After days of dithering, Mumbai Police today arrested Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on charges of promoting enmity between groups and inciting violence.Samajwadi Party Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:58 am
An Indian, who worked as janitor in a hotel here, has been arrested for killing his compatriot for proposing to a Nepalese girl with whom he was in love. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:53 am
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Indian shares bounced 2.05 percent on Wednesday, led by Reliance Industries as the market steadied after losing 11 percent in five days, but sentiment was cautious and rallies were not expected to be strong.
Dr Amit Kumar, the alleged kidney racket kingpin, offered a bribe of Rs 10 million to the Nepal Police to evade arrest. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:41 am
There are nudist beaches, nudist resorts and nudist hotels. It was only a matter of time before an enterprising travel agency came up with nudist charter flights. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:36 am
"Kama Sutra", the second century Indian treatise on love, courtship and the art of sexual union written by Vatsyayana, has made a comeback in conservative Nepal. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:35 am
In 2005, parents of two of Setu's colleagues filed the petition that alleges that members of the school staff were mentally unsound and used black magic on their children. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:31 am
WAGAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani labourers on the border with India unloaded tomatoes on Wednesday, the fruit of a tentative peace process between the old rivals that looks set to be sustained no matter who wins Pakistan's elections.
Adam Gilchrist will continue to promote the next generation of players through the Adam Gilchrist Cricket Development Scholarship. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:51 am
With the situation in bird flu-hit districts of West Bengal improving, the state government has withdrawn the ban on sale and transport of poultry and poultry products from Wednesday even as fresh deaths of chicken was reported from Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday. Source: Zee News : States | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:49 am
Two police officers have been
placed under suspension in connection with last Friday`s
attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at a village in
Nalanda district. Source: Zee News : States | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:49 am
Two families, one a Hindu and the other Muslim, have set a unique example of communal harmony for all. Source: Zee News : States | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:49 am
Differences over slapping a
notice on Congress president Sonia Gandhi on a
disqualification complaint on Tuesday forced the Election
Commission to defer a decision further. Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:48 am
With the country`s defence market poised to touch an all time high of a billion US dollars by next year, Government is all set to revamp its weapons purchase policy to make sure frontier arms technology takes shape in the country. Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:48 am
Seeking early conclusion of the nuclear agreement with India, the United States has said that the Washington will continue to work with New Delhi to pave the way for civilian nuclear initiative happen. Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:48 am
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed
a review petition against its decision declining to shift the
trial of the Ayodhya demolition case, involving BJP leader L K
Advani and others, from a court in Rae Bareli to Lucknow. Source: Zee News : India National | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:48 am
MNS chief Raj Thackeray was arrested at his residence on Tuesday, a senior police official said. Security beefed up at Vikhroli court in suburban Mumbai where he is to be produced after arrest. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:44 am
Property and Building Corporation (PBC) and Electra Real Estate, both Israel based firms, today announced plans of developing Rs 4,000-crore real estate projects in Hyderabad, Chennai and Mysore Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:35 am
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 209 points at 16,817. More buying in morning deals saw the index rally past the 17,000-mark to a high of 17,141.After dropping to a low of 16,726 in Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:32 am
Retiring Australian wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist said the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) could be an excellent transition into retirement for ageing players. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:32 am
The first half of calendar year 2008 may be tough for Infosys Technologies, the country's second largest software services company, with the June quarter expected to be weaker than the March quarter, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:32 am
The exodus of North Indians to their homes still continues, affecting the industries. People from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar mostly work in the industries of Ambad and Satpur. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:25 am
The Opposition AIADMK on Wednesday urged the Centre to take action against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi for his open support to the proscribed LTTE. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:22 am
Congress today finally announced a change in the leadership of its state unit in West Bengal - three years after Pranab Mukherjee had put in his papers.Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, Minister of Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:20 am
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 209 points at 16,817. Renewed buying interest in the markets saw the index rally past the 17,000-mark to a high of 17,141.Some profit-taking, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:04 am
The Sensex is now up 314 points at 16,922.The NSE Nifty is up 84 points to 4,922.Tata Steel has zoomed over 6% to Rs 754. ITC and HDFC Bank have soared nearly 5% each to Rs 194 and Rs Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2008 | 9:39 am
Tata Communications, formerly Videsh Sanchar Nigam (VSNL), will invest over $2 billion (around Rs 8,000 crore) in the next three years for its global expansion plan. The company will make the Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2008 | 9:30 am
Hindustan Unilever today reported a marginal (1%) increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,914.88 crore for the year ended December 31, 2007 when compared with Rs 1,890.53 crore in FY06 Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2008 | 9:20 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The number of tigers in India has plummeted to around 1,411, nearly half the previous estimate, as humans either kill them for their body parts or encroach on their habitat, according to a government survey.
