Finance Minister P Chidambaram today prodded public sector banks to lend more to housing and consumer durable borrowers at affordable cost to thwart the negative impact on the economy due to the Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:49 am
A local court has directed three witnesses to record statement in actress Mallika Sherawat's obscene performance case of December 31, 2006. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:45 am
Australia's long distance swimming champion Grant Hackett believes Michael Phelps' competitive streak could drive him to win a record eight gold medals. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:41 am
Pune airport will remain closed for a fortnight from tomorrow on account of "re-carpeting" work on the runway, airport officials said on Monday. Source: Zee News : States | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
The much awaited Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill may not come in the upcoming budget session of the parliament as it is still under revision. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
Defence Minister A K Antony will visit Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratories here on Tuesday. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
Claiming major success against militants in Kashmir during the last two months, the CRPF on Tuesday said any move to slice security forces deployed in the valley will be imprudent as it will ease the pressure on the ultras, "who were on the run". Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
Russian Prime Minister Victor A Zubkov will meet External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee here on Tuesday to explore ways for further strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
The University of Oxford has introduced a new degree, MSc in Contemporary India, in response to growing interest among students about India and its burgeoning economy. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray is most likely to be arrested on Tuesday in connection with the violent anti-immigrant campaign led by his party in the Mumbai city over the past few days. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
Indian-born Liberal Democrat Councillor Sakina Bradbury has joined the Conservative Party, boosting the small but growing ranks of ethnic minority members in the organisation. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
Deputy chairman of planning
commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia will be conferred the
honorary degree of doctor of civil law by his Alma Mater, the
University of Oxford, on June 18. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
The Indian Air Force will induct
Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) Hawk-132 aircraft on February 23 at
a function to be attended by Defence Minister A K Antony. Source: Zee News : India National | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has deferred the decisionon allocating spectrum to GSM majors Idea Cellular and Spice Communications to March 12.The TDSAT Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:28 am
Bangladesh Supreme Court adjourned the hearing for a week on the government stay petition against a High Court judgment that declared illegal an extortion case against Sheikh Hasina. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:27 am
A day after an FIR was lodged against him, Maharashtra Navnirnam Sena chief Raj Thackeray has resolved not to seek anticipatory bail. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:17 am
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's approval rating has plummeted to 15 per cent and three-quarters of those polled think he should resign, says a new public opinion poll. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:13 am
Muslim girl suffering from thalassemia has found a new lease of life after three officials of the paramilitary force, belonging to the Hindu, Sikh and Christian communities, gave her blood. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:49 am
The swap ratio of shares of Kingfisher Airlines and Deccan Aviation will be finalised by April, after which the merger of the two will be effected, a Kingfisher official said.Rajesh Verma, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:40 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Russia and India on Tuesday edged closer to a multi-billion dollar nuclear deal to build four more reactors in southern India that has been delayed because of international restrictions against New Delhi.
Mahindra Lifespace Developers, the real estate arm of the Mahindra and Mahindra group, will set up a special economic zone (SEZ) in Sri Lanka.The SEZ will be developed over 65 acre for mixed Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:30 am
The Sensex opened with a huge positive gap of 182 points at 16,813, and rallied to a high of 16,967 in early deals. The index, however, could not hold gains and soon slipped into negative zone Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:27 am
Looking to create a customer base of over 1 lakhin the Middle-East, Anil Ambani Group's financial products distribution arm Reliance Money today announced the launch of its broking and portfolio Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:17 am
The Sensex opened with a significant positive gap of 182 points at 16,813, and rallied to a high of 16,967 in early deals. The index could not hold gains, and slipped into negative zone in late Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:03 am
HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) - The Andhra Pradesh government will subsidise pilgrimage trips for Christians who want to travel to Israel, officials said.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - State-run explorer Oil India Ltd will go ahead with its initial public offer to raise up to $378 million after March despite the crash of three IPOs in a volatile Indian market, the firm's chairman said on Tuesday.
"Anything is possible and police all over Maharashtra are prepared for the eventuality," said a state home ministry official. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:54 am
The Sensex has slipped again into the negative zone and is now down 54 points at 16,576.The NSE Nifty is down 29 points at 4,828.ICICI Bank and Reliance have surged 2.5% each to Rs 1 Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:49 am
TT electronics Plc today said it has secured a contract to supply speed sensors for Tata Motors Rs 1 lakh car, Nano, which is expected to be launched later this year.However, the financial Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:46 am
Activists opposing the proposed steel plant of South Korean firm Posco today came face-to-face with the authorities, who arrived at the plant site for conducting a socio-economic survey and Source: Business Standard | News Now | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:35 am
Industrial growth slipped to 7.6% in December from 13.4% in the corresponding month of 2006 on account of deceleration in manufacturing, mining and electricity, among other sectors. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:33 am
Chalermpan Kiewpradit, director of Jatujak Market, said shoppers and international visitors alike are now not permitted to smoke within its 27.2 acre area. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:31 am
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Sri Lanka recorded their first win of the tri-series tournament with an eight-wicket victory over India in a rain-shortened one-day international at Manuka Oval on Tuesday.
