MUMBAI (Reuters) - HDFC Bank, India's third-biggest lender by market capitalisation, agreed on Saturday to buy Centurion Bank of Punjab in an all-share deal in the nation's biggest financial sector buyout.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Actress Sushmita Sen, who dons the director's hat for an upcoming film about Rani Laxmi Bai, says it was destiny which made her a filmmaker.
According to a report they spent a whopping $ 9,120. And what did they buy, 16 T-shirts, six hoodles, six belts, six caps and three pairs of boxer shots. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:25 pm
Hyderabad franchise, which doled out a staggering $1.35 million for Symonds, feels that the most-hated Australian will be the most-loved one in India. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:19 pm
After becoming Australia's latest million-dollar cricketer, it seems that Andrew Symonds is a distracted soul and runs off his bat have dried up. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:18 pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An opinion poll on Saturday showed an alliance between the two biggest groups opposed to President Pervez Musharraf was the preferred choice of Pakistan's voters.
Second seed Mahesh Bhupathi of India and Mark Knowles of Bahamas were upset by the unseeded American duo of Scott Lipsky and David Martin Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:17 pm
India will be competing against Australia as well as history having lost all 10 in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) played so far. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:13 pm
The boards of HDFC Bank and Centurion Bank of Punjab (CBoP) met today and approved proposals to pursue a merger subject to due diligence, a fair share-swap ratio and all the requisite statutory, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:11 pm
Though Monday's general elections were considered largely free and fair, an independent TV channel has aired a videotape unmasking rigging in some voting booths. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:11 pm
Yahya Iyas Kammakutty, an electrical engineer in Bangalore who was arrested by the Corps of Detectives (CoD) of Police for suspected terror links has been sent to CoD custody till March 7. Source: Zee News : States | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:07 pm
In a major explosives
haul in Bihar, police on Saturday seized 6000 kg of gelatine in
Nawada district from a truck bound for naxalite-hit districts
in the state and arrested seven persons. Source: Zee News : States | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:07 pm
Insurgents` group Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council has called a bandh in Meghalaya on Saturday coinciding with Congress president Sonia Gandhi`s day-long visit to the state which has been put under a massive security blanket. Source: Zee News : States | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:07 pm
The Hawk-132 advanced jet trainers (AJTs) will be inducted into the Indian Air Force on Saturday in the presence of Defence Minister AK Antony. The induction of the five advanced jet trainers marks the operationalisation of the aircraft. It will be an important milestone in the training of future fighter pilots. Training for young pilots will start from July 2008, said an IAF source. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:07 pm
The top CPI(M) leadership would
meet here from Monday to chalk out future organisational
activities keeping in line with the party`s clear signals to
forge a "long-term" third alternative against the BJP and the
Congress. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:07 pm
Concerned over the declining tiger population in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for a conference of the Chief Ministers with Tiger Reserves on Saturday to put in place a coordinated response to the conservation challenge. Reiterating the government`s commitment to tiger conservation, he said the Centre would further raise financial and organisational support for such efforts. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:07 pm
Voting began on Saturday morning for elections to the 60-member Assembly in Tripura bordering Bangladesh. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:07 pm
A top leader of a Sri Lankan Tamil political party has said President Mahinda Rajapaksa is eager to solve the long-standing ethnic problem in Sri Lanka and has appealed to India to help him in the task. Source: Zee News : India National | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:07 pm
British soldiers have been accused of executing up to 20 Iraqi prisoners in cold blood, a charge denied by the government. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:05 pm
PepsiCo's India-born chief Indra Nooyi is among Forbes' list of 10 best women chief executive officers of large corporations based on their total return to investors. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:56 am
Stressing the need for a concerted awareness programme for polio eradication, UP CM Mayawati claimed that 37 out of 70 districts of the state were now polio free. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:33 am
The markets declined on thin volume during the week ended February 22 on worries about the impending recession in the US. Investors, however, have pinned hopes on the budget scheduled to be presented Source: Business Standard | News Now | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:02 am
MOUNT LAVINIA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - A suspected Tamil Tiger bomb blast destroyed a passenger bus on the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital on Saturday, wounding 18 people, but no-one was killed.
Usha Martin Group, a leading producer of speciality steel and wire rope, has forayed into the education sector with the recently launched Usha Martin Academy here. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:30 am
Employee unions of 28 public sector banks, on Friday, decided to go ahead with the proposed two-day strike from February 25 and an indefinite strike from the last week of March.The decision Source: Business Standard | News Now | 23 Feb 2008 | 7:04 am
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Troops killed six separatist rebels in a fierce gun battle near the border with Myanmar on Saturday and recovered several weapons, a military spokesman said.
