As many as 19 students from the city have entered the finals of 'Destination NASA Contest' that will be held online on Sunday. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Feb 2008 | 12:04 pm
Four ULFA militants were killed in a joint operation by the Army and the police in Sibsagar district of Assam on Saturday. Source: Zee News : States | 16 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
The minimum temperature
increased by a couple of notches in the capital on Saturday bringing
much-needed relief for Delhiites who have been reeling under
severe cold wave conditions. Source: Zee News : States | 16 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
The Congress on Saturday suspended two of its senior leaders in Tripura for contesting against the party`s official nominees for the Feb 23 assembly elections. Source: Zee News : States | 16 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is on his way to visit the two IBSA countries of Brazil and South Africa from Saturday for six days. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
The All India Institute of
Medical Sciences will organise a conference on kidney diseases from Saturday to educate people on the cures available. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
Hundreds of Naxals stormed six police compounds in eastern India in carefully co-ordinated attacks Friday night, killing 12 police personnel and one civilian, a top police official said. Twelve more policemen were injured. The attacks — on four police stations, one training academy and an armoury — were scattered across the Nayagarh district, about 60 miles from Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa state, said Gopal Chandra Nanda, Director General of the Police. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
New Delhi, Feb 16: The Mughal Gardens of Rashtrapati Bhavan will be opened for public viewing from Saturday. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
New Delhi, Feb 16: Defence Minister A K Antony will inaugurate the Fifth International Land and Naval Systems Exhibition `DefExpo 2008` in New Delhi on Saturday. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
Families of Kanishka bombing victims have demanded public apology, additional compensation and institutional reforms of the Canadian security agencies so that such a terror act is not repeated. Source: Zee News : India National | 16 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
In an interim injunction, Justice P Jothimani granted the stay order on a petition by Bajaj Auto, which claims to have patented the technology used in Flame 125. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
But if you do have to talk in the boss's office, try to say something that shakes his or her confidence. Chances are that you might get an increment more than you ever expected. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Feb 2008 | 11:49 am
In yet another incident of gun violence in educational institutions, a 12th standard student was shot dead allegedly by two of his classmates at an inter college on Saturday. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Feb 2008 | 11:32 am
The Australians may have decided to rest their pace spearhead Brett Lee but Mahendra Singh Dhoni cautioned his batsmen against getting too complacent in their tri-series game. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Feb 2008 | 11:24 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani politicians were winding up campaigns on Saturday for a general election that is meant to complete a transition to civilian rule but has been overshadowed by fear of violence and accusations of rigging.
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian police used water cannon and tear gas on Saturday to break up an anti-government protest by ethnic Indians carrying roses to symbolise a peaceful demand for justice.
Expressing concern over hike in fuel prices, Shiv Sena criticised the Centre for rise in prices of essential commodities and for making the life more difficult. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Feb 2008 | 10:14 am
Pakistan's women have been gate-crashing the men's club in Parliament over the past few decades, but 80 per cent of those who make it never speak a word. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Feb 2008 | 10:05 am
Describing Delhi as a city which imbibes all that is good in various cultures, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Saturday said everybody was welcome in the national capital. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Feb 2008 | 10:02 am
Indian defence scientists have achieved a 'breakthrough' with the air force agreeing to induct two squadrons of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Feb 2008 | 9:56 am
The Tata Group today unveiled plans to form a partnership with European defence and aerospace consortium EADS to bid for the Indian Army's $1 billion advanced tactical communication system project Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Feb 2008 | 9:49 am
The Madras High Court today restrained TVS Motor Company from manufacturing, marketing and selling its new bike TVS Flame 125.Details awaited.... Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Feb 2008 | 9:45 am
Industrialist and Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar took over as president of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) after the 80th annual general meeting of the chamber Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Feb 2008 | 9:30 am
The cement industry in China posted a robust 23.1% increase in sales at $57 billion in 2007 with the country's top economic planner forecasting that the yearly net profit would jump 60% Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Feb 2008 | 9:30 am
Describing Delhi as a city which imbibes all that is good in various cultures, Home Minister Shivraj Patil today said everybody was welcome in the national capital."People are attracted to Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Feb 2008 | 9:27 am
Former Australian cricketers have slammed the Indian cricket board's stand to pitch for a ban on sledging during ICC chief executives meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 16 Feb 2008 | 9:19 am
A former Indian Army officer has been arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), police in Pune said. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
The Orissa assembly was adjourned Saturday for two hours after the opposition vociferously protested the Maoist attack on police establishments in Nayagarh district that killed at least 14 people. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
The Himachal Pradesh government has signed deals with private companies for building eight hydel projects, including two mega projects and six micro-sized projects. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
Scores of manufacturing units in the Pune-Nashik industrial belt are experiencing a slowdown with over 30,000 migrant workers fleeing the area in the wake of the anti-north Indian tirade launched by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Pilot Steve Fossett walks across a windy runway to the GlobalFlyer at the Salina Municipal Airport in Salina, Kan. in this Feb. 28, 2005 file photo. Fossett, who risked his l... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Feb 2008 | 8:59 am
Press Trust of India news agency reported that the rebels fled with the arms in a bus that they had hijacked earlier, but Nanda said he was unable to confirm the report. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Feb 2008 | 8:59 am
MUMBAI/JAIPUR (Reuters) - The Mughal-era romance of Emperor Akbar and his Rajput consort, brought to life by filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker, wooed audiences with its epic tale of love transcending barriers.