MBAI (Thomson Financial) - Indian utility vehicle maker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M) said its unit Mahindra Defence Systems is in talks with British aerospace company BAE Systems to jointly d... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:30 am
Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene insisted that his side would have triumphed even if the Duckworth/Lewis system had not reduced their target. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:26 am
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- India's industrial output slowed in December as a strong rupee hurt exports while a tight monetary policy crimped the expansion of the manufacturing sector, according to off... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:02 am
In just a year, India has gone from an emerging market with a potential that only enormous amounts of time and money could unlock to the place where everyone -- from handset makers to equipment vendor... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:02 am
Nagpur, Feb 11 (IANS) Desirable but difficult to enforce - that is how experts and activists in the field of AIDS control describe a recent recommendation of a legislators' committee to make pre-marit... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
Dharamsala, Feb 11 (IANS) Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, has mourned the death of green crusader Baba Amte saying Amte's compassion shone through everything he did. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
A high level probe was Tuesday launched to investigate an 18-year-old girl's allegation that several government officers here were involved in a sex racket to which she fell victim. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has advised people in the snowbound areas of the state to 'melt the snow and drink water' till the time regular tap water was made available to them. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
Just over a month after returning to the Congress party, veteran leader K. Karunakaran Tuesday fired the first salvo against state party managers saying ordinary workers had little role in the organisation and the party was not capitalising on the failures of the Left-led government. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
Cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), also known as Naxalites, are believed to be operating in over 200 districts across 17 states. The ultimate objective of the rebels is to capture state power through a protracted people's war and herald a New Democratic Revolution. Speaking in Kerala in January, Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar said the cadre strength of the CPI-Maoist was 15,000 armed men and women. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
The foundation stone for the country's first full-fledged marina to house around 50 yachts will be laid at Bolgatty Island here March 1 by Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan. It will be the world's only marina with a golf course. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
TORONTO (Reuters) - A major outage hit BlackBerry users in North America on Monday, cutting off wireless e-mail for everyone from busy executives to political campaign staff on the eve of three U.S. presidential primaries.
Police were on alert and barricades put up on some roads here Tuesday as suspense continued over the probable arrests of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray and Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - India want to play top-ranked Australia more often to exploit the commercial value of the intense rivalry, a senior Indian board official said.
There are roses, cards, teddy bears - and then there are yummy chocolate paint and edible chocolate massages. As far as Valentine's Day gifts go, the Indian market certainly seems to be getting adventurous. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 4:31 am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto returned home knowing the names and cell phone numbers of her possible assassins, she wrote in a book finished just days before her murder at a December election rally.
Singer Jaspinder Narula, who is back after a prolonged break from the playback scene, says her singing potential and versatility have not been utilised well enough in Bollywood. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 3:00 am
SEATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc rejected Microsoft Corp's unsolicited $41.6 billion takeover offer as too low on Monday, forcing the software maker either to sweeten the bid or adopt a hostile approach to clinch a deal.
Whether it's Karan Johar, Farah Khan or Vivek Vaswani, Shah Rukh Khan is known to go out of his way for his close and long-lasting friends. It therefore comes as no surprise that he is going to recite poetry in Samar Khan's next film, 'Shaurya'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 2:04 am
Preity Zinta shares an identical predicament with Arshad Warsi - and both have to play 'bad' actors in their latest films. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 2:04 am
New Delhi: Force India will not join the grid just to bring up the rear and the idea is to garner as many points as possible, especially in the second half of the Formula One calendar, said veteran Italian driver Giancarlo Fisichella. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Tariq Azizuddin was feared kidnapped on Monday in the Northwest Frontier region along with his driver and security guard just before he was to cross into Afghanistan. Mr. Azizuddin ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: The CBI on Monday raided the nursing home and guest house of Amit Kumar, alleged kingpin in the kidney transplant racket. It took charge of three of his suspected accomplices arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Guwahati: People’s Consultative Group member Lachit Bordoloi was on Monday arrested from Assam’s Dibrugarh district in connection with ULFA’s alleged plan to hijack an aircraft from the airport here. — PTI ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
MUMBAI: The stock markets plummeted on Monday with the benchmark Sensex dropping by over 830 points to touch its lowest closing this year as investors dumped stocks owing to a host of reasons, including a rather disappointing ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 12 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Boeing engineer was arrested on Monday on charges of stealing trade secrets for China about several aerospace programs, including the Space Shuttle, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Chandan Aind and Muddappa scored four goals apiece as Karnataka scored a 16-0 win against Madhya Bharat in a Group G match of the 4th junior boys National Hockey championship (Under-18), here Monday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
Madhya Pradesh School Education Minister Lakshman Singh Gaud died at a hospital Monday night after he met with a serious road accident earlier in the evening. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-resident Lalit Modi Monday said that there was no chance of the board roping in any player who had already signed for the rival Indian Cricket League (ICL) to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalitha Monday called for president's rule in the state and alleged that activities of extremist outfits had 'increased' in the state. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
Fast-food restaurant chain Nirula's Monday unveiled its 'Buddy Bus', a red painted bus that will bring underprivileged children every week from various NGOs to their nearest Nirula's outlet for a succulent meal. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
MUMBAI ( Reuters) - Actor Sanjay Dutt married longtime girlfriend Manyata in a traditional Hindu ceremony in Mumbai on Monday, two years after they started dating.