The Sensex is now up 169 points at 16,777.The NSE Nifty is up 41 points to 4,879.Tata Steel has zoomed 5.6% to Rs 750. ITC has soared 4.5% to Rs 193, and BHEL has surged 4% to Rs 1,954 Source: Business Standard | News Now | 13 Feb 2008 | 9:12 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The multi-million dollar Indian Premier League (IPL) will not cast a shadow over international cricket and will be a boon to the game around the world, says the chairman of the new Twenty20 tournament.
The impending arrest of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray kept Maharashtra on edge Wednesday with nightlong violence witnessed in Mumbai as activists of the group went on the rampage. Tension mounted around noon as policemen entered Thackeray's house and shops shut down. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Feb 2008 | 7:00 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan successfully test fired a short-range nuclear-capable missile on Wednesday as part of its efforts to boost its defence capabilities, the military said.
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Tibetan youth, anointed by China's atheist Communists as the 11th Panchen Lama, is tipped to become the country's youngest official holding a rank equivalent to a cabinet minister.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The new 32-lane toll plaza outside New Delhi is one of Asia's biggest and a gateway to India for many foreigners, but traffic snarls have made headlines and underscored India's unsteady pace of infrastructure development.
It looks like the season of comebacks for married heroines. After Madhuri Dixit, it's Chitrangada Singh who makes a comeback with the romantic comedy 'Sorry Bhai' after her abrupt departure from movies. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Feb 2008 | 3:31 am
A news report about his alleged extramarital affair creating trouble in his marriage has Emraan Hashmi far from fazed. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 13 Feb 2008 | 2:00 am
ALAPPUZHA: Public Works Minister Mons Joseph has said the State will accord first priority to the Alappuzha bypass among the Centrally-funded projects that would be taken up with the Union government. Admitting that PWD officials had ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: Conceding that there had been a slowdown in demand for housing and consumer durables, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday asked public sector banks to ensure adequate funds to these sectors as they have been partly hit by a ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: The government is all set to revise its defence procurement policy, a top Ministry of Defence official confirmed here on Tuesday. “We would have a new policy ready by April this year,” Defence Production ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Islamabad: There is no information yet about the fate of the two nuclear energy technicians who were kidnapped on Monday in the north-west frontier or of Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan who went missing near the Afghan border the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Karachi: Cricket Australia dealt a severe blow to the chances of its team playing in Pakistan in March-April when it informed the PCB in writing that it had been advised by security experts not to play in the South Asian country. CA ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
NEW DELHI: India has lost more than 50 per cent of its tiger population in the past five years with the numbers dwindling to 1,411 from 3,642 in 2001-02, according to the latest tiger census report. The “State of tiger, ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday searched the room of Linda, a nurse who has been arrested on the charge of assisting Amit Kumar, the alleged kingpin in the kidney racket, at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital’s nurse’s hostel. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:00 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.
India Tuesday struck an optimistic note about concluding a safeguards pact with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) saying it expected a 'positive outcome' from ongoing negotiations with the UN nuclear watchdog. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 6:30 pm
Entire Maharashtra remained on tenterhooks throughout Tuesday over the probable arrest of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, with security forces on a high alert amid sporadic violence in parts of the state. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 5:02 pm
Aeroflot, Russia's flagship carrier, Tuesday said it plans to expand its operations in India and is mulling a direct flight from Moscow to Amritsar in Punjab. It also hopes to increase the frequency of its Moscow-Mumbai tri-weekly flights to daily. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 5:01 pm
India and Russia Tuesday announced the conclusion of negotiations on a civil nuclear pact that makes way for the construction by Russia of four new nuclear reactors in Tamil Nadu. Both countries also pledged to double trade to $10 billion by 2010. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 5:01 pm
India plans to develop 400 to 500 airports in the next 10-12 years and a new infrastructure policy will be announced soon to encourage development of new airports, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said here Tuesday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 5:01 pm
MGR's legacy and 33 percent reservation for women in legislatures and institutions will top the agenda of a crucial AIADMK meeting Wednesday, as Tamil Nadu's main opposition party begins preparing for the Lok Sabha elections. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 5:01 pm
India and Russia Tuesday moved one step closer to a bilateral nuclear deal that will enable Moscow to build four more power reactors in Tamil Nadu after the lifting of restrictions by the Nuclear Suppliers Group. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
KOLKATA (Reuters) - Authorities in West Bengal on Tuesday largely lifted a ban on the trade, transport and consumption of poultry, imposed a week ago as part of efforts to stamp out a bird flu outbreak.