British Biologicals Ltd., a leading mid-size Indian pharma firm, is set to enter American, Russian and European markets to export a range of dietary supplement nutraceuticals, a top company official said here. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Feb 2008 | 6:31 am
When Kerry Packer launched his 'circus' in 1977, Indian cricketers were so much in the doghouse that not one of them was chosen to play. The omission was all the more galling for Indians because several Pakistanis, led by the dashing Imran Khan, were included. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Feb 2008 | 4:31 am
The Indian aviation industry hopes that the union budget would this time reduce the cost of jet fuels, which account for over 45 percent of operational costs of carriers, among the highest in the world, said industry officials. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Feb 2008 | 3:00 am
A top leader of a Sri Lankan Tamil political party has said President Mahinda Rajapaksa is eager to solve the long-standing ethnic problem in Sri Lanka and has appealed to India to help him in the task. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 23 Feb 2008 | 3:00 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Embattled Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said in a column published on Friday that he was ready to work with the newly elected parliament to fight terrorism and build a stable democratic government to promote long-term economic growth.
Ambala: Amit Kumar, the alleged kingpin in the kidney transplant racket, was on Friday sent to judicial custody till March 7 by a CBI court here. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In an atmosphere charged with devotion, tens of thousands of women braved the scorching sun for hours to offer Pongala on Friday, marking the climax of the 10-day annual festival at the Attukal Bhagavathy temple here. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
BANGALORE: A Bangalore-based software engineer arrested for his suspected terror links on Thursday is said to be a top functionary of the proscribed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) for the last eight years. Sources in the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Guwahati: Tripura is going to the polls on Saturday to elect a new 60-member Assembly, amid tight security measures. This follows the abduction of four CPI(M) activists by suspected militants of the National Liberation Front of Tripura. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
TIRUCHI: Work on expansion of Central Bus Stand, taken up by Tiruchi Corporation after acquiring adjoining Railway lands, has been completed. The Corporation has invested over Rs.3.10 crore for the project, though the initial estimate ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
HYDERABVAD: AP Transco has successfully segregated as many as 1,196 industrial feeders from the general feeders, thus ensuring uninterrupted power supply to a large number of industries in the State. As a result of this measure, power ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
London: The Queen of England has apologised to a six-year-old after one of her swans nipped the girl’s finger in a local park. Elishia Stevenson wrote to the Queen, who owns the birds under an ancient charter, after being bitten while ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday asked all Chief Ministers to personally monitor tiger conservation and forest management, and assured them all financial help for the protection of tigers. — PTI ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Future Ventures India Ltd (FVIL), the venture capital arm of Kishore Biyani's Future Group, is ready to hit the market with an initial public offer of around Rs 3,750 crore. ?? Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:35 pm
Attacking its ally, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) for what it called a shift in ideology, the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) Friday warned the Marxists not to hesitate in withdrawing support to the government over the Indo-US nuclear deal, if necessary. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:31 pm
A police constable Friday stabbed his wife to death and then hanged himself from the ceiling fan of their residence here, police said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:30 pm
A top Himachal Pradesh official has been caught allegedly taking bribes from industrial units in Baddi town in exchange for issuing licences, police said here late Friday. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:30 pm
Concerned over the decline in the number of tigers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday asked chief ministers to take personal charge of tiger conservation and forest management in their states. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:30 pm
Trades between FIIs generated a volume of Rs 282 crore on the BSE Friday-an increase of 121.79% from Rs 127 crore clocked on Thursday. As many as 9 stocks witnessed trades of 17 lakh shares on Friday Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:24 pm
The Thane sessions court Friday remanded encounter specialist and senior police inspector Ravindra Angre in judicial custody till Feb 25 on charges of extortion levelled against him by a builder. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 22 Feb 2008 | 5:32 pm
BHOPAL, India (Reuters) - The Madhya Pradesh government suspended the screening of "Jodhaa Akbar" on Friday following protests against the film by the Rajput community in the state.
Bank of Baroda (BoB) has reduced its prime lending rate (PLR) by 50 basis points to 12.75% to stimulate credit demand. The new rate will be effective February 27, 2008.Many government-owned Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 Feb 2008 | 1:55 pm
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 709.54 crore (provisional) on Friday, according to data released by BSE. While FIIs made gross purchases of Rs 2,254.02 crore, Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 Feb 2008 | 12:42 pm
Responding to protests against the proposed unit at Shinde-Vasuli near Chakan, around 40 km from Pune, chemicals and polymers major Dow Chemicals has stressed that the Pune unit is purely a research Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 Feb 2008 | 12:05 pm
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - Sections of India's sporting community fear that the cricket board's new professional Twenty20 league will eat into sponsorship revenue that could have gone to athletes preparing for the Beijing Olympics in August.
Foreign exchange reserves increased $2.048 billion to $292.856 billion for the week ended February 15, according to data released by RBI today.Foreign currency assets moved up $2.055 billion Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:53 am
Hero Honda Motors today signed on as co-sponsor for the Indian Premier League (IPL) scheduled to start from April 16, 2008.Hero Honda has become the first co-sponsor to come on board Source: Business Standard | News Now | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:45 am