Lee will not travel to Adelaide with the rest of the Australian team and missing the match will give him almost a week-long break before the world champions plays their next match, against Sri Lanka Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Feb 2008 | 8:03 am
10 no-brainer dividend buys One thing that everybody can agree on: Stock-market investors are now feeling very nervous about the tech sector, an abrupt change in attitude from 2007."Last year, tech ha... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 16 Feb 2008 | 8:03 am
The Dow and Nasdaq slipped on Friday on concerns about consumer spending. While the Dow was down 28.77 points at 12,348.21, the Nasdaq Composite was down 10.74 points at 2,321.80.Indian ADRs Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Feb 2008 | 7:37 am
At least 200 ethnic Indian supporters of a Hindu rights group today held a rally near Malaysia's Parliament demanding more rights for the minority community prompting the police to fire tear gas and Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Feb 2008 | 7:15 am
Morgan Stanley's private equity unit has emerged as the preferred bidder to acquire Daewoo Electronics, the ailing South Korean consumer durable firm.Woori Bank, the company's leading creditor Source: Business Standard | News Now | 16 Feb 2008 | 6:44 am
BHUBANESWAR (Reuters) - Hundreds of Maoist rebels in Orissa attacked police stations in a district close to the capital, killing 14 people and looting weapons, police and officials said on Saturday.
China has invited Indian IT and business process outsourcing companies to set up more units in its IT parks and build them up at par with those in cities like Bangalore, Chennai and Pune. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Feb 2008 | 5:00 am
Diya Mirza is all set to change her prim image. She is acting in a comedy, 'Fruit and amp; Nut', directed by television's funny man Kunal Vijaykar. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 16 Feb 2008 | 3:00 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has huge stakes riding on elections in Pakistan next week, from the future of ally President Pervez Musharraf to the fate of its anti-terrorism war, experts and lawmakers said on Friday.
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Archaeologists have started giving a face-lift to the centuries-old Taj Mahal by applying a mud pack to the marble exteriors of the country's most famous monument.
New Delhi: The Election Commission, by a majority of 2:1, on Friday issued notice to Congress president Sonia Gandhi seeking her response to an allegation that she had incurred disqualification as member of Parliament under Article 102(1)(d) ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said those who sought to divide society on the basis of domicile would not serve the cause of the nation’s unity. In an apparent reference to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday fined the Union Home Ministry for not submitting an affidavit on why money was being spent in preserving the ashes of Subhas Chandra Bose at a temple in Japan even after the Mukherjee Commission had ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 16 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Old rivals Pakistan and India agreed on Friday to increase the number of flights and routes between their countries and allow more airlines to operate them, they said.
With Union Budget for 2008-09 less than two weeks away, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government is looking into the credit needs of farmers and increasing investment in irrigation. "We Source: Business Standard | News Now | 15 Feb 2008 | 7:50 pm
Mumbai Police will quiz Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan to unravel the mystery of his missing credit card, which was recently found with three people who used it to buy branded apparel worth Rs.25,000. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Feb 2008 | 7:00 pm
It was a day of golden goals as Bihar edged out Jharkhand 3-2 and Chandigarh Academy overcame Punjab 2-1 in extra-time en route to the semi-finals of the 4th junior boys (under-18) National Hockey Championship here Friday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Feb 2008 | 7:00 pm
The Election Commission Friday served notice to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on a disqualification complaint against her for receiving a Belgian honour in 2006. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Feb 2008 | 7:00 pm
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The sponsorship row between Cricket Australia (CA) and the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) has been resolved and the likes of Ricky Ponting and Brett Lee will be available at Wednesday's auction.
There is no possibility of a conflict with China in the near future, a top Indian Air Force (IAF) commander said here Friday, adding that the situation along the Indo-China border was peaceful. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Feb 2008 | 5:01 pm
Director Ashutosh Gowariker's much-awaited epic drama 'Jodhaa Akbar' opened to a lukewarm response at the box office here Friday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Feb 2008 | 5:01 pm
Maytas Infra Ltd, a Hyderabad-based construction and infrastructure development company Friday entered into a strategic partnership with BITS-Pilani, a global leader in technology education to offer off-campus work-integrated learning programmes to Maytas employees. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
Yesteryears' actress Manorama, known for her comic and negative roles, died here Friday. She was last seen in Deepa Mehta's Oscar nominated 'Water'. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia Friday said that any slowdown in the world economy would not have much impact on the Indian economy. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 15 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian police inspector has been arrested for taking bribes from doctors accused of running an illegal kidney transplant racket on the outskirts of New Delhi, police said on Friday.
