, the alleged mastermind of the illegal kidney transplant racket that has shocked India, was Saturday evening brought here from Kathmandu and will be produced in a court Sunday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Feb 2008 | 4:30 pm
Dempo SC and Mohun Bagan played out a goalless draw here Saturday that virtually assured the Goan outfit of the I-league title. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Feb 2008 | 4:30 pm
The late blips notwithstanding Arjun Atwal and S.S.P. Chowrasia ensured a high level of Indian interest in the race for top honours in the first-ever European Tour golf event at the Delhi Golf Club Saturday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Feb 2008 | 3:32 pm
At least one person was killed and several people injured Saturday in a blast at the Awami National Party's (ANP) rally in northwest Pakistan, a local TV channel reported. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Feb 2008 | 3:32 pm
Reforms and investment in education are two mantras of the government, which is committed to improving access to education for all and encouraging excellence and creativity, Prime Minister Manmohan Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
